Film spotlight: "Madea's Witness Protection"

Updated: June 28, 2012 - 4:16 PM

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From left: Romeo Miller, Eugene Levy and Tyler Perry in "Madea's Witness Protection."

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TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION

Opening Friday: As is traditional, the new Tyler Perry movie is being released without press previews under a shroud of mystery befitting a secret warehouse in Area 51. In the apostrophe-heavy film, the writer/director/multi-role-playing star shares the screen with Tom Arnold, Denise Richards and Eugene Levy. Madea administers her trademark brand of no-nonsense tough love, straightening out a dysfunctional Connecticut family in need of a safe house after they're implicated in a Wall Street fraud scheme. It should appeal to those who enjoy the sight of a burly 6-foot-5 man in a wig and housedress, a fan base large enough to have made Perry, according to Forbes magazine, the highest-paid man in the entertainment industry. (PG-13 for crude sexual remarks and brief drug references)COLIN COVERT