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The Family That Preys
Directed by
Tyler Perry
PG-13
2008
1h 50m
[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Romance](/on-demand/category/romance)
6.0
54%
61%
6.8
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Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.
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Cast of The Family That Preys
Alfre Woodard
Alice Pratt
Sanaa Lathan
Andrea
Rockmond Dunbar
Chris
KaDee Strickland
Jillian Cartwright
Cole Hauser
William Cartwright
Taraji P. Henson
Pam
Robin Givens
Abby
Tyler Perry
Ben / Director / Writer / Producer
Kathy Bates
Charlotte Cartwright
Sebastian Siegel
Nick
Santana Pruitt
Christopher
Kaira Akita
Robin
Ron Clinton Smith
Construction Foreman
Jeffrey Alan Chase
Austin
Johnell J. Easter
Customer
T. Alan Brown
Preacher
Mark Adam
Man on Street
Eric Goins
Man #2
Jeff Rose
Loan Officer
Michelle Keller
Teller
The Family That Preys Ratings & Reviews
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Though the movie at times flowed like a soap opera with its dramatic turns and pregnant pauses, it kept your attention.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
Whatever its other sins, the movie cannot be accused of wanting for ambition or scope.
Cinematical
William Goss
Exactly the kind of preachy, pandering, tone-shifting, gospel-laced soap opera that [Perry has] served up time and time again to his dedicated audience.
Sin Magazine
Austin Kennedy
I appreciate what Perry is trying to do with his films, and it's nice to see an urban film that isn't a "Gangsta Picture", but he needs to tone down the soap opera qualities and let his stories unfold naturally.
San Antonio Express-News
Larry Ratliff
(Tyler) Perry, a cinematic one-man band who wrote the script, produces, directs and plays the role of a decent husband and construction worker, is still growing as a filmmaker.
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron
To call The Family That Preys a transitional effort would be accurate and fair
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
It has Tyler Perry's trademark trio: sincerity, spirituality, and story. And if he passes on that other "s" -- subtlety -- that's all right.
AV Club
Sam Adams
While it's wonderful to see actresses as shamefully underemployed as Woodard and Bates on the big screen, even they can't make sense of [these] incoherent characters.
Washington Post
Neely Tucker
By far the best thing about the enterprise is Woodard. If she's not in this thing, I think it goes kaput.
Los Angeles Times
Bob Baker
The film takes off when Woodard's and Bates' characters go on a Thelma & Louise-style road trip.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie plays almost exactly like four daily soap episodes stitched together.
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
As usual, the villains are very bad, and the good guys are very noble -- until they get mad and clock their wives.
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
It's hard to resist the movie's mixture of soap opera, humor and heart-filled homilies.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The suds that cascade through Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys more than equal the cubic footage from nighttime soaps like Dallas, Dynasty and their offspring.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
This mix of lovingly-written characters and terribly hokey plots makes for an uneven but occasionally engaging drama.
New York Daily News
A smart, satisfying movie experience.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Defiantly old-school, undeniably entertaining, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys is a shiny, two-timing throwback to 1950s melodramas like Giant, those wellsprings of such prime-time soaps as Dallas and Dynasty.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Religion is important to these characters but the presence of Christianity itself is practically incidental.
Variety
Peter Debruge
As usual, morality prevails: Faith and family are key virtues, while lust and greed are duly punished, though Perry is getting better at disguising his manipulation.
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