Meet the Browns

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Meet the Browns

PG-13

2008

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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Single mother Brenda (Angela Bassett) suddenly loses her job, then she receives news that the father she never met is dead. With nothing to lose, she gathers her brood and heads to Georgia, where she meets her father's uproarious family for the first time and finds the tentative beginnings of a new romance.

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Critics Consensus

Angela Bassett's considerable charms can't compensate for Meet the Browns' incessant melodrama and scattered narrative threads.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Oct 18, 2008

1.5/5

Moral: guns, basketball = interesting; hospital beds, recovery time = dull, and therefore unnecessary.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Mar 26, 2008

B-

The importance of faith, church, kin, staying off drugs, sharing food, repenting from sin, forgiving sinners, appreciating a good black man, rejecting a bad one, and honoring black matriarchy is enumerated with typical, reassuring Perry broadness.

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Aaron Hillis

Village Voice

Mar 25, 2008

Unlike Diary, the drama here is buoyant enough to handle the contrast of its too-silly slapstick.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

Oct 11, 2018

Though Browns contains less proselytizing than Perry's previous productions, it is better off for it.

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Dustin Putman

TheFilmFile.com

Nov 14, 2013

1.5/4

Getting to the end is more chore than treat.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Feb 6, 2012

6/10

Of the many talented black actresses given a rare chance to shine thanks to Perry's films, [Angela Bassett] is possibly the most talented.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Nov 6, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Jan 26, 2021

Truly one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

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May 27, 2019

It is as average as every Tyler Perry movie and is very predictable

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Dec 14, 2014

Why can't I watch movie or videos

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Dec 26, 2012

Love it. I can watch it all the time. Brown is sooooo funny!

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Dec 2, 2012

Not my favorite but Brown is too funny.

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Synopsis

Single mother Brenda (Angela Bassett) suddenly loses her job, then she receives news that the father she never met is dead. With nothing to lose, she gathers her brood and heads to Georgia, where she meets her father's uproarious family for the first time and finds the tentative beginnings of a new romance.

Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Tyler Perry Company
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug Content|Brief Violence|Sexual References|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 31, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.9M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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