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Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip

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To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip.
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Owen Gleiberman Variety Feb 17
Perry’s performance is a spectacular piece of high-wire burlesque. There’s an extraordinary spontaneity to it. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny New York Times Feb 13
While expansively anarchic to a fault, the movie’s anger, and its pride, is convincing. Go to Full Review
Jennifer Green Common Sense Media Feb 24
3/5
There's a lot to chuckle about in this film, and even some tender moments that tug on the heartstrings, but that doesn't mean Perry won't draw the usual critiques of his work with this one. Go to Full Review
Korey Coleman Double Toasted Feb 21
Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip feels like it's trying too hard to earn that hard R rating. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Feb 19
.5/5
Somehow, the "quality" of Tyler Perry's storytelling feels even worse when a positive, meaningful message is attempted, this time through the prism of Madea-universe regular Joe, a crass, nonsensical conduit for Black History 101... Go to Full Review
Joseph Robinson Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Feb 19
0.5/5
Despite a more overt message than we're used to from Mr. Perry, Joe’s College Road Trip feels stuck in the same tired rhythms — recycling broad caricature, nonsensical plotting, and humor that rarely rises above offensive. Go to Full Review
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T M @RT78250137 5h A lot of profanity. Its not a family movie. It use to be a time where, Christians or religious people could sit and enjoy his movies and television shows. Where the shows he made, gave glory to God and delivered a message. I dont enjoy his shows anymore. I was really looking forward to watching, but i was disappointed. See more R T. @RT17485201 1d I’m just gonna lay it out there I haven’t watched any of the madea movies this was the only movie in the madeaverse that I watched and I couldn’t stop laughing. I have watched a lot of movies and this is definitely in my top 10 of all time. Don’t think of this as a madea movie but as a great black history movie to watch during February. I love that Tyler Perry spoke up about how the new generation is and how a generational gap between grandfather and grandson can affect the viewpoint of society and social norms that the new generation has been accustomed too, and that knowing one’s history can change for all the better. Not to mention I laughed more than a majority of other movies I have watched, so don’t listen to the haters who view it as a madea movie and more of a learning experience of yourself and how we can absolutely change with the times but also know not to let society destroy your history so enjoy this “dying breed” of cinema and history See more Rj L @RT52421661 6d It was kind of funny I enjoyed it the beginning was really weird the ending didn't really make sense at all acting like everything just didn't happen all of a sudden but if you want to teach people about history I think this is the way to do it I think it was bold using Joe instead of Madea but I call it a home run I definitely recommend it I love when all three of them are together basically fighting with themselves it's funny aha dude is a amazing actor and the new Urkel was awesome too the bad thing is it's on such a horrible Network Netflix is the worst but the good thing is it's a very good movie minus the beginning and the end although the disclaimer was pretty funny in the beginning I would say it's better than a lot of his movies it's not so dramatic and it stays on topic which a lot of his older movies don't I call it a home run I enjoyed it See more Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life Mar 7 Despite all the foul language this movie was hilarious. I'm not the biggest tyler perry fan but this one is awesome. The message in the movie hit hard and his grandpa's intentions all along was a great lesson in history. TP playing multiple parts reminds me of what Eddie Murphy did in the 1990's. Tim Treakle See more Tony C @TRCridd Mar 7 I have watched of his shows and loved most but this is by far the worst racist piece of crap he has ever produced. I don't know what agenda he is pushing but it a total failure. See more Jo W @ItsPrettyJoie Mar 6 I'm as black as they come and while I had a few laughs here and there, this movie missed the mark. I don't even care for the cursing, what I care about is how the black community continues to be portrayed by a black man who has incredible talent and each time he comes out with a movie he throws his own community under the bus. I think this movie finally pushed it over the line. Black History is a beautiful thing and could've been explained perfectly without the stereotypes as well as normalizing generational trauma's. This movie made fun of an educated black child and basically took part in "buck breaking" but the black way. Introduced him to sex, alcohol, etc so he could "feel black"... Dear Tyler Perry, was that really necessary? It's ok to be well spoken, black, educated, and catch up on your history the right way. The black community has a long ways to go. I'm starting to feel as if something is wrong with Tyler Perry at this point. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip.
Director
Tyler Perry
Producer
Angi Bones
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Tyler Perry Studios
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2026
Runtime
1h 51m
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