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When a lady walks in you say “Heller!”
The family matriarch, Shirley, has experienced a recurrence of her unnamed cancer and the muscular, hunky doc gives her four- to six-weeks to live. She tries to convene the family – including her three warring daughters, two struggling sons and a crack-addled brother – to break the news. But they are so busy bickering and worrying about their own agendas – one’s a real estate agent in overdrive, another a frumpy “old maid” at 32, another resorts to selling drugs to please his brand-name addicted girlfriend – that mom can’t get a word in edgewise. When the family finally finds out her fate, it’s too late to clean up their acts.
After Shirley‘s death, depicted in a lengthy scene that features one of the show’s most inspirational songs (performed by actress Chandra Currelley as Shirley) and a hokey video showing her ascension into a cloud-filled heaven, it’s up to Madea to set things straight, which she does with typically no-nonsense clarity and a lot of nostalgia!
Madea’s Big Happy Family stars Tyler Perry, Bow Wow, Lauren London, Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Isaiah Mustafa (Old Spice Guy), David Mann (Meet The Browns) and Tamela J. Mann (Meet The Browns)
This film opens in theaters April 22!
