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Madea Goes to Jail
MEANRANK
54/100
Every rating
Sharply split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 27, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95. Critics average 38, everyone else 61.
See the most contested films →After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.
Details
- Director
- Tyler Perry
- Writer
- Tyler Perry
- Studio
- Tyler Perry Studios
- Released
- 20 February 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $17.5M
- Box office
- $90.5M
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