It was written and directed by Tyler Perry with Ruben Cannon helping with the writing, and starring Angela Bassett, Sofia Vergara, Margaret Avery, Frankie Faison, Jenifer Lewis, Lance Gross, Rick Fox, Lamman Rucker, Tamela Mann, Tyler Perry, and introducing David Mann in his film debut as Leroy Brown.

The film tells the story of a struggling single mother from Chicago who takes her children to Senoia, Georgia to attend her long-lost father's funeral and meets the relatives she didn't know she had.

The plant where she works with her friend Cheryl "relocates its business to Mexico" adding to her existing financial difficulties.

Then Miss Mildred, who supervises Lena in her home daycare, will not continue watching her due to the fact that Brenda has not been paying her.

Basketball scout Harry notices Mike Jr. playing well at a game and comes to their house to talk about the boy's future.

Brenda takes her children to Senoia, Georgia to attend the funeral and meets half-siblings who did not know she existed and are led by Cora Simmons and Leroy Brown.

She is surprised to run into Harry, who lives in that town and is friendly with her father's family members LB, Sarah, Vera, and Will.

When Harry and Brenda leave for a date, Mike Jr. tells Calvin that he has changed his mind and returns the drugs.

At the same time, Cora and Leroy watch the news of a high-speed chase involving their relatives Madea and Joe Simmons.

The series, however, is a spin-off of the film, the stageplay and three episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne where Mann guest-starred as Mr. Brown, who learns that his deceased father states in his will that he wants him to open a senior citizens' home.

The site's critics consensus reads: "Angela Bassett's considerable charms can't compensate for Meet the Browns' incessant melodrama and scattered narrative threads.

[4] In its opening weekend, the film grossed an estimated $20 million in 2,006 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office[5] behind Horton Hears a Who!.