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Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail'

Tyler Perry's latest effort is half madcap comedy, half soap opera. But even with a nearly two-hour runtime, it doesn't add up to a whole movie.

Perry, the film's writer, producer and director, once again dons a fat suit and drag to play Mabel M. Simmons, the hefty, volatile matriarch better known as Madea. A silver-haired, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking id, Madea has never met a problem...

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