Tyler Perry Meet The Browns Spoilers Review

Hey, what's going on everyone? We are back another episode. This time it is Meet the Browns full spoilery discussion. Of course, this is written and directed by Mr. Tyler Perry. And if you don't know, Straw came out June 2025 and uh we didn't like the movie over here, but we was like, "Hey, let's talk about the Tyler Perry stuff that we do like." And Meet the Browns may be it. I actually don't know, Kimberly, how how you feel about this one. Of course, you we're going to hear about it. Thank you for being here. >> Yes. >> Everybody in. Um, what are your journal impressions of Meet the Browns? >> Oh my gosh. Um, I, you know, this is one of the movies I have not seen since I saw it in the theater and I >> How long ago was that? >> 2008. Yeah. >> Oh my gosh. Oh, I was so young. Um, I forgot how hilarious this movie was. [clears throat] I think Brandon, this is one of the most hilar Tyler Perry films on on his filmography and I think it's it's so much thanks to to um David and Tamila man. >> Okay. Okay. Um I somewhat agree with you. I laugh so much. >> Yeah. Romantic comedy, comedy, drama, romance. Um, I forgot about this, too. I did see the movie when it first came out, and I think this is the only the second time I've seen it. And when I was going through Tyler's filmography, you know, trying to decide which Tyler Pre movies we're going to talk about next, you know, there's some that I am going to stay away from. Or maybe we'll go back and revisit them. We'll see. I was like, "Oh, yeah. meet the Browns, Angela Bassid, Rick Fox, like how did I forget this? This is his work. Why wasn't this at the top of the list? And I will say that yes, it was funny. I did laugh my butt off throughout this whole thing like out loud like you know if I was in the theater you know I mean we was around our people so uh you know we was around loved ones and people you know reacting the same way but in general you know I would be look people would be looking at me like okay why is he making so much noise calm down be quiet all that stuff but I thoroughly enjoyed it too this was funny there were a few moments where I kind of rolled my eyes and I was is still like, okay, you know, we're getting the same thing over and over again um in some sense. But overall, like I'm I'm with you. This this was I don't know if it's I got to think about it um as far as it's funniest, but uh it's it's up there as far as comedy is concerned. So, >> yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. Where did that come from the most? Was it media? Was it was it the Browns? Um you know, was it uh Jennifer Lawrence's character? She was one of my favorites, Vera. And this one right here. Jennifer Lewis. Yes, >> it's my fault. Yeah, Lewis. I'm sorry. Yeah. Where did it where did it stem from for you? >> You know what? It was the man's. It was uh David man. I completely forgot about first of all when the little girl was like, "Mommy, look. It's a clown." I was like, "Oh no." [laughter] because his outfit was was, you know, he was doing the thing with the fashion, you know, that thrift fashion be be thrifting. Um, and those ashy knees when they were playing basketball. >> Yeah. >> And just the way he was like I even loved um so much of how everyone responded to him. the little girl like when he had the wig on, she's like, "Mommy, [laughter] it's a monster." >> Yeah. >> And I was like, "Oh my god." And that wig, he was working that wig. Um, and oh, he I think I think something about him is that he has this childlike essence to him. >> Almost like he's a little mischievous heavy set child that is just rolling around making you laugh. Like he's just so freaking funny. But also what's funny is that for for his his his size, his healthy size, he's so freaking agile. >> Yeah. And so [laughter] when he moves, it's just like he's able to move his body with such excellent physical comedy. Um, from the way he walks to like that he gives this innocent look when he looks at people like me. >> Yeah. >> Who who me? And and you just >> It's just every time Brandon he was on the screen, I was rolling. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I was rolling. It was so funny. >> I I I I agree. I agree. It makes me uh you know just reminisce back times going over my grandmother's house and re-watching this movie with my cousin Lamont and uh Dion. Uh cuz that funeral scene at the very end in the closing credits, this is your granddaddy. This is your granddaddy. Granddaddy. I mean two, [laughter] three years we would recite that. I mean everybody did. I'm I'm It's stupid. It's silly. is but >> oh at Thanksgiving every time someone would walk through the door at our house in Thanksgiving. Oh, we were like this is your cousin. Like we wore that out. We had so much fun with that. >> Yeah. And you hit the nail on the head when you said like a childlike behavior. He's like me because right before that he was like put me on the program or actually movie. Put me on the program. I Okay. Okay. Well Leroy had something to say. Oh me. Oh my god. I had I mean it's I'm I'm laughing my bro. It's silly. It's I love that type of comedy >> and just like church like like really getting to the heart of how church people are like the whole finger. I was like man does that take me back to being at a church in Houston a black church in Houston. And I'm like why is everyone doing that every time they get up? Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. And just like his his mannerisms in church just brought me so many memories. >> Like, >> yeah. >> Oh my god, Brandon. Put me on program. Come on. You got room. It ain't your daddy. It's my daddy. >> Oh god, Brandon. >> And this is like no exaggeration. Like he's probably the worst dressed in the country. Like top five, top 10. And he's so oblivious to it, you know, and just so innocent and, you know, childlike like you said. But he's confident with it, you know, very agile. I am, you know, he he's on the court, you know, when Rick Fox is uh, you know, showing back showing back up at home in Georgia, you know, he runs in there, comes back outside with his gear on. And >> let me give a good stuff on. Hold on. >> I'm I'm I'm laughing. I'm also laughing at um when they were at the table, when they were getting to know Brenda early on and how she was related when she pulled out the paper and it was like, "Hey, what type of hoe was she?" She was a freckleface hoe. >> A nasty hoe. [laughter] Uh, >> a late hope. >> A Hispanic hope. [laughter] >> It's uh it's funny. It's It's >> Oh, so funny. >> Yeah, I I have um >> I forgot about that host scene, Brandon. Like I completely forgot about that scene. So when it came out of his mouth, I thought he was going to say like, "Oh, he was a Rolling Stone." And like your daddy was a pimp. I was like, "Oh, oh, [laughter] uh oh." No, I wasn't going to bring this up, but this is confusing to me. Like I while I was watching this, I was like, "Okay, I need to look at the media family tree." >> Me, too. >> Okay. >> Cuz it says that the only daughter that Medadia has is Kora Simmons, who is or Kora in this film, but she's also the daughter of of David Mann's character. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's why when he was like she's like who is your mother and she's like media and then Jennifer Lou is like you a nasty man. >> Okay. >> Like she called him nasty >> for being with media. Oh medadia is his baby mama got >> make no mistake that's his baby mama. >> Very very obvious to like be how did you not know that? But I was just >> No. No. It was kind of confusing because it said it was his daughter and I'm like but y'all the same age. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, thank you for clarifying that. I do appreciate it. Somebody else um that was funny to me um that I forgot about um and I kind of want to see more of her is uh her friend, Brenda's friend Sophia Fagara played by uh well Cheryl played by Sophia Fagara. I liked her. I like what like what happened to her? like why why are she not on the is what what's going on? Ex explain though if you if you can. >> Oh yeah. First of all, I I love Sophia Vagara because for such a beautiful, gorgeous, bodacious woman, she approaches comedy with such fearlessness because she was so like silly, but like her comedic timing was great and she had an awesome run on the multiple multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning Modern Family. Modern Family. I don't know if you watched it, Brandon, but I think they had like 11 seasons and she played Jay Pritchette's wife and she was so funny on that show. And I just I really admire women, Brandon, that are like incredibly beautiful and in our society look like you don't need to try because you're just so gorgeous. But they're like, "Oh, no. I'm funny and I'm very free with my comedy. And so I haven't seen she hasn't done too many movies, but uh she was busy getting those racking up those Emmys and now she's a judge on America's Got Talent. >> Okay. >> She's been a judge on America's Got Talent, but I really I agree with you, Brandon. I want to see I want to see her on another um successful show. I want to see her in more movies. I know she was a little hot and she did a movie with Reese Witherspoon, but um it's so funny because the Tyler Perry formula really fits for Sophia Vega and so I really want him especially with everything happening now with Ice and um you know Tyler Perry's done so many different themes you know he's he's on theme kind of guy right because we've got I didn't even know there was a media's destination wedding I didn't even know there was something called that media boo you Oh, you got a Halloween one. I would like him to really focus on a Latino family and I would like him to pair back up with Sophia Vagar. I want to see that happen because she's very funny. >> Yes, let's make it happen. Mr. Perry, bring uh Sophia in as much as possible. And he did. You know what we're going to be talking about next and goes to jail. Um which is a sequel to this one in a way. A direct sequel I wasn't aware of. Also in the funny category also Jennifer Lewis. Uh she's with Miss Vera. Here go $10, baby. You know. Oh, I can't accept that. You know, just it'll help you a little bit. 10 what? Uh [laughter] Vera $10. You know, I was that that was funny. Um also >> funny you can comment there. But what was really funny was going back to the Mr. Brown getting put in the program and then he was scream uh you know doing this little sermon or whatever his testimony or whatever it was >> that wig [laughter] I don't know if you noticed but Margaret Avery was in the aisle screaming at him like shut up >> sit down. >> [laughter] >> Everyone else is like, "Hey, take your time, baby. Take your time." And she's like, "Sit yourself down." [laughter] >> I don't I didn't remember that. I was just like just blessed laughing when I saw that. >> And it's so funny cuz she's so softening and ladylike and she's like, "Oh, sit down." >> She just didn't care, you know? She was just like, "Enough. Enough. You know, I'm f my composure. I'm gonna let you have it." you know. So I >> with her and Jennifer Lewis, I just thought that was funny. But uh I don't know. You have more commentary. >> Oh. Oh man, Jennifer Le, first of all, I forgot she was in this. Um what a great addition to the Tyler Perry formula. Um this is one of those film Tyler Perry did a great job casting. um back in the day like a lot of our conversations as we've been going through this Tyler Perry review marathon that we're doing. Uh a lot of our com conversations have revolved around the fact that the casting has was great back then. He was really giving us the the heroes in our industry, the artists, the black artists that we want wanted to see