The film’s setting switches midway through to rural Georgia, where Brenda has been summoned for the funeral of the father that she’s never met. 2 at the weekend box office in North America with estimated sales of $20 million.Īs usual, Perry works laudable themes into this effort, like the dangerous lure of the drug trade for young people - in this case, Brenda’s high school basketball son, Michael (Lance Gross), a kid so perfect he cooks breakfast for his mama and addresses her as “ma’am.” And he again comes down hard on black men who abandon their children, here exemplified by a character so utterly reprehensible that he should be twirling a mustache.

This comedy drama about a single mother, Brenda, struggling with poverty while trying to raise three children in Chicago, features a fine performance by Angela Bassett, but her work is the sole subtle element. NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The latest product in the inexhaustible auteur’s seemingly inexhaustible assembly line of black-themed films, Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns” is a decided step back after his more sophisticated recent efforts. Perry also wrote, produced and directed the film. Model Eva Pigford (2nd L) and cast members Lance Gross (L-R), Tyler Perry and Angela Bassett pose at the premiere of the film 'Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns' in Hollywood, California March 13, 2008.

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