Review of Boo! A Madea Halloween

I love Tyler Perry's staple senior characters, Madea most of all of course! In the scenes where the "grownups" are allowed to shine, it's pure gold. The best scene is their intro, Madea and the ever-high Aunt Bam are sitting on the front porch for trick-or-treater's and offering up more tricks than treats to the "babies" that visit their door. Equally hilarious is the living room scene in which the elderly foursome has just arrived at Brian's house. The dialogue and comedic timing are great! In the scenes where the under 30 crowd take the spotlight, things fall flat. The teens and 20-somethings let the ball drop and entire scenes fail to deliver a chuckle despite fervent effort on the writer and editors part. It's either a shortcoming with casting or directing, or both.