The life of a single mother, who has somehow a comfortable life with her small family, has been changed completely, when she travels to Georgia, in order to attend the funeral of her father, whom she has never met before, and meets with the Browns family, with whom she falls in love and challenges her alike.
Meet the Browns is packed with raucous dinner-table banter and broad double takes; sometimes the gags are funny, but usually they're just trying too hard.
Whatever progress the man was making, Browns is a Madea-sized big fat step backward.
TheMovieReport.com
March 29, 2009
After taking some steps toward maturity and shades of grey in his last film, Perry takes a step backward, retreating to broad schtick and black-and-white formula.
There are a few laughs and some touching moments, but nothing you couldn't get by watching episodes of Good Times and Little House on the Prairie back to back.
The importance of faith, church, kin, staying off drugs, sharing food, repenting from sin, forgiving sinners, appreciating a good black man, rejecting a bad one, and honoring black matriarchy is enumerated with typical, reassuring Perry broadness.
