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A Madea Christmas

A Madea Christmas

Comedy · Drama · 2013

Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.

Movie details

A Madea Christmas

“Jolly. Fat. Old. Who were you expecting?”

2013 Comedy · Drama 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.1 / 10

7.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

21 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

28 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over A Madea Christmas?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tyler Perry

Written by

Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Madea

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Eileen

Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter

Lacey

Eric Lively

Eric Lively

Conner

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Kim

Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy

Buddy

Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray

Tanner McCoy

Court is in session

Put A Madea Christmas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.