Tyler Perry is pulling triple duty once again for the newest addition to his “Madea” franchise, and he’s bringing the whole family with him. It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Madea on our screens.

Cassi Davis-Patton, Tamela Mann, and Diamond White are among the returning cast members. The comedy is now streaming on Netflix. Madea is back, baby! For roughly two decades, Madea and her extended ...

Everyone's favorite sharp-tongued matriarch (created and played by Tyler Perry) has been making audiences laugh with her and her family's crazy antics for two decades. The film series' latest ...

Tyler Perry is more than just Madea. Along with the iconic, no-nonsense matriarch, the mastermind behind the 13-film franchise has taken on a handful of other roles throughout the Madea-verse over the ...

Just to reassure you: Madea does not die in “A Madea Family Funeral.” That would be too much to bear. But Tyler Perry — the character’s creator and alter ego, and the writer, director and producer of ...

If writer-director-star Tyler Perry makes good on his threat to make “A Madea Family Funeral” the final film featuring his larger-than-life comedic heroine, then Madea will going out with a whimper ...

Before Perry struck creative gold in Hollywood, he shared his art with live theater audiences. Following in the footsteps of the likes of TV stars Flip Wilson and Martin Lawrence, Perry found success ...

The “Madea” movies have only intermittently done right by the character of Madea. Tyler Perry’s creation Mabel “Madea” Simmons is an outrageously anarchic agent of chaos that, until now, has never fit ...

Tyler Perry's winking drag experiment dies a long, slow death in the blockbuster franchise's painful final chapter. Lord, hear our prayer: may the death of the world’s dearly beloved Madea not be in ...

Like Mark Twain, the reports of Madea’s death have been greatly exaggerated. The director-writer-producer-actor has said “A Madea Family Funeral” is the last on-screen outing for Tyler Perry’s ...

When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By A.O. Scott Just to reassure you: Madea does not die in “A Madea Family Funeral.” ...