In 2005, Tyler Perry debuted a character whose movies have gone on to make more than $500 million. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM "DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN") MABLEAN EPHRIAM: (As Judge Ephriam) Madea. TYLER ...

Just to reassure you: Madea does not die in “A Madea Family Funeral.” That would be too much to bear. But Tyler Perry — the character’s creator and alter ego, and the writer, director and producer of ...

Eric D. Snider endures the now-predictable blend of excruciating and baffling in Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral. In this week's feature review, Gretatries unsuccessfully to recapture that menace ...

CNN — It's the end of an era. Tyler Perry's "A Madea Family Funeral" hits theaters on Friday and for fans of the beloved Mabel "Madea" Simmons, played by Perry, it's the end of the road. Perry told ...

*Lionsgate is reserving Easter weekend for its next Tyler Perry movie. Taraji P. Henson teams with the director a third time for “Tyler Perry’s She’s Living My Life,” opening March 30 opposite ...

That partnership came to an informal close over the weekend with the release of Perry’s low-budget “A Madea Family Funeral.” As ever, box-office analysts misjudged interest. That partnership came to ...

For 20 years, Tyler Perry’s Madea has delivered laughs, tough love and some valuable life lessons in between. Madea, short for Mabel Simmons, is the no-filter grandmother figure fans have grown to ...

Tyler Perry is retiring his Madea wig — the last of this major money-making movie franchise is hitting theaters this weekend with A Madea Family... After 'A Madea Family Funeral,' Tyler Perry Will ...