Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tyler Perry
Produced by	Tyler Perry Reuben Cannon
Written by	Tyler Perry
Starring	Blair Underwood Keke Palmer Lynn Whitfield Lisa Arrindell Anderson Jenifer Lewis Rochelle Aytes Boris Kodjoe Tyler Perry
Music by	Tyler Perry
Cinematography	Toyomichi Kurita
Edited by	John Carter
Production company	Tyler Perry Studios Reuben Cannon Productions
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	February 24, 2006 (2006-02-24)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$63.3 million

Madea's Family Reunion is a 2006 comedy-drama film adaptation of the stage production of the same name written by Tyler Perry and sequel to Diary of a Mad Black Woman. It was written and directed by Perry, who also played several characters, including Madea. It was released on February 24, 2006, nearly one year following its predecessor, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. The independent film was produced by Lionsgate.

After Madea (Tyler Perry) violates the terms of her house arrest (which she was subjected to in the previous film), the judge orders her to take in a troubled foster child named Nikki (Keke Palmer) in order to avoid jail.

Lisa Breaux (Rochelle Aytes), one of Madea's nieces, is engaged to, Carlos Armstrong (Blair Underwood), an abusive and controlling investment banker. While she desperately wants to get out of the engagement, her mother, Victoria (Lynn Whitfield), urges her to go through with the wedding, telling Lisa to avoid doing things that make Carlos angry. Vanessa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson), the other of Madea's nieces, who lives with her, has two children fathered by two different men, neither of whom is involved in their children's lives. Victoria regularly degrades Vanessa for this, even referring to her grandchildren as "bastards". Vanessa is successfully, though through some struggle, wooed by poetry-spouting bus driver Frankie Henderson (Boris Kodjoe), who is the single father of a young son, and has a passion for painting. As much as Vanessa likes Frankie, she is emotionally closed off and has a difficult time trusting him.