His shot composition is rudimentary at best, his blocking of action is practically indifferent, and his editing rhythms run the gamut from hobbled to stumbling. (Kenny’s first criterion during the review, commenting on the camera shots and editing of the film.)
“Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween” is Mr. Perry’s 16th feature film as a director, and it shows him just barely more adept in this respect as he was for his first outing, “Madea’s Family Reunion” (2006). (Kenny establishes criteria for his formal review for the movie, bringing in the first movie that Mr. Perry produced back in 2006.)
The whole thing eventually devolves into the maelstrom of reactionary moralizing that is Mr. Perry’s specialty, not that any informed viewer would
