Madea Goes to Jail (film)
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| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry Reuben Cannon |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Tyler Perry Keshia Knight Pulliam Derek Luke Robin Coleman Jackson Walker Viola Davis David Mann Tamela J. Mann Vanessa Ferlito Sofía Vergara Bobbi Baker |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Edited by | Maysie Hoy |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17.5 million |
| Box office | $90,508,336 |
Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play. The play and the film deal with Perry's signature character Madea going to prison for her uncontrollable anger management problems.
After a high-speed freeway police chase (seen in Meet the Browns) results in Mabel "Madea" Simmons' arrest, she is placed in an anger management course, and admits her permanent license suspension. Returning home from court, Madea finds a party taking place in her house hosted by her brother, Joe Simmons, who is trying to cheer up Madea. However, Madea is not amused by the festivities and uses a machine gun to scare the party goers away.
Madea consults with Doctor Phil McGraw for anger management, but does not cooperate with McGraw. Returning home, Madea, needing to buy groceries, calls Cora to drive her to the store, but Cora declines, angering Madea. Joe predicts that Madea will get into trouble if she goes to the store, but Madea ignores him and goes anyway, driving in her car. At Kmart, a woman steals the parking space that Madea was about to take, so she commandeers a forklift truck to remove the woman's car from the space, wrecking the car in the process. Madea is arrested and brought to court again, where Judge Greg Mathis sentences her to prison for five to ten years.
Meanwhile, assistant district attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. He is prosecuting a young prostitute and drug addict, Candace "Candy" Washington, with whom he is already acquainted. Josh asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Davis to fill in on his behalf, but when Josh takes Candy out to eat and gives her his business card in order for her to contact him for future assistance, Linda fears Josh may be cheating on her. Linda threatens to leave Josh, telling him that he should only socialize with a higher class of people.
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