Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming | 2022 | TV-MA | – 5.3.5

Why is “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming” rated TV-MA? The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board rating indicates that “this program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes many sexual references, a gun being fired, two men in a fistfight, a man in flames after a barbecue accident, a man jumping from a roof, many arguments, a few scenes of people ingesting marijuana-laced candy and about 6 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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In this sequel, Madea (Tyler Perry) welcomes her extended family home to celebrate her great-grandson’s (Brandon Black) graduation. During the festivities, many family secrets are revealed that cause conflicts. Also with Cassi Davis, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Gabrielle Dennis and Brendan O’Carroll. Directed by Perry. [Running Time: 1:45]

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming SEX/NUDITY 5

 – A character pushes her bosom up to her chin with her hands and another lifts her skirt to her chin to show her “knickers” (her body from the waist down is below the frame); she says her groin area probably looks like a busted mattress. A character lifts her skirt to her chin and we see long shorts. A character wearing short-shorts and a sweatshirt sings “Drunk on Love ” and writhes and shimmies; she later twerks in profile.
► A character says that she was once a stripper who danced on a wooden pole to make a living for her young children, and suffered many thigh splinters. A man makes many sexual and suggestive remarks throughout the movie, a woman’s ringtone plays sexual and suggestive terms several times, and a woman makes many sexual and suggestive remarks throughout the movie. A college-aged man comes out as gay to his family, that all say they already knew and are fine with it. A man reveals to his roommate that he has been dating the second man’s mother and the two men argue.
► After a man catches fire, we see that part of his buttock shows through a hole burned in his pants (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). A woman has a slit across the bodice of her dress that reveals cleavage in several scenes. Several women tell another woman that she is pretty and she slaps her own buttocks and smiles. During the end credits, several women wear long sleeved leotards.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – A man pours a can of lighter fluid and some gasoline on a BBQ grill and it explodes in flames, catching his back on fire; he screams and runs until another man trips him and spits on him (we do not see spit) and the flames go out, but he smolders as a small tree catches fire and burns down (we see that part of his buttock shows through a hole burned in his pants). A man wearing a sheet as a cape stands on a roof and jumps, thinking he is a superhero (please see the Substance Use category for more details); he falls off-screen with a loud thud, but looks fine in the next scene. A man and a younger man fight at a family reunion, punching and shoving each other as onlookers scream; a woman is accidentally punched and falls down (we see no injuries).
► A woman fires a handgun into the ceiling when a male family member touches her, and others scream and duck; one man stands, clutches his buttocks (implying defecation that we do not see) and stumbles out of the room. In a flashback to 1955, a woman trashes an NAACP office by ripping up posters, overturning shelves, and shouting at people, she leaves, pulls a handgun, and briefly holds Rosa Parks hostage on a bus. A woman picks up another woman by the collar and drops her with a thud, without injuries shown. A woman pulls out a shotgun and a man leaves.
► An extended argument among many people occurs when an Irish woman says “knickers” and Black people hear a derogatory term. There are many scenes of people arguing and cursing at one another. A woman says she dislikes having a police officer in the family, who might discover her many arrest warrants. A woman says running from the police keeps her young.
► A woman flatulates loudly.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming LANGUAGE 5

 – 6 F-words and its derivatives, 28 sexual references, 24 scatological terms, 42 anatomical terms, 155 mild obscenities, 12 derogatory terms for African-American people, 22 instances of name-calling (Aunt Jemima, Braless and Lawless, Black whore, ho’s, bastard, jigga, stupid, loser, coward, fool, little boy, pimp, clown, haterer), exclamations (shut-up, oh my gosh), 1 religious profanity (GD), 24 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, God, Jesus, oh Lord, Lord have mercy, thank God, thank you Jesus, praise the Lord, praise Him, Hallelujah, God bless y’all, for God’s sake, God will send you a sign). | profanity glossary |

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming SUBSTANCE USE

 – A couple of women and a man argue about “weed” and a local “weed man,” a woman carries a bag of marijuana-laced candies in her purse and a man and the woman eat a few of them (the woman becomes inebriated and slurs her words and stumbles), a woman asks another woman for some marijuana-laced candy for pain relief and the first woman gives her a whole baggie full of them, a woman swallows a baggie of marijuana-laced candy and becomes woozy and passes out, a woman rolls several marijuana cigarettes and hides them in a sewing basket, and a man lights a marijuana cigarette in a bathroom (he does not smoke it). A woman asks for a beer but we see no alcoholic beverages, and a woman says that she is an alcoholic. A woman smokes a cigarette in a yard.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Families, secrets, men portraying women in films, LGBTQ, drug use, Black Lives Matter, right-wing radicals, the January 6th 2021 Capitol Insurrection, Civil Rights, defunding the police, trauma, gentrification, cultural differences, parenting, divorce, deception, forgiveness, love, sacrifice, appreciation.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming MESSAGE

 – Love is worth the risk, and friends and families should be appreciated.