Tyler Perry (MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION) delivers another of his deliciously soapy tales of loyalty, betrayal, passion, and redemption amongst African Americans, this time playing across two Atlanta families, one of whom is white. Kathy Bates co-stars as southern business clan matriarch Charlotte Cartwright, whose lifelong friendship with Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard) has led to prosperity for both their families. But Charlotte's evil son, William (Cole Hauser), is getting mixed up with Alice's unscrupulous daughter, Andrea (Sanaa Lathan), while her husband (Rockmond Dunbar) stays willingly blind in order to get William's help with his construction business. Perry himself plays the good son-in-law struggling with good wife Pam (Taraji P. Henson) to avoid going down with the ship as resulting skeleton-packed closets explode all over Atlanta. Played out in Perry's patented blend of tearful pathos, sexy snarkiness, moral uplift, and sly humor, this feels culled straight from the pages of a juicy beach novel, in the best of ways. The acting is uniformly ripe, with Hauser brilliantly sleazy, Lathan enjoyably difficult, and lots of old-fashioned "you go girl" charm and grace from veteran thespians Bates and Woodard, who go on an old-school road trip to work things out. The neo-soul soundrack includes songs from Jill Scott and Janet Jackson.

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette:
1. Two Families, Two Legends
2. Preying In The Big Easy
3. Casting The Family
4. Delving Into The Diner

Kathy Bates: Oscar winning actress, MISERY
Alfre Woodard: American actress
Tyler Perry: Screenwriter, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)
Cole Hauser: Actor
Sanaa Lathan: American actress, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
Rockmond Dunbar: Actor/ "Misery Loves Company"
Taraji P. Henson: Actor, BABY BOY (2001)
KaDee Strickland: Actor, THE GRUDGE (2004)
Sebastian Siegel: Actor

Tyler Perry: Screenwriter, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)

Tyler Perry: Screenwriter, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)
Reuben Cannon: Film Producer, DANCING IN SEPTEMBER (2001)

Tyler Perry: Screenwriter, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (2005)

Aaron Zigman: Composer, JOHN Q (2002)

"The best thing about TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS is the opportunity it affords to watch a pair of veteran actresses still at the top of their game. "