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Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 comedy film directed, written, and
produced by Tyler Perry. This was the fourteenth film in the Tyler
Perry film franchise and the seventh in the Madea franchise. It is the
fourth Tyler Perry film not adapted from a play, alongside The Family
That Preys, Daddy's Little Girls, and Good Deeds, as well as the first
Madea film not adapted from a play.
With total box office gross of $65,653,242 Madea's Witness Protection
is second most successful Tyler Perry's movie, after Madea Goes to
Jail. The film is also notable for being the only film by Perry (to
date), to be a full-fledged comedy.
Plot of Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
George Needleman, a geeky, high level CFO in New York City, promises
his son that he will take him to his Saturday afternoon baseball game
after he gets back from the office. He gets to his office and arrives
to a harrowing scene; his co-workers are shredding documents and are in
a state of chaos. He sees his boss, who informs him that his company is
a Ponzi scheme run by the mob. He is being accused of spearheading the
scheme and laundering funds and has to enter his family into a witness
protection program. The program relocates them to a refuge where no one
will think to look for them: Madea and Joe's house in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Jake - whose ailing father is a church pastor who has put
him in charge of the church's mortgage fund - stages a robbery (which
is unsuccessful). Jake, who has a criminal past but whose father trusts
that he has turned over a new leaf, is trying to recover church funds
that he has invested in Needleman's company without his father's
knowledge or consent, only to lose the entire investment in the Ponzi
scheme.
The Needlemans' first meeting with Madea and Joe is awkward and bodes
poorly for how everyone will get along. However, over time, Madea helps
Kate and Cindy relate better to each other and to other family members,
while Joe and Kate help George become more confident, more in touch
with his surroundings and people around him, and more effective in
channeling his emotions. Barbara displays dual sensibilities about
"colored people". On one hand, she mistakes Madea for a domestic named
Sadie, treats "Sadie" imperiously, and threatens to get her fired. On
the other hand, she recognizes Joe as a man she slept with years ago
(and George's biological father), and relates to him seductively; she
also enjoys Negro spirituals and repeatedly asks to be taken to the
African American church down the street from Madea's house.
Pastor Nelson's sermon inspires George to recognize a pattern in his
company's records that explains where 10% of the stolen funds have been
stashed. After church, watching Whoopi Goldberg's Oda Mae Brown
character in Ghost inspires George to involve Madea in a plan to
redivert funds from the "stashed" accounts back to the charities whose
investments were stolen in the Ponzi scheme. The plan requires George
(who disguises himself as a Frenchman to avoid detection by the Malone
mob "family"), Jake, and Madea (who assumes the identity of an upscale
woman named Precious Jackson) to travel to New York City, and for
"Precious" to meet with a bank manager to transfer funds from the
laundered accounts to the legitimate charities. Madea successfully
accomplishes her mission, although she improvises both an expansion of
her assumed identity (by pretending to be the oldest Jackson sister)
and of the accounts to which "Precious's" funds are transferred by
having some money sent to her real bank account, unbeknownst to George
and Jake.
When George and Jake begin to share their plan with Brian (Perry), he
cuts them off and advises them it is illegal. However, after they pull
off the caper, Brian informs George that his cooperation with the
authorities and his successful efforts to return the charities' funds
have given Brian leverage to sentence George to probation and waive a
trial and jail time. Kate points out to George that the situation has
strengthened their relationship and their family, and that it is a
blessing in disguise. Upon leaving Madea's house, Cindy and Howie ask
if they can come back to visit but both Madea and Joe immediately
decline (though Madea does so in a sweet demeanor).
Before returning to New York, the Needlemans visit Pastor Nelson's
church one last time. The Pastor and Jake burn the mortgage papers and
the entire congregation celebrates the mortgage's being paid off, and
the Needlemans enjoy the Negro spirituals. Madea also enjoys the
spiritual music from her front porch, celebrating her new wealth.
Cast of Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
produced by Tyler Perry. This was the fourteenth film in the Tyler
Perry film franchise and the seventh in the Madea franchise. It is the
fourth Tyler Perry film not adapted from a play, alongside The Family
That Preys, Daddy's Little Girls, and Good Deeds, as well as the first
Madea film not adapted from a play.
