Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween

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Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween

PG-13

Released Oct 21, 2016

1h 43m

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Trying to win the approval of her friends, 17-year-old Tiffany sneaks out of the house to go to a Halloween bash at a fraternity. The fun soon ends when police and the cranky, fast-talking Madea (Tyler Perry) arrive to crash the party. Unhappy with this sudden turn of events, the vengeful collegians decide to scare Madea and her cronies with a series of pranks. She soon finds herself under attack and on the run from an assortment of ghosts, ghouls and zombies on the scariest night of the year.

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Critics Consensus

Boo! A Madea Halloween won't win Tyler Perry's long-running franchise many new converts -- but at nine films and counting, it hardly needs to.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Excepting Perry's performance as Brian, the film is chockablock with terrible actors, and the jokes he gives his inferior cast to work with are stinkers.

Rated: 0.5/5

Oct 27, 2016

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

Madea remains a distinctive, weirdly compelling character. Maybe someday Perry will make a good comedy for her.

Rated: D+

Oct 21, 2016

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Mr. Perry is ... an eccentric, inspired performer, and his screen-filling antics as the raucous but righteous Madea - a character who runs through Mr. Perry's stage, film and TV work - is the truly pertinent component here.

Oct 21, 2016

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Mark H. Harris

Black Horror Movies

Boo! A Madea Halloween is a movie that shouldn't exist.

Rated: 1.7/5

Jan 8, 2020

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Noah Berlatsky

Splice Today

The film spirals into supposedly funny, but actually vindictive, violent fantasy.

Sep 18, 2019

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Like the trick-or-treating scene, Perry the director doesn't know when to exit.

Rated: C

Jan 15, 2019

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Cade H.

While not nearly as strong as other Madea projects, Tyler Perry still managed to create a moderately funny seasonally themed film by incorporating the Halloween trope into Madea’s usual hijinks. This iteration of the series might not have as creative or well written jokes as other Madea works, but the jokes told are entertaining enough to make it worth watching on a boring October night.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Nire S

Don’t listen to these white people in these reviews go watch the movie it’s funny

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Patrick A

I had no high expectations for this movie but by Jove was it sooooo funny. It’s strength is making the supernatural natural then dealing with it in a human way audiences watching horror films wish the characters would do

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Pure L

Reminds me of Drake and Josh but without substance

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Robson C

Brian pede a Madea que fique na sua casa para cuidar da sua filha adolescente, enquanto ele viaja a trabalho. Porém, Tiffany tem outros planos: ir a uma festa de Halloween em uma fraternidade. Para isso, ela aproveita que é Halloween e inventa uma história que há um espírito assombrando a sua casa para meter medo em Madea e suas amigas. Madea representa uma parte da população negra feminina que teve que trabalhar muito para poder sustentar a sua família e garantir um futuro melhor e, agora com mais idade, não possui filtro nenhum, falando as maiores barbaridades, ao mesmo tempo que é uma espécie de bastião da sua comunidade. O problema dessa personagem é que o humor que ela faz é muito regionalizado, muito nichado. A personagem não se importa em ser politicamente incorreta. Aliado a isso, temos o roteiro infantil e bobo de Perry e um elenco jovem muito ruim que não passam emoção nenhuma, em uma interpretação de teatro escolar. Mas continua a fazer sucesso nos Estados Unidos, principalmente porque fala direto a um público que não se vê nas telas de cinema.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/21/23

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sammygamingfan1990

i want to marry madea

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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Synopsis

Trying to win the approval of her friends, 17-year-old Tiffany sneaks out of the house to go to a Halloween bash at a fraternity. The fun soon ends when police and the cranky, fast-talking Madea (Tyler Perry) arrive to crash the party. Unhappy with this sudden turn of events, the vengeful collegians decide to scare Madea and her cronies with a series of pranks. She soon finds herself under attack and on the run from an assortment of ghosts, ghouls and zombies on the scariest night of the year.

Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Ozzie Areu, Will Areu
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Tyler Perry Studios, TIK Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug Use and References|Some Horror Images|Suggestive Content|Thematic Material)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 31, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.1M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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