![]() ![]() “Me and his daddy never got much schoolin’,” says the mother of one of Lacey’s students. ![]() The clunky narrative doesn’t ring true for a second, and the hackneyed dialogue is even worse. An opportunity seems to have been missed when Madea accidentally walks into a Ku Klux Klan meeting instead of giving the white hood-clad racists a piece of her mind, she instead turns tail and runs away. Here the unfunny set pieces include her viciously haranguing customers while working in a department store and tying up an unruly little girl to a crucifix while minding an elementary school class. The film’s true raison d’etre, of course, is to showcase Madea alternately acting out and dispensing malaprop-strewn, no-nonsense advice to everyone within earshot. ![]() But after Eileen rescues him from his burning pickup truck, he undergoes a complete character reversal, one of many afflicting the proceedings. Eileen seemingly saves the day when she procures a corporate sponsorship from her old high school beau Oliver ( JR Lemon), only to lose her job when it turns out the company providing the funds demands that the event be shorn of any references to Jesus.Ĭontaining Tyler’s usual awkward mixture of comedy and melodrama, the film also features a plotline involving an aggrieved farmer ( Chad Michael Murray) who’s had a long-running feud with Connor. Surprised by her mother’s impromptu arrival, she tells her that he’s just a farmhand, a ruse made more difficult by the arrival of his hillbilly parents (Larry the Cable Guy, Kathy Najimy) whom Eileen treats with undisguised hostility.Ī major plot element involves the threatened cancellation of the town’s Christmas Jubilee, which has the natives up in arms. Cue the endless culture clashes, as it turns out that Eileen hasn’t told her racially intolerant mother that she’s actually married to Connor ( Eric Lively), a white small-time farmer. The endlessly contrived plot has Madea reluctantly accompanying her niece Eileen ( Anna Marie Horsford) to a small town in Alabama after the latter’s schoolteacher daughter Lacey ( Tika Sumpter) announces that she won’t be coming home for Christmas. Marking his latest drag turn as the titular character with impulse control issues, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas is one holiday gift that should be quickly returned. The prolific multihyphenate media mogul has pumped out an endless array of movies in recent years, but his latest effort ranks as one of his very worst. Benefit, the ‘Hollywood Celebrity Toy Drive Extravaganza’, and ‘Rockin’ a Cure’, a concert to aid families affected by Cystic Fibrosis.You’d think by sheer dint of experience that Tyler Perry would be a better filmmaker by now. Noah has performed at the House of Blues, the Mint, the Troubadour, and many other venues in greater Los Angeles, and across the country.Īdditionally, Noah has supported many fundraising events, benefiting charities such as the Los Angeles Mission, End Malaria Now, Goodwill Industries, the ASPCA Rock ‘N Roll L.A. In March 2017, he released his EP, Always. Many industry insiders say he’s the next Justin Bieber, or perhaps the first Bieber meets Timberlake. He has worked with several top producers, writing and recording original songs. In 2012, Noah was chosen to be one of Nickelodeon’s Groundlings, where he developed a talent for improvisational comedy. He has also appeared on Sam and Cat (Nickelodeon), See Dad Run (Nick at Nite), Children’s Hospital (Adult Swim), The Fosters (Freeform), and the Nickelodeon pilots Twang and Like a Girl. Noah’s television projects include The Kicks (Amazon), and Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street (Amazon). For his portrayal of ‘James’ in the short film Eleven (2014), Noah won the ‘Best Young Actor Award’ at the Action on Film International Film Festival. In 2014, Noah appeared as Young Ryan Wade in The Identical with Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green, and Blake Rayne- another role in which he sang. He played the part of Bailey McCoy, opposite Tyler Perry, Alicia Witt, and Chad Michael Murray. Noah made his big-screen debut in 2013 with a role in Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, in which he acted and sang. Since then, he’s become experienced in many facets of the entertainment industry. He got his first break as a performer in 2011 when he appeared in Blake Shelton’s music video, “Honey Bee”. Noah Urrea is an American actor, singer, and dancer. ![]()
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