LEARN DIGNITY. DEMAND RESPECT.

As two of Madea’s (Tyler Perry) nieces find themselves at crucial junctures in their lives, perhaps the aggressive but good-hearted matriarch’s advice comes in handy?

Perry had a surprise hit with Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005); his directing debut is not a direct sequel but Madea shows up nevertheless. Perry in drag is still not a good idea, the jokes aren’t funny and the whole thing drowns in mush.

Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou try to add weight, but it’s too little, too lame.

2006-U.S. 107 min. Color. Directing, Screenplay, Play: Tyler Perry. Cast: Lynn Whitfield (Victoria Breaux), Tyler Perry (Madea/Joe/Brian), Blair Underwood (Carlos), Rochelle Aytes, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Boris Kodjoe, Cicely Tyson, Keke Palmer, Maya Angelou. 

Trivia: Co-produced by Perry. Madea next appeared in Meet the Browns (2008).