Madea Goes to Jail Page #5

Synopsis: Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Tyler Perry
Production: Lionsgate
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.3
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
PG-13
Year:
2009
103 min
$90,485,233
Website
5,451 Views


I couldn't find a job...

...and I ain't have no money,

I was so hungry.

And then I...

...I met this man.

And he said he loved me.

And he said he was

gonna take care of me.

And he said that if I loved him

that I would...

...sleep with him and his friend.

And it turned into

his other friends without him.

And then strangers.

It took me four years...

...four years...

...to get away from him.

CeCe, I'm sorry.

CeCe?

Yeah.

That little girl,

she died a long time ago.

Boy, are those tears in your eyes?

You better man up. Don't you sit

over there feeling sorry for me.

At least I get paid for what I do now.

You do not get paid for what you do.

I told y'all I ain't got no

anger-manager problem.

Y'all still insisted on me going.

You have a anger-management

problem.

Fine, take me down there then.

That's why I'm gonna get you

one of these.

- One of what?

- This, right here, one of these.

- What is that?

- It's a reminder on how to treat people.

WWJD.

You know what that means?

What that stand for?

What's wrong with Jermaine Dupri?

No. It means "What would Jesus do?"

Everybody know that.

I don't know. Hell.

Did you see that?

- Did you see him?

- Yes, I saw it. What you gonna do?

- Well- What- I'm gonna WWJD.

- Cora, Jesus did not have no car.

- Better go get that fool.

- He's gonna get his.

- No, I can't.

- Cora.

He's gonna get his.

Look. He got stopped by the light.

Well, pull up on him, then.

- Okay.

- I'm gonna do a drive-by.

Madea- No, you're not.

Oh, man, I got this. I got this.

Excuse me, sir.

- Excuse me.

- Hey, fool.

- What?

- You cut in front of me. Did you see?

Go to hell.

Wh- Did- What?

- Did you hear that?

- Did you show him your bracelet?

- Did you show him the WWJD?

- Don't be funny, Madea.

Cora, I didn't raise no punk.

- You better go get that fool.

- I'm no punk, Madea.

- Cora, you ain't gonna be no punk.

- I'm not no punk. I'm not-

I stopped that fool in his face,

you goddamn fool!

Mama.

Girl, I ain't your mama.

Good morning.

What are you, a size 5-, 6?

Why?

Probably a 3.

You don't look like you eat much.

Joshua?

What the hell is this?

We both set up a job interview for you.

I think I can cover that eye up.

We have companies working with our

ministries to get women off the street.

That's if you wanna be.

Who said I wanted to be, huh?

- Candy, that's what you wanted.

- Well, I told you.

Sometimes women like her

say one thing one day.

And then they wake up

and say another thing.

What do you mean girls-?

You don't know me.

Chicks. Junkies like you with

a problem say one thing one day...

...and another the other

because you're on that stuff.

- Go to hell.

- You go first.

I ain't no damn addict.

Candy.

Candy, if the public defender can

show the judge that you got a job...

...it's gonna look really good.

And they may even

suspend your sentence.

I need to know.

I need you to try this, please.

Fine.

Fine.

Fine.

Thank you.

Okay, we'll see you there.

I gotta go to work. After you're done,

can you come to the courthouse?

I wanna talk to your lawyer. I'm gonna

see if I can help him through this.

Okay?

Yeah. Okay. Sure.

You wanna try to get this job or not?

I told them I didn't need

to come here and see you, okay?

Well, you know,

I don't usually see people individually.

But when I saw this tape

of you getting arrested...

...I thought I have got

to talk to this woman.

What is wrong with you?

Why are you so angry?

First of all, ain't nothing wrong

with me. Secondly, I'm not angry.

Okay? I'm not angry.

- You seem angry now.

- No, I'm not angry.

This is how I am.

I don't have no hostility at all.

Well, do you have to be in control

all the time of everything?

I don't have to be.

I ain't got no problem with that.

Well, then why

do you get so angry?

I keep trying to tell you

and that judge that I do not get angry.

Somebody do something to me...

...I do something to them.

That's common sense.

- So you believe in getting even?

- Hell to the yeah.

Why do you feel

you gotta get somebody all the time?

"Get him, get him. "

You don't think that's angry?

If they:
"Got me,"

I gotta get them, get them.

- That's what it is.

- Then, what you call getting got...

...is different than what

other people call getting got.

It doesn't take much to get you,

does it?

When you getting got, somebody

got you, then you go get them.

Everybody's gonna get got.

But if you're getting somebody

got you...

...when they didn't get you...

...you're getting the gotters,

they didn't do anything.

But if the gotters get me,

I'm gonna get my Glock.

Yeah, well- But you don't get

the Glock when you hadn't been got.

What I'm trying to explain,

I don't care who got me.

- I'll get them first. Get me, I'll get you.

- Why is it so important?

Okay. I'm tired of you

asking me these questions.

I didn't sign up for this.

It's the judge

that told me to come here.

Everybody wants to get even.

Everybody wanna get even.

All right, all right.

Look, let's just talk

about your childhood, okay?

- Let's talk about your childhood.

- Talk about yours.

Let's talk about your childhood.

Let's talk about your childhood.

Talking about my childhood

isn't gonna help us.

- What was your childhood like?

- What was yours like?

Why-? Let's talk about your anger.

- That's why you're here, right?

- I'm not angry. I don't know why.

- Let's just try another approach, okay?

- Let's try another approach.

Do you sleep well at night?

Do you sleep well at night?

Let's try not to answer a question

with a question.

Could we do that?

Could we at least do that?

If we stop asking me

all these questions...

...I won't have to answer

with a question.

- Can you stop? Can you just stop?

- Can you just stop? Can you just stop?

- Are you getting angry, doctor?

- Okay. This isn't getting anywhere.

- This is not getting anywhere.

- I think I am gonna talk to the judge.

This is getting nowhere. We're done.

- Thank you.

- Okay. That's good.

- Wonderful to see you. Yes. Right.

- Yeah, well- Yeah, great.

- Come on. Let's get the hell out of here.

- Wait a minute.

- Well?

- This lady is out of control.

She is- I can't help her.

Wait a minute now, wait a minute now.

Now, you're the best.

- Go see somebody else. I'm done.

- Come on, Cora, here.

Oh, what am I gonna-?

Nobody gonna be able to help.

We ain't gonna...

Linda.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I've been trying to call you.

You know what, I got really busy

with some stuff.

You're avoiding me, right?

- No.

- I can explain.

Look, this isn't making

any sense to me, okay?

This girl,

she popped out of nowhere.

Look, what if I had a pimp

who was a friend of mine.

And he's in town for a month or so.

And he needs a place to sleep

so he's on my couch in your bathrobe.

How do you feel about that? Okay?

I mean seriously,

what would you have me think?

- I know it sounds bad...

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Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million USD between May 2010 and 2011.Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Perry is estimated to have earned around US$75 million by 2008. Many of Perry's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. Perry has developed several television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21, 2006, to August 10, 2012. On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network. The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to the OWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area. Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network, The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful. The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as "one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations." more…

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