Meet the Browns
“Check your baggage at the door.”
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.
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Part of Madea Collection
15 films
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
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Madea's Family Reunion
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Meet the Browns
Movie · 2008
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Madea's Big Happy Family
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Madea's Witness Protection
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A Madea Christmas
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love
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Boo! A Madea Halloween
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Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
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A Madea Family Funeral
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Cast
50 people
Angela Bassett
Brenda Brown
Known for
9-1-1
London Has Fallen
Rick Fox
Harry Belton
Known for
Greenleaf
Holes
Lance Gross
Michael Brown
Known for
Sleepy Hollow
Crisis
Chlöe Bailey
Tosha Brown
Known for
grown-ish
The Exorcism
Mariana Tolbert
Lena Brown
Also in
Bad Girl
The Substitute Spy
Sofía Vergara
Cheryl
Known for
Modern Family
Hot Pursuit
Tamela Mann
Cora Brown
Known for
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
The Color Purple
David Mann
Leroy Brown
Known for
The Ultimate Life
Tyler Perry
Madea / Joe
Known for
Gone Girl
Don't Look Up
Frankie Faison
L.B.
Known for
The Wire
Banshee
Margaret Avery
Sarah Brown
Known for
The Color Purple
A Man on the Inside
Jenifer Lewis
Vera
Known for
Cast Away
Cars
Tyler Perry Director · Aaron Zigman Composer Sandi Sissel Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $42M · Budget $20M · United States release March 21, 2008
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$41,975,388
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Tyler Perry Studios
Production
Lions Gate Films
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 21, 2008
Theatrical
Australia
December 17, 2009 · Digital
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