that nobody was hiring and should have been because they had nothing but gold. And um Jennifer Lewis, I forgot she was in this and she was so dog on funny. And when she every every time the camera was on her, she showed out, but especially during the funeral when she was because Lord knows like we grief. Black people, black folks grieve differently. I've been to white funerals and I've been to black funerals and I've had my mom tell me stories of like, yes, all my cousins had to pull out sister so and so cuz she tried to get in the dirt >> with the deceased >> about that part. I'm >> We are dramatic. We grieve outwardly. I've been to Jewish funerals. I've been to, you know, other cultures that are very like, "Oh, this is sad." And I'm like, "Oh, you wouldn't make it at my family's funeral." LIKE, "WOW, take me. Oh, take me. Please take me, daddy." But when >> Sorry. Sorry. [laughter] pushed her in. He was like, "I'm tired of this." >> And she said, "Ah, [screaming] [laughter] and came up dirty." Brandon, I was thrilled. >> I was too. >> I was through. >> Yeah. I gotta give some uh I I left. It's >> these type of movies are not for everybody and that's perfectly fine. That's not the goal. But for the people it is for, >> you know, you did it with the comedy. Uh I was laughing. You know, I like my silly, stupid stuff. So, you're winning right there. >> Now, dipping over to the more serious side, we got Miss Angela Bassid. Miss Bassid Angela, legend who was snub for Black Panther Wakanda forever. She was great. Um, I This is where I said I rolled my eyes slightly at the beginning where I was like, "Ah, another struggling black woman, you know." >> Yeah. But uh they had big mama in this movie too, Miss Mildred, who was the local babysitter. Shout out to her. I don't think she's still with us. I can um look that up. Um yeah. Um I like the scene, the confrontation between them where she was sitting down eating the sandwich and she was like, "You know what? I don't have to take this from you. I don't want to listen to no lecture." She was like, "No, girl. Have a seat. Just I'm just talking to you. I'm not judging you. You better than all these other mamas that's be running around here cuz I know during that scene, Angela got emotional and some tears were running down her face. Um, and it it was at that point to where I was like, you know what, I'm really on board with this film. Not that I wasn't earlier, but I just I wasn't as excited as I was with other Tyler Perry movies that we covered. But, you know, it's it's not that I doubted that she can act, but I was reminded at this point in time. It's like, okay, you know, this movie is not just funny and silly. You know, we got some real is too. And um she was held accountable. Like I like the level of accountability that she had. Like I know what I did. It's my mistake. I got these three babies and all of that. Um how did you feel about um Angela Bass's role of Brenda coming into this, you know? Um >> you know, I loved it and and putting two people like that. Um her name her the actress's name is Irma P. Hall and she is still with us. She's 90. Um, and uh, I looked it up. I don't know that off the top of my head, but um, I I love those two actresses together because she was so strong. She was just like, you know, yeah, I'm babysitting, but where's my money? Like, I'm still, you know, I'm not running a charity here. Um, but I I actually like that. It's so funny because Tyler Perry has covered the struggling black woman in so many different ways. And while I can appreciate like I don't want to just you know come down on Tyler Perry I can appreciate him telling the stories stories so that we don't judge like yes there are women who are sitting in the kitchen with their electricity turned off and it's not because they don't care. Maybe they're trying their best and maybe they got fired from a they do work. They're not on welfare waiting for somebody to hand them. They do work but maybe their factory got shut down. maybe their their company closed down. Like I do appreciate that. Um and so I did like that at least he he kind of showed us that she was a hardworking and trying her best. >> Um but I liked Angela Basset for this role because um she really was able to get the like exhaustedness of trying your best. Like yes, you've made some mistakes. Yes, you've picked poorly. Um, in terms of men, um, I mean that guy, golly, talk about picking poorly. What did you ever see in him? >> An hour. >> Oh my god. So, so devastating the way he behaved >> and his mindset. But I thought she did a really great job. I think it took Angela Basset in that role. Um, obviously it's it's one of those castings where you go, is this a step down for her? because she's just But then again, you're like, you know what? No, she elevates everything that she's done. >> There you go. >> And she elevated this Tyler Perry movie because she was able to bring us the the hardworking nature of a struggling mother whose lights got turned off. And yes, I'm late picking my child up, but it's not because I'm I'm out sleeping around. It's not because I'm out, you know, doing what I want. really trying um and doing the best she can with a with a son that has a promising future, too. So, I thought she elevated the content in every way. >> Right on. I I agree. And we did get a good intro to her character as well. As you said, you know, she's working hard. She's, you know, making sure her children are good on the bus and go to school and she's running trying to get caught in the bus and, you know, she's panting and sweating and, you know, that's how we met her. And you you you sympathize with her. some empathize. Um, serious, but also funny as well. If I want to dip back in there, just the conversation that, uh, Sher was having with the bus driver, uh, who I forget his name. Um, the pain guy. Sorry guys, don't kill me, Tyler Perry fans. But I