LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - MOVIE REVIEWS: TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS

MOVIE REVIEWS: TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS

Although it was not screened in advance for critics, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns did not receive especially harsh reviews when they finally appeared over the weekend. A.O. Scott in the New York Times acknowledged that he was the only white person in the theater showing Perry's film, adding, "I was probably also the only person who was there for work rather than pleasure, though the pleasure in the room was pretty contagious." Scott's take on the film: "Mr. Perry treats a story a little like a banquet table, loading it up with more stuff than is healthy or easily digestible. But this is an aspect of his generosity, his desire to sate and satisfy a hungry audience. What he serves up ... may sometimes lack coherence, but never integrity." Steven Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer observed that while The Browns may have "more soap than a Laundromat," Perry "knows how to give human dimension, and a dimension of humor, to the clichés and stereotypes." Peter Hartlaub in the San Francisco Chronicle concluded, "There are a few laughs and some touching moments, but nothing you couldn't get by watching episodes of Good Times and Little House on the Prairie back to back." And Jason Anderson in the Toronto Globe and Mail summed up: "Perry's methods are never subtle, but no contemporary filmmaker works harder to make sure ribs are tickled and tears are jerked."

24/03/2008