Levy is predictably hilarious, and watching his character and Madea reference a Whoopi Goldberg-in- Ghost moment is gold. It also takes much too long to get a glimpse of the film's headliner as the Ponzi scheme storyline is explained. Madeas Witness Protection Mild-mannered banker George Needleman has gone through life oblivious to his companys malfeasance but hes forced to wake up. Madea's back in an all-new movie A Wall Street investment banker has been set up in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme, forcing him to be put under witness protectio. Protagonistas Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts. The beauty of Madea is that she says what she thinks, so when she doesn't, we're left unsatisfied, wondering what's holding her back. TYLER PERRYS MADEAS WITNESS PROTECTION features Perry in his foul-mouthed spunky old lady routine agreeing to host a dysfunctional family of five white people. Un banquero de inversiones de Wall Street que ha sido establecido como eje del Esquema Ponzi de su compañía, es trasladado con su familia a la casa sureña de la Tía Madea. Could it be that Madea has softened with age? Or is Tyler Perry tiring of his muse? (We're not even getting into Madea's Witness Protection's weak script or the wasted potential of the New York banker-in-relocated-down-South setup.) Starring: Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Doris Roberts, Romeo Miller, Tom Arnold, John Amos. (Though fans will be glad for a few of them, especially an initial one she unleashes on a poor soul who tries to rob her in her car.) A teenage girl who's quite nasty to her parents, especially her step-mother, is upbraided in a fairly tame and passive-aggressive, roundabout way, when a full-on righteous tongue-lashing would have been more audience-pleasing. Facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob, George and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that Brian, a federal prosecutor from Atlanta, can think of. She has less fire in her belly her diatribes aren't as disarming or funny. The film also stars Eugene Levy, Romeo Miller, Doris Roberts, and Marla Gibbs. No disrespect to the (usually) formidable Madea, but she seems to be losing her touch. Madeas Witness Protection is a 2012 comedy film directed, written, and stars Tyler Perry.
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