I I like that. I I like that. Um, I I did feel sorry for her a bit. Um, especially with the conversation that she had with the the biological father, you know, her have, you know, she was really relieved when uh he showed up at the door like, "Hey, I was thinking about what you said and I want to help out." You know, she was she was like, "Hey, you know, come on in." Uh, I knew, I mean, it was obvious what, you know, what he was on. Uh, but I'm not mad at her for not, you know, peeping game in, you know, initially. But, um, I like the way that she threw him out. I love the relationship that we had with her son. And of course, we're gonna talk about Josh here in the No, not Josh. >> Lance, Lance Gross's character. >> Um, and >> was this the first time we saw Lance Gross in a Tyler Perry film? I think >> uh in a Tyler Perry movie, Michael. Yeah, that that may be the case. >> He was so young. >> Um, but Angela's uh but Brenda's uh acting when he when they was walking outside and he ran into his childhood friends, he was I've been knowing him since three years old or third grade. You know, I don't want you talking to them, hanging around them. Uh, when she kicked them out the house, ain't no son of mine gonna be selling no dope. You better get out. I'm not get around here for A PHONE CALL THAT YOU DEAD. I was like, "Yeah, Angela, let's go. Mama, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just don't like to see you break your back. I don't want to get mine in heaven. I want mine on earth now." And I feel him. You know what I'm saying? He had to He had to hear his his daddy. Um, yeah. Yeah. Give me some ass, you know? Um what what else he say? Hey boy, you know it ain't my responsibility or my problem. I'm like you demon dragon man. So yeah and Angela Brenda was a part of all that. Loved her role. Like you said she elevated the film and you know hopefully those are some uh good examples of why. But uh comment there. Also you you brought up Lance Gross Michael in this as well. Go ahead. What's your thoughts there? Yeah, I was like thinking like, "Oh, wait. Is this the first time we saw him?" Um, and oh gosh, is he so cute. Oh my god, he's so so handsome. Um, but he's such a likable actor. I really really like him a lot. He's he's he's got such a likable disposition. And um I I thought the chemistry between him and Angela Basset was very real because I think sometimes when you see um mother son relationships sometimes chemistry it's hard. Casting is a um a really tough job. Some people think oh casting people just you know you sit in a room and you think you're better than us and I'm reading these lines. But casting's very difficult because you have to not only put different personalities together, but different talent sets. You might have a newcomer with an Academy Award winner. You know, um you you're recognizing talent. You're recognizing the next best thing. But also, you have to pair well. Just because something someone's handsome and they did their audition well doesn't mean they're going to pair well. I really believe the relationship between Angela Basset and Michael and her son like um I believe the relationship the dynamic was very real in terms of how she was like focused on no I don't want you working because sometimes it's different sometimes it's hey we're all struggling everyone's going to have to pay their dues I need you to get a job a burger joint whatever you got to do some families you know even though they're well-meaning they might say you know okay you you're going to go do that with your friend, I'll just look the other way cuz we ain't got no lights on, you know. So, I thought it was very I saw a lot of people that I know in their relationship. I saw a lot of mothers and sons that I'm like, "This relationship is so genuine and believable for a struggling mom with an older son and two little little girls." Uh the way he cared for his sisters, I was like, "This is so this is so true. this story is is u multiplied through our a community so many times. So I thought he has great chemistry with Angela Basset. >> Yeah, I definitely can't and I I just can't get mad at him um you know for wanting to go you know sail away on the corner real quick. Um you know just seeing you know how his mother was treated that way. Like no son or daughter ever just wants to see the mom treated that way. That's just awful you know. Um she was doing her best. She was doing her best. Uh, somebody that I did forget uh was in this film. Chloe Bailey. >> I know. I saw her and her little dreads and I was like, >> I know that's not who I think it is. >> Prison. Prisonness. >> Yeah, she wasn't. She was so cute. >> Yeah, she um I felt bad for her, too. You know, her stomach started hurting because she was eating too much, you know, just gabble gaba gabble gaba at the table. I was gonna say some for my sister, but it was just so good, you know. I you I completely forgot. I mean, of course, I didn't know who she was in 2008, you know. Uh but going back, I was like, "Oh, wait a minute. That's that's so and so." >> Totally forgot. >> Yeah. >> Went on there, you know. So, uh shout out to Chloe Bailey. Um but we also have the 13 season NBA star, Mr. Rick Fox who is trying to shoot >> Ricky what they called him. >> Yeah. Yeah. Great job. I I I should I get my nitpick out the way? Should I get my nitpick? >> Go ahead. >> Why the hell did they have to get the whole ending the last five minutes of this movie? I'm like, damn it, Tyler. You had to force it in there. But I love you and I love you, too. And we got to get married. Just man, just go on a date. >> Thank you, Brandon. Thank you for saying it because I I 100% agree with you. >> Yeah. I mean, I'm laughing to bash on them, but I'm like, you don't got to get married. Just go on a date or something. Go. Yes. >> Go ride off of the sunset together. >> Yes. Let's see >> what happened. You know, >> they