The great Tyler Perry debate

The great Tyler Perry debate

By Geoff Berkshire and Rochelle Oliver
Metromix

Tyler Perry burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2005 with the surprise hit “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” and just three years later he’s about to release his fifth film, “Meet the Browns.”

While Perry’s mix of romance, comedy, social issues and God-fearing religion has earned him a devoted following and turned him into a one man franchise, his movies inevitably receive none-too-favorable reviews. It’s even become an expected practice that they won’t be screened in advance for film critics.

Two Metromix editors—Geoff, a resident movie critic, and Rochelle, a self-professed Perry fanatic—recently took the time to analyze the divide over Perry’s films.