The Fan-Favorite Family Comedy That's Dominating Netflix's Top 10

Madea's Big Happy Family is a 2011 comedy from director-producer-writer-actor Tyler Perry, and is based on Perry's 2010 play of the same name. The film opens with Shirley (Loretta Devine), the niece of Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Perry), going to the doctor with her Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis). She discovers during this visit that her cancer has progressively gotten worse, and it's possible she only has a few more weeks to live. As a result, Shirley wants to invite her children to a dinner so that she can tell them all of the situation simultaneously. 

Later that day, Shirley's kids Kimberly (Shannon Kane), Tammy (Natalie Desselle Reid), and Byron (Shad "Bow Wow" Moss) arrive at her house. Almost immediately, drama sparks when Byron's ex-girlfriend and "baby mama" Sabrina (Teyana Taylor) shows up and starts discussing Byron's past as a drug dealer. What was supposed to be a simple dinner quickly goes off the rails in this comedy that's uproarious at times and heartbreaking at others.

Madea's Big Happy Family also stars Isaiah Mustafa, Rodney Perry, and Maury Povich, in a cameo as himself.