people be falling love in three weeks. And uh but besides that, I I can come back to that. I liked him in this. Um >> you know, it was one thing I don't know. They didn't go back and and um and address this, but when we found out, okay, so she kicked him out in Chicago, like you know, get away. We don't tr >> Yeah. >> And he shows up in Georgia that live there, they're playing basketball. Um also the other black dude that was in um Why Did I Get Married, Troy, >> he was in here as well. He was like, "Hey man, >> Lam Man Rucker, >> thank you. If you trying to holler, you need to go change your shirt." So that was cute. >> I love that, you know, between men. So he goes home, comes back all fresh and clean. And as they're at the table eating, he he uh puts his hand on her arm or her wrist, and she kind of reacts to it, rightfully so. I'm not mad at her for it, but I'm like, you know, I'm like, "Oh, you know, he look little look little comfortable. You got to be careful, Rick. You got to be careful." Okay. Um >> the brace, brother. I like that they had that about, you know, uh I like that he and Tyler included that with her character, but I wish they would have uh went back. Um Rick Fox, uh how did you feel about his whole character uh in the film? I'm Harry. Harry, how did you feel about Harry? >> You know what, Rick Fox is one of those success stories of people um switching industries and doing very well. >> I know because we we had Shaq try to be a rapper. >> Oh man. you know, rest in peace, Kobe had his rap album. You know, like sometimes athletes are like, "Okay, what's my next chapter? I'm gonna do this." And it's like, "That's not your lane, brother." But Mr. Rick Fox, I think I mean, we just saw him in Highest to Lowest with freaking Jeffrey Wright and Denzel Washington. Like, brother, you made it. like um he has been a very successful actor and and coming off the 13 seasons with the Lakers like very um in tune as an actor like not just a cameo because some people make great cameos. Snoop Dogg he makes great cameos. I think um Training Day he actually showed some meat. Um, Snoop Dogg. I was like, "Okay, look at your acting chops." But a lot of people just make a nice nice cameo. Oh, did you see so and so in there? Oh, yeah. They they were cool. That was all right. They were decent. But more so, it was just nice to see them. But no. Um, and his character wasn't just the fine guy. Brandon, I got to say, I really like the writing in Meet the Browns because it had an excellent balance. I know you and I have talked about the difficulties of Tyler Perry having balance. Um like sometimes like it's funny but then it's like this crazy dramatic like something some trauma you're trafficking a child and then all of a sudden it's like haha look at media shooting off guns and it's like wait we were just really serious ago like two seconds ago. Uh this balance is off. But um his character was well written because he wasn't just a hot guy. He had a past and I'm like, you know what? We don't talk too much about people with gambling addictions. And um I'm like, this is a good story. This is well written. This guy has this character has some meat. And I think Rick Fox played feeling guilty. Well, he played the weight of like I've made, you know, I was I I was married and divorced and I I was a professional and I gambled it away and now I have nothing. and I'm building my life back up. Like it was really good. Like really good. And I know he did a stint on The Game and he's done well with acting, but um as a leading man in a comedy. >> Yeah. >> Bravo, Rick Freaking Fox. You know, save the best for last, my dear. >> Yeah. Shout out to him. Um and >> I was going to ask you you well, you spoke about gambling. Um, Vera's character was interesting in this. Jennifer Lawrence >> Lewis. Uh, but when Brenda walked away from the table, she brought that up like, "Hold on now. What is going on with this Mr. Harry guy? He don't really like her. He's in it for the money. What does he get out of this? We know he have them gambling debts. I mean, why would a man do all these nice things, rebuild a house for a woman with three kids?" Now, earlier on in the film when Harry and Brenda were getting to know each other, you know, I don't I don't want to just speak on things that I have no experience in, but I have no kids. I've never been married. I've never been divorced, you know, but that was somewhat something that they had in common towards the beginning. She's like, "Why are you handsome? You know, you got your is together. Why aren't you married? I'm divorced." You know, we didn't know why at the time. And at that point and especially when they was at the the uh the park, not the park, but the fair, you know, with the cotton candy, you know, they were they were bonding and like, okay, you know, we can relate, you know, maybe get together, but you know, Brenda's kind of just holding it off. Um I will Yeah, about the gambling thing. I like how Tyler wrote that and brought it back up. Uh because that's a concern, you know, uh everything was sunshine and rainbows with their relationship, but she heard it from the grave vine that, you know, Harry may be in it for ulterior motives. you know, have some nefarious things up his sleeve. You know, she did jump the gun a little bit, but I'm not mad at her either. Um, so I like that as far as that's concerned. You can comment there. And also just about, you know, we talked about Brenda, we talked about Harry, but their relationship in general, you know, also that the hand thing I don't that I commented on earlier. How did you feel about that relationship? >> I really liked it. I I think um he did a good job at kind of something that really got through in the writing and I don't know if this was intentional or not, but you know, you see love stories of all kind, right? You see stories where two little kids have a crush and that's