Meet the Browns (2008)

A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (play)

Stars:

Tyler Perry, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyler Perry	...	Madea / Joe
David Mann	...	Mr. Brown
Tamela J. Mann	...	Cora Brown (as Tamela Mann)
Angela Bassett	...	Brenda
Lance Gross	...	Michael
Chloe Bailey	...	Tosha
Mariana Tolbert	...	Lena
Rick Fox	...	Harry
Sofía Vergara	...	Cheryl
Irma P. Hall	...	Mildred
Frankie Faison	...	L.B.
Margaret Avery	...	Sarah
Jenifer Lewis	...	Vera
Lamman Rucker	...	Will
Kristopher Lofton	...	Calvin

Storyline

A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

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Plot Keywords:

funeral | construction worker | drugs | inheritance | moving | 

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Taglines:

Faith gave her hope. Fate gave her family.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for drug content, language including sexual references, thematic elements and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

Lions Gate Entertainment [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$20,082,809 (USA) (21 March 2008)

Gross:

$41,939,392 (USA) (2 May 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tyler Perry Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Mann (Leroy) and Tamela J. Mann (Cora) are in reality, married. Tamela is only two months older than David.

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Goofs

When Harry comes to pick up Brenda and the kids to drive back down to Georgia, he is in a navy blue SUV with shiny silver hub caps. However, when they pull up to the Brenda's new house left by her father, they are not in the same SUV. The SUV now has a different set of white hub caps.

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Quotes

Brenda Brown: I can pay you back now... for all you did for us. The house, the move, everything.
Harry: You don't get it, do you?
Brenda Brown: Get what?
Harry: I didn't do all of that so you could pay me back.
Brenda Brown: I'm sorry. I'm just so used to being taken advantage of and...
Harry: Yeah, that you don't even know when somebody loves you!
Brenda Brown: Love me?
Harry: Yeah. Tell Mike I said congratulations.
Brenda Brown: Hey, what if I told you I love you too? But I got scared for a second, but I'd rather be scared and with you than be not scared and not have you.
Harry: Why would I ...
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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Hot Tub Time Machine/Chloe/How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Dope Boy"
Written by Joseph 'J' Goodman, Douglas Campbell and Kalam Muttalib
Performed by Peedy Wheatstraw
Published by Walk Soft Carry a Tank Music (ASCAP), Malik & Skeeter Publishing (ASCAP) and Kalam Music Works (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Zooboyz

User Reviews

Disappointment for Tyler

I was SO upset when I saw this movie because it's like Tyler took three of his plays (Meet the Browns, What's Done in the Dark, and Madea Goes to Jail) and used the SAME LINES in most cases. It's like you knew where the story was gonna go in the first 15 minutes of the film. Angela Bassett wore the same 4.5" shoes throughout the whole movie because Rick Fox is so tall and she is only 5'4". I thought it was a bad casting choice to cast two people with such a HUGE height difference opposite each other. I think Tyler is fresh out of creative ideas because he has used ideas from all his plays in the three movies that he has done. So, I can't see his next movie being great. I am not knocking the black cinema hustle, because I am black, but he could have done better to represent black America and made more of an effort. I will say that David Mann certainly brought on the FUNNY (as he always does in the play), but the outtakes were so much funnier than the movie to me. So, stick around after it ends.