The latest Madea film lands few of its many jokes, and none of its hokey life lessons.

The frightful holiday is Tyler Perry’s delivery system for his lessons on the importance of family

Tyler Perry brings back his trademark drag character for 'Boo! A Madea Halloween,' set on the titular holiday.

After making more than a dozen on-screen appearances as Madea, writer-director Tyler Perry certainly has his formula perfected.

Mr. Perry’s most popular character is back again to crack wise and deliver advice in this comedy. He plays some other people, too.

Mr. Perry’s most popular character is back again to crack wise and deliver advice in this comedy. He plays some other people, too.

At 103 minutes, this film has way too much dead weight. Scenes are repeated over and over, and some of the acting would not cut it in a school play.

Oh Madea, how we’ve missed you. No. Seriously. Unless you are into getting your fixes direct-to-video, Tyler Perry’s alter-ego has been MIA from movie sc...

You know you are in trouble when the funniest part of a movie is Madea's discussion of her retirement account. (She calls it her “Ho-01K” account, becaus...

Neither the laughs nor the chills are enough to justify this latest screen outing for Perry's signature character

The director-star's latest has a few old-school laughs, and an unassailable message, but it also has a lack of surprise that's almost scary.

Boo! A Madea Halloween just isn't very scary and struggles with beating jokes to death like a discarded corpse.