what it is. And then you see the coming of age where it's like girls aren't gross anymore. Like for some reason I I don't want to pull her hair. I kind of want to hold her hand. And you see, of course, we see so much teenagers and young adults, but love when it's you're older and there's divorce and there's complication and there's three baby daddies and I don't want to get hurt again and my marriage failed. It's different. And there's so many different ways to write flirtation with two adults that have had difficult histories with their love life. So I actually and I think that's some that's something I it's like I almost wouldn't be surprised Brandon and I don't know any knowledge of this but I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't written but Angela Basset you know in talking with the director like you know you have conversations if she said you know what would make sense if he grabs her hand and I kind of you know go away like I wouldn't be surprised if that was her addition >> to the script. Because as a woman, that's something that it might have been like he grabs her hand and she looks at him and Angela might have said I could see her with her mentality as a theater actress and and with her the caliber of her acting having the intuition of her her character's backstory saying, "You know what? I'm actually going to pull my hand away and look at him like, I want to like this, but I'm not going to because I'm scared." you know, that just I just felt like that was a little bit of her elevating the content because you know, you want to feel if you're a mom with three kids, like you want to feel carefree, you want someone to like you, and you want to feel liked, but you also you got to protect your children. What if this guy's after me so he can get to my little girls? You know, what if this guy's after me because he thinks just cuz I got three baby daddies that I'm just going to be a quick D. like she played guarded and flirting while guarded very well. >> Well said. I like that. [laughter] I like that. I like the way she kept checking him, too. Like, wait a minute. You know, we having this barbecue right now in this pork, but you're just here for my son, right? I don't want to go down that road with you. And he's like, and I'm I'm like, "All right, now she done let you know that [laughter] you need to, you know, pump the brakes a little bit, you know?" Um, was she right for kicking him out the house though? You know, when he came through and she was like, I had him sign something. You know, we found out that it it was um so he couldn't take be taken advantage of. He didn't want any money. But she just really just jumped to some conclusions here. You know, he wasn't outra or screamed. He was like, "Hey." And Ali was like, "Hey, where's this coming from? Is everything okay? You've been crying for the past few days. We've been having pork and beans and and and and brisket and cotton candy. [laughter] What is going on?" Um, What? What? What? What? How do you feel there? I can't tell. How do you feel there? >> I I get it. I part of me was like, "No, girl. Don't mess this up. He's so fine. He pretty Ricky." Um I I I understand, however, because one, when when you're living a more simple life where you're not in a situation where you're dealing with contracts and you have a talented kid, but your life is you work in a factory. You you don't really know. You don't have friends that are lawyers. You don't really you're not in a lifestyle where it's common place to talk about why somebody would be so interested that they would have your son sign a contract. Like that's that's even as exciting as it is, that's kind of scary. >> Oh yes. >> And also when you have three kids, you have to be careful. Not only men trying to There are men that are they don't look for single moms because they just want to be a great stepdad. They look for single moms because they want access to kids. >> Right. >> And I I actually like the dynamic of, you know, it's not like he's interested in the little girls or something. It's nothing like that. But when you have a kid and in this movie I I know they didn't like focus on his ball handling skills so much, but we it's we're presented to believe that he's the next Kobe. He's the next guy that can be signed straight out of high school. That's what we're presented to believe about this character that he's that good. Um, so it is a it is something where you have to pump the brakes and go, "Okay, this whole world of contracts and this guy's showing up at my house from a university saying he saw a video of my son. Like, are you like, I don't know. Is this the right thing for us to do? Contract? What What were you signing your life away?" Like, but this guy that's getting close to me, okay, now we're going from living in the projects to talking millions of dollars. That's scary. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Why are you so interested? And you didn't talk to me about I think it wasn't smart of him >> to not to have her son sign something without the parent. >> Well, 100%. >> I didn't think that was smart on his part. I don't care how excited you are. You sit down and if you're the guy that knows everything, then you're the guy that knows what we don't know. >> Exactly. >> You sit down and go, "Let me tell you how this works." you took blahy blahy blahy blah contract contract contract. This is what I want him to sign and this doesn't give me money. This gives me the opportunity to guide him. That was his fault. >> Yeah. >> And so I I kind of don't blame her and I'm not mad at her >> for kicking him out. >> Um I agree with you. Um he should have communicated. So I am not mad at her for that reason. Um, I disagree with her on another reason because she was so gung-ho on are you going to go to college? Are you going to finish school? Yes. I mean, I'm I'm not mad at her for that, but I she