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Meet the Browns

2008 · 101 min

A warm, uneven blend of hard-luck drama and broad Southern comedy, coasting on big-hearted performances and sudden tonal swerves.

Directed by
Tyler Perry
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Tagline
Check your baggage at the door.
Overview
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

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Directed by
Tyler Perry
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • family
  • survival
  • parenthood
  • found family
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Tyler Perry
Written by
Tyler Perry
Starring
Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross, Chlöe Bailey, Mariana Tolbert, Sofía Vergara, Tamela Mann, David Mann
Music
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
Sandi Sissel
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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