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Madea Goes to Jail

2009 · 102 min

A broad, warm-hearted mix of slapstick and sincere melodrama, swinging between laughs and tears as it follows its characters toward forgiveness.

Directed by
Tyler Perry
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tagline
Something big is coming to the big house.
Overview
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

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Directed by
Tyler Perry
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • friendship
  • justice
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

In this series

Madea Collection

  1. Diary of a Mad Black WomanMovie · 2005
  2. Madea's Family ReunionMovie · 2006
  3. Meet the BrownsMovie · 2008
  4. I Can Do Bad All By MyselfMovie · 2009
  5. Madea Goes to JailMovie · 2009 This title
  6. Madea's Big Happy FamilyMovie · 2011
  7. Madea's Witness ProtectionMovie · 2012
  8. A Madea ChristmasMovie · 2013
  9. Boo! A Madea HalloweenMovie · 2016
  10. Boo 2! A Madea HalloweenMovie · 2017
  11. A Madea Family FuneralMovie · 2019
  12. Tyler Perry's A Madea HomecomingMovie · 2022
  13. Madea's Destination WeddingMovie · 2025
  14. Joe's College Road TripMovie · 2026

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Genres
comedy, crime, drama
Directed by
Tyler Perry
Written by
Tyler Perry
Starring
Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Ion Overman, Sofía Vergara, Vanessa Ferlito, Viola Davis, David Mann
Music
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
Alexander Gruszynski
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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