With total box office gross of $65,653,242 Madea's Witness Protection
is second most successful Tyler Perry's movie, after Madea Goes to
Jail. The film is also notable for being the only film by Perry (to
date), to be a full-fledged comedy.
Plot of Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
George Needleman, a geeky, high level CFO in New York City, promises
his son that he will take him to his Saturday afternoon baseball game
after he gets back from the office. He gets to his office and arrives
to a harrowing scene; his co-workers are shredding documents and are in
a state of chaos. He sees his boss, who informs him that his company is
a Ponzi scheme run by the mob. He is being accused of spearheading the
scheme and laundering funds and has to enter his family into a witness
protection program. The program relocates them to a refuge where no one
will think to look for them: Madea and Joe's house in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Jake - whose ailing father is a church pastor who has put
him in charge of the church's mortgage fund - stages a robbery (which
is unsuccessful). Jake, who has a criminal past but whose father trusts
that he has turned over a new leaf, is trying to recover church funds
that he has invested in Needleman's company without his father's
knowledge or consent, only to lose the entire investment in the Ponzi
scheme.
The Needlemans' first meeting with Madea and Joe is awkward and bodes
poorly for how everyone will get along. However, over time, Madea helps
Kate and Cindy relate better to each other and to other family members,
while Joe and Kate help George become more confident, more in touch
with his surroundings and people around him, and more effective in
channeling his emotions. Barbara displays dual sensibilities about
"colored people". On one hand, she mistakes Madea for a domestic named
Sadie, treats "Sadie" imperiously, and threatens to get her fired. On
the other hand, she recognizes Joe as a man she slept with years ago
(and George's biological father), and relates to him seductively; she
also enjoys Negro spirituals and repeatedly asks to be taken to the
African American church down the street from Madea's house.
Pastor Nelson's sermon inspires George to recognize a pattern in his
company's records that explains where 10% of the stolen funds have been
stashed. After church, watching Whoopi Goldberg's Oda Mae Brown
character in Ghost inspires George to involve Madea in a plan to
redivert funds from the "stashed" accounts back to the charities whose
investments were stolen in the Ponzi scheme. The plan requires George
(who disguises himself as a Frenchman to avoid detection by the Malone
mob "family"), Jake, and Madea (who assumes the identity of an upscale
woman named Precious Jackson) to travel to New York City, and for
"Precious" to meet with a bank manager to transfer funds from the
laundered accounts to the legitimate charities. Madea successfully
accomplishes her mission, although she improvises both an expansion of
her assumed identity (by pretending to be the oldest Jackson sister)
and of the accounts to which "Precious's" funds are transferred by
having some money sent to her real bank account, unbeknownst to George
and Jake.
When George and Jake begin to share their plan with Brian (Perry), he
cuts them off and advises them it is illegal. However, after they pull
off the caper, Brian informs George that his cooperation with the
authorities and his successful efforts to return the charities' funds
have given Brian leverage to sentence George to probation and waive a
trial and jail time. Kate points out to George that the situation has
strengthened their relationship and their family, and that it is a
blessing in disguise. Upon leaving Madea's house, Cindy and Howie ask
if they can come back to visit but both Madea and Joe immediately
decline (though Madea does so in a sweet demeanor).
Before returning to New York, the Needlemans visit Pastor Nelson's
church one last time. The Pastor and Jake burn the mortgage papers and
the entire congregation celebrates the mortgage's being paid off, and
the Needlemans enjoy the Negro spirituals. Madea also enjoys the
spiritual music from her front porch, celebrating her new wealth.
Cast of Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
- Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons / Brian Simmons / Joe Simmons
- Eugene Levy as George Needleman
- Denise Richards as Kate Needleman
- Romeo Miller as Jake Nelson
- Doris Roberts as Barbara Needleman
- Tom Arnold as Walter
- John Amos as Pastor Nelson
- Marla Gibbs as Hattie
- Danielle Campbell as Cindy Needleman
- Devan Leos as Howie Needleman
- Jeff Joslin as Lucas
- Charlie Sheen (uncredited cameo in outtakes) as himself
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