A Madea Christmas (film)
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| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry Ozzie Areu Matt Moore |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Tyler Perry Anna Maria Horsford Larry the Cable Guy Chad Michael Murray Tika Sumpter Eric Lively Alicia Witt Lisa Whelchel Kathy Najimy Sweet Brown JR Lemon |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Edited by | Maysie Hoy |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $53.4 million |
A Madea Christmas is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed, written, produced by and starring Tyler Perry. This is the first Christmas themed film from the writer-director; and also adapted from his play of the same name. This is the seventeenth film by Perry, and the eighth in the Madea franchise. It was released in theaters on December 13, 2013.
In Atlanta, Georgia Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) has been talked into getting a job at a local store by her great-niece Eileen Murphy (Anna Maria Horsford). Madea gets fed up with the customers and starts speaking rudely, causing herself to get fired on her first day. She then asks for her paycheck, but her boss tells her they will mail it. Infuriated, Madea steals a dress and some money from the cash register, then leaves.
Meanwhile, Eileen's daughter, Lacey Williams (Tika Sumpter), who is working as a teacher at a small school in Alabama, has many problems on her hands: the school does not have enough money to fund its annual Christmas Jubilee. This angers the townsfolk, thus pressuring Lacey to have her ex-boyfriend, Oliver (JR Lemon), fund the school through his business. Lacey also wants one of her students, Bailey McCoy (Noah Urrea) to sing in the Christmas Jubilee. Stuck with many issues to deal with, she tells her mother that she will not be able to come home for Christmas. Eileen, determined to see her daughter for Christmas, decides to pay Lacey a surprise visit. She brings Madea, who is hesitant at first, with her, and has Oliver, who is on his way with a contract for the sponsorship, as their ride, as Eileen feels that Lacey and Oliver could still be a couple. The trio then head to Alabama, where Lacey lives. Following a short run-in with the Ku Klux Klan, the trio eventually make it to Alabama. This makes things awkward, since Lacey was not expecting her mother to come see her, and Eileen has never wanted Lacey to marry a white man. Lacey is married to a white man named Connor Williams (Eric Lively), and has made her mother believe that Connor is the "farm help" at her house.
Lacey goes to the meeting with the school principal, Oliver, and the town mayor to go over the contract for Oliver's representatives' sponsorship of the jubilee. While she is out, Madea looks after Lacey's class. Bailey walks into the class late and tells Madea his name. The class bully, who Bailey usually sits next to, tells him not to sit next to her due to the fact that he is very dirty from helping his father, Tanner McCoy (Chad Michael Murray), a man who has bullied Lacey's husband Connor ever since they were both children, work on their farm before school. Another girl tells Bailey that he better hope that Lacey comes back because she is the only teacher at the school who likes him. Madea tells the two girls to knock it off and that they need to learn to be nicer to people. When Madea turns around to write her name on the chalkboard, the class bully steals her purse. Madea tells the students a modern day version of the story of the first Christmas, in order to keep the class busy. When Madea realizes that someone stole her purse, she tries to then tell the children the story of Easter, but then loses her temper half way through the story and demands that somebody find her purse. Meanwhile, with the contract glazed over and signed, the town and school now have the money they need. Lacey then prepares to return to her class, but is interrupted by Oliver, who gives her a kiss. While she tries to tell Oliver that she is married and is not interested in getting back together with him, her and the principal discover that Madea has tied the girl that stole her purse to the cross decoration in the classroom.
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