CineTV Contest: Madea: A Family Funeral – A Comedy of Chaos and Laughter

Good evening movies lovers, and members of the CineTV community. What a day has it been, today has been so stressful but since it's weekend, it also means its movie night. Before watching a movie, I took some of the recommendation from the community but I am not here to talk about that, let's talk about this week contest. We are to talk about a movie that makes us laugh.

After reading context of the contest, I remember a collection of Tyler Perry's movie that I have and they are my go to watch anytime I want to watch something funny. One of the movie I watch from his collections that made me laugh so much is

Madea: A Family Funeral.

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This movie is pure comedy from beginning to end. The storyline is simple but crazy, what was supposed to be a family reunion ended up turning into a funeral, and trust me, only Madea can make a funeral look like a comedy show. The family came together to celebrate, but then secrets started coming out one by one, and boom—it turned into total chaos.

Let me explain to you what happened. So there was meant to be a family reunion, while Madea and the rest of the family are on their way to the family house, the stopped at an hotel because that's where they will be stay not to make the family house too crampy with people.

While at the hotel, the discover the head of the house died while having an affair with the family nurse or so, while still at the hotel, the first son of the family head was also having an affair with his little bro girlfriend, Madea, and just a few family saw this, and it was drama all along.

Madea, with her usual sharp mouth and savage lines, was the main reason I laughed so much. The way she talks to her family members, especially when they try to act holy but their dirty secrets start showing, had me rolling on the floor. At some point, you even forget it's supposed to be about a funeral because every scene feels like something you’ve seen in real life, families pretending to love each other but fighting at the same time.

I think what made it extra funny is how real it felt. I could actually imagine some of these things happening in my own family (minus Madea of course). I remember when one of my closest uncle died, it was a sad time for the family. I felt so bad for my cousins because we were so close, we spend most of the holiday together, one thing that happen at my uncle funeral was opening of the casket for a final look.

When my cousin looked into the casket and burst into cry, his facial was so funny I almost laughed. My other cousin from another uncle saw this, then looked at me and I knew he was gonna laugh at a serious time. I covered my face with my hands so that people don't think I was weird. After the burial, we cheered him up, then reminded him of how he cried, we all laughed about it but deep down we were sad.

This was just like what happened at the madea family funeral, so many variable to make people laugh and trust me, if you watch this, you will laugh. If you need a comedy that you ca watch with your kids, family or spouse, then Madea: A Family Funeral is that movie.

I will rate it a 8/10 and I would recommend it to anyone anytime.

Thanks for reading. My name is Fashtioluwa.