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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonMadea's a riot, but what makes this richer, more textured follow-up to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" so fascinating is the way Perry - a first-time director adapting his own hit play - shifts on a dime from a silly fart joke scene to one of intense, Sirkian melodrama.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghToo long and its tone is disconcertingly uneven, but Perry never betrays or condescends to his characters.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPerry makes sure villains get their comeuppance, while heroines get big, frilly weddings - with God, and an imperious Maya Angelou - presiding over it all.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonTyler Perry offers another blithely unbalanced mix of low comedy, sudsy sentiment and spiritual uplift in Madea's Family Reunion.
- 50The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesBoth Ms. Angelou and Ms. Tyson deliver powerful, touching messages. Just as they're sinking in, the film turns into an unabashed chick flick with a painfully gaudy wedding that includes live angels hanging on wires from the ceiling.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisPerry is a playwright, and his dialogue here is usually entertaining.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenNeither good nor so-bad-it's-good, Perry's odd oeuvre has an allure all its own.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourReunion is an awkward compound of paradoxical tones and ideas... But one shouldn't underestimate Perry's ability to make such contradictions work and get away with the most wretched excess.
- 38New York PostNew York PostToo bad the story is so predictable and the big wedding scene, in which women dressed as angels dangle from the church ceiling strumming harps, is cornier than an Orville Redenbacher factory.
- 12The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterWhat ends up on screen is confused storytelling that tries to solve too many social and family problems, sends mixed messages and, even worse, makes you laugh during parts when it's trying to be dead serious.