wasn't, in my opinion, she wasn't in a position to turn down an opportunity. If the if the agent would have like, "No, he's not going to go to school." But, you know, here's a few million dollars upfront if that's how it works. Ma'am, your license cut off. You don't got no money to pay the babysitter. So, you gonna turn down at very least a few hundred,000. He got seven million at the end of the movie. >> I don't I disagree. >> No, I'm sorry. I'm [laughter] sorry. If you have three kids, you can't afford to feed them and you can't afford to feed put the lights on. You're going to tell your son not to get a $7 million contract just because he's not going to finish school. I can understand you wanting him to finish school and you encourage him to do so, but no, this is not this. No, I'm No, no, that's that's that's Do you disagree? >> I disagree. >> Let us know in the chat. I think you trolling me right now. I think you trolling. >> I'm I'm not I I No. You want to hear me? You want to hear why? >> Yes. But also, I want to hear Al I forgot to say that um Harry did rebuild her house and Michael did get shot in the back. >> Yeah. Um, it is very convenient. I mean, I'm not mad at Tyler for this, but it's very convenient that the weekend that he decides to, you know, do the job, do the work, and then the moment he's like, you know what, I don't want this life, you know, that's when the crap hits the fan and he ends up in the hospital. But, uh, yes. Um, your thoughts on all that? >> I disagree. >> Okay. because I think it's a wise woman that separates her struggle from her son's success in life as a whole. And I have a good example. So Jason Weaver, the kid that um he was in Smart Guy, he was in the Michael Jackson, the American Story, he also did the singing voice of Simba in the Lion King. And I I'll there's a story um on the internet where he's talking about how when he did the voice for the Lion King, his mother they said and I think he was in a I think he was in a similar situation where I think he might have grown up in a struggle. Not sure about that. But this is true that they gave his mom a choice. They said, "We can give you a lump sum of money or we can give you royalties over the years." >> You're talking about Lions King, right? >> Yeah. Of course. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Right. >> At the time, if they were in a struggle, if they were in the projects, you would have said, according to your logic, it would have been better for her to be like, "Take the money now. Your lights just got cut off." No, but >> she was thinking of her son's future. Like >> respectfully, >> yeah, go for it. >> Those are two different situations to me. >> Okay, let me bring it back to this situation then. >> Okay, >> in this situation, there's a lot of guys that got a lump sum or got a contract and they hurt their knee, they tear their miniscus, and they have nothing to fall back on because they didn't finish school. They don't have a business plan outside of shooting this basketball and running up and down this court. And their parents said, "Yes, absolutely, yes, yes, yes." And all it takes is one injury or one silly scandal and you don't have an education to fall back on. I think it was really smart for her to weigh the options instead of saying, "Yeah, um, money, uh, yes, please." It was smart of her to go, "Look at the whole picture." I I well Oh, okay. I see what you're saying. Uh because a lump sum and royalties is, you know, different, you know, that that's not the >> But even even uh Okay, then let's bring it back to the film. A contract now that's based on my knees working versus the power of education to where I could finish school, go through college, get my degree, and still be just as good. Let's go let's let's dive a little deeper in the truth. >> I have the business acumen to start a business if my knees go out. >> He is going to the NBA, not the NFL. Okay. So, as far as an injury is concerned, something life-threatening or that will, you know, disfigure your body is chances are much less in the NBA. >> Yeah. But you can still break your knee. >> You can still break your knee and you can still go to school with a broken knee after the fact. Yes. It's better ideally to go ahead and get the education out of the way early on so you can just like you just check it off and have I agree with you there. But I'm just saying when you're in a position where you can't feed your children literally and you don't have money to put the lights on and she lucked out by getting a house that a a man wants to build for her for free with family that's nice. You know what I'm saying? I mean >> she lucked out but my child is not my paycheck. my child's future, >> my issues, >> that's my lights, >> okay? >> That's I'm the mom. I'm the It's my responsibility. But you I'm thinking of your when I look at my boys, like my nephew, when I look at them, I'm thinking of your 401k. I'm thinking of your experience as a 56 year old man. I'm looking at if you if you have a basketball injury that takes you out. I'm looking at can you provide for your family because you have business acumen and because you approached higher education in all of the fullness that it was to offer. My lights getting cut out is my problem. That is not your response. You do not bring kids into this world to take care of you. You bring children into this world to enrich them, lift them up, and push them out of the nest to fly. Because you know what? That's too much pressure. Because if you decide that you want to play the flute like Andre 30,000 cuz that's what makes you happy. I'm not going to be like, "Well, you can't do that because then my lights won't get turned on. That's my problem." >> Okay. Well, to to clarif I agree with you there. [laughter] You're silly. I >> I'm just letting you speak. We We have a good Discord. >> I I I agree with you there. And to clarify, yes, you