That’s not enough to save “Christmas,” a lump of cinematic coal Perry is shoving into America’s stockings this holiday season.
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“The Nativitease,” a couple of mild Madea / Larry exchanges and this aphorism - “A lie, the longer you let it live, the harder it is to kill” - are all the movie has to recommend it. The time line is sloppy, the town “crisis” clumsily handled and the supporting cast - save for the bawdy Larry and Najimy - couldn’t find a laugh if their lives depended on it. He toys with race, side-stepping into a couple of KKK jokes and making Eileen less than tolerant of “The Help,” which is how she views Connor. What Perry doesn’t know about farming would fill a better movie than this.
Najimy matches Madea’s word-botching, calling Madea everything from “Medium” to “Mrs. Madea-prop tells Lacey’s students “the story of the Nativitease. Malaprop, a character from an 18th century play. Madea is famous for her malapropisms, mispronounced words in the manner of Mrs. When Connor’s parents (Cable Guy and Kathy Najimy) arrive, there’s almost no room at the inn. Tyler Perrys A Madea Christmas - The Play PG-13 2 hr 32 min When a family meets for Christmas at their posh Cape Cod estate, family arguments and secrets cause a stir. When Eileen, Madea and Oliver show up, things get complicated. Lacey’s secret love, Connor (Eric Lively) is a college-trained crop specialist who somehow never learned which cows in his herd actually give the milk. Times are hard in Buck Tussle, with farmers like Tanner (Chad Michael Murray) taking out his frustration on his wife (Alicia Witt) and son, Bailey (Noah Urrea). Lemon) steps in and finds a corporate (and secular) sponsor. Tyler Perry, Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, JR Lemon, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, Larry the Cable Guy. It’s a town about to lose its Christmas festival because of a lack of funds, until Lacey’s ex-beau Oliver (J.R. Lacey’s a black teacher to a class full of white kids in tiny Buck Tussle (not to be confused with Bug Tussle), Ala.
But Eileen (Anna Maria Horsford), her overbearing colleague, talks her into driving with her on a surprise Christmas visit to Eileen’s school teacher daughter, Lacey (Tika Sumpter).
Madea is fired from her department store greeter gig thanks to assorted “slap the hell outta you” threats. Their scenes at least have a little spark to them. country music or what have you, and produced a funnier movie. And truth be told, Perry and Larry, two old pros at low comedy, could have done a simple two-character farce, bickering about bigotry, hip-hop vs.