

Harry sees them together and suspects something is wrong. turns to Calvin, a friend who deals drugs.

In an attempt to make money to help, Mike Jr. offers money in exchange for a one-night stand. Brenda decides not to move into the house, despite Harry's suggestion that she should stay. After the funeral, they learn that Pop Brown left an old house to Brenda in his will. The family welcomes Brenda, offering support and encouragement. Brenda's mother who was LB's mother and many of Pop's friends, the children had all known, were his working girls much to the shock of the rest of the Browns. On his deathbed, Pop confessed to LB that he had been a pimp in Chicago. and Will.Īt dinner, Brenda learns that LB was the only one who knew about her when she shows the letter to Vera. Harry does partaking in a basketball game with Mike Jr. She is surprised to run into Harry, who lives in the same town and is friendly with her father's family members LB, Sarah, Vera, and Will. Mike Sr., who has never given Brenda any assistance, says no and Brenda runs after Cheryl throws a brick at him.īrenda takes her children to Georgia to attend her father's funeral and meets half-siblings who did not know she existed and are led by Cora Simmons and Leroy Brown. She begs Miss Mildred to watch Lena briefly and goes to see her ex with Cheryl for financial help to pay the woman back. Harry asks Brenda out but she says has no interest in hearing about her son going professional and walks away. when he plays well at a game and comes to their house to talk about the boy's future. Then Miss Mildred, who supervises Lena in her home daycare, says she will not work for Brenda anymore due to the fact that Brenda has not been paying her.Ī basketball scout named Harry notices Mike Jr. The same day, the plant where she works with her friend Cheryl "relocates its business to Mexico" adding to her existing financial difficulties. She receives a letter telling her that the father she has never met has died and his funeral will be in Georgia. In Chicago, Brenda Brown-Davis is the struggling single mother of Mike Jr., Lena, and Tosha. The film was met with mixed reviews and grossed $42 million on a budget of $20 million. The film tells the story of a struggling single mother from Chicago who takes her children to Georgia to attend her long-lost father's funeral and meets the relatives she didn't know she had. It was written and directed by Tyler Perry with Ruben Cannon helping with the writing, and starring Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery, Frankie Faison, Jenifer Lewis, Lance Gross, Sofía Vergara, Lamman Rucker, Tamela Mann, Tyler Perry, and introducing David Mann in his film debut as Leroy Brown. The film was based on the play of the same name by Tyler Perry and is the third film in the Madea cinematic universe. Meet the Browns is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008.