should not raise your child or or to take care of you. Um, so I agree with you there. But chat, comments, let us know what y'all think about that. Uh, where do you lie? Both in the middle, this side, that side. The daddy showed up though at the end. Hey son, how you doing? Can I get a little bit of money there? You know, it was great. [laughter] I was laughing at the bottom of the reporters like, how was his grace when he was coming up? >> How was great? Did he always like sports? >> Yeah. >> And I'm like, "Oh, boy. Oh, boy." Called him out. Was like, "Uh, sounds like you are an opportunist and a gold digger, sir." >> Yeah. [laughter] He was being petty right there. I loved it, though. It It was funny. It was not about my boy. The audacity to go. I mean, like, come on. Like, that's just How did he even get in the building? You know what I'm saying? [laughter] >> Who let you in, sir? And why are you standing next to her? You wouldn't even stay at the hospital when she offered you money. >> Yeah. That's crazy. That's crazy. He >> But here you go. thought he was making the big bucks, but you know, >> but you know what? I like listening to those 30 for30 shows. Is it is it HBO or something when people talk about like, you know, >> um and that scenario happens so much. >> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. >> My dad was never there. And then all of a sudden my agent's telling me there's a guy in the back trying to get in and it's my dad that used to beat my ass, beat my mom, leave me. And then he showed up at my first press conference. Like I have heard that story. like the audacity. People have the audacity to do that. So I Oh, that guy was scuff me. But when old girl hit him with the brick, I ran. >> Silly. >> I love that. >> I don't know. I He deserved it. I was >> He deserved it. >> I'm on the fence. But yeah, and um you know um Brenda finds out that Harry is not um a shyer and they conf you know I'm kind of mad at her that she did not apologize on her own because she realized that she was wrong after that agent was like oh no he was a good guy you know you should trust him. She was like >> you know and and her son had to make her go do that. I'm I'm a you know a little butt hurt about that. Uh but you know and they got married which I thought was forced which you talked about but overall have gotten married. >> They should not have gotten married. Um >> could have held hands and walked walked down a beautiful beach and kissed at the sunset. >> Yeah. You know, yeah, something like that or a family reunion, get together, something, but a marriage, you know, but it it was good overall. I liked it. It's not it's in the middle for me. Probably upper middle. This is not one of Tyler Tyler Perry's best, you know, because we talked about the acting and all that and the other ones, but this is a good one for me. It's thumbs up. Two thumbs up. Uh, how do you feel about it in the end in your final? >> You know, this has got to be my top. I think this is my top. Tyler Perry >> number one. >> I think this is my number one. >> Oh my gosh. Out of Marry one and two, family to praise. I think really >> I do. You know why? Because this is the this is the typical media formula. >> Family comes together. Like there's such a formula with these types of films. like the oneoffs like I feel like uh why did I get married like whenever it's media like actual media it's um I feel like it runs a certain formula that's not exactly like your why did I get married which is like okay that's different you know the why did I get married like that's a totally different um it's in the same universe but it's still it's like you know media's not there so when media shows up I feel like there is a formula he sticks with. >> And so in terms of the media movies, not just all Tyler Perry, I mean because there's like six triple A and there's other stuff, but like in terms of the media movies, this is my top because the humor wasn't just like it was like I'm Brandon, I'm crying. I'm like, oh no, he did not. I'm I'm They are spot on about church folks. They're spot on about black folks. they are. Um the humor um having other people like Sophia Vagara bringing other cultures in to add to the mix. Um uh Rick Fox really doing a good job having an elevated actress such as Angela Basset come in and um the chemistry between the characters, the little funny things in the writing. I mean the little girl just oh mommy a clown like that little thing in the writer's room. I I like that moment because I always imagine the writer room and so I'm going, you know what, it'd be funny if one of the kids thought he was like an actual clown. Like I I think of the development. This is my top. Meet the Browns is my my favorite. >> Okay, I ain't mad at that. Well, ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, let us know your thoughts on Meet the Browns. Is it your number one? Is it your last? Is it somewhere in the middle? Is it top 10, top five, top three? Uh let us know. Let us know. Uh, I like this film. Um, you know, I had fun with it and I'm even willing to see it again if you know it makes sense. 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So, that's what I did right here. I did this all by myself like a big boy. All these movies, you know, throw in Predator: Bad Lands in there, too. And then, of course, we got the spoilers reviews with Kim for Media's Family Reunion, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and also Finding Joy as well. That's on Amazon Prime. So, we got all of and I got like five or six or actually nine videos with Kim that I haven't even released yet. So, that's all coming down the pipeline. Subscribe to both our channels. Thank you guys for tuning in. Before you go, don't forget I'm Avery. That's just my opinion. No, I'm be Avery as Kimberly. I'm so sorry. And that's just our opinion. Peace out and we'll see you next time.