Meet the Browns

Meet the Browns

Check your baggage at the door.

Part of Madea Collection

2008•1h 41m•6.7/10

DramaComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(110)

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

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Production

Tyler Perry Studios

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Brenda Brown

Rick Fox

Rick Fox

Harry Belton

Lance Gross

Lance Gross

Michael Brown

Chloe Bailey

Chloe Bailey

Tosha Brown

Mariana Tolbert

Mariana Tolbert

Lena Brown

Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara

Cheryl

Tamela Mann

Tamela Mann

Cora Brown

David Mann

David Mann

Leroy Brown

Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Madea / Joe

Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison

L.B.

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Sarah Brown

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Vera

Lamman Rucker

Lamman Rucker

Will

Kris D. Lofton

Kris D. Lofton

Calvin

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Michael Sr.

Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall

Mildred

Michael J. King

Coach

LaVan Davis

LaVan Davis

Bus Driver

LaNisa Renee Frederick

LaNisa Renee Frederick

Bus Passenger

Olumiji Olawumi

Gang Member #1

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