Madea's Family Reunion

2006 movie directed by Tyler Perry. While planning her family reunion, the pistol-packing grandma, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her troubled nieces, half-sisters Lisa and Vanessa.


 * Atlanta: Takes place there.
 * Chekhov's Gun: About the boiling hot grits.
 * Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off
 * Dirty Old Man: Joe, Madea's brother
 * Domestic Abuser: Carlos, Lisa's fiance
 * Establishing Shot: A very long one at the beginning to show that it is in Atlanta.
 * Evil Matriarch: Vanessa and Lisa's mother, Victoria and how.
 * "Falling in Love" Montage: Vanessa and Frankie, and an inversion later on with Carlos and Lisa showing how much he abused her.
 * Family Disunion
 * Insult Backfire: When Victoria was told she would rot in hell, she responds "I vacation there!"
 * Rape as Drama: Vanessa was
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Vanessa and Frankie
 * Stop Being Stereotypical: The wedding planner tells Madea this.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Well, Carlos isn't the film's antagonist for nothing...
 * Why Waste a Wedding?: Near the end, Lisa decides to