Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008. The film was based on the play of the same name by Tyler Perry. Brenda is a hard-working single mother living with one son and two daughters in Chicago, Illinois. After she drops off her children at school, she and her friend, Cheryl , are on the bus on their way to work when Brenda finds a letter with tickets to Atlanta, Georgia requesting her attendance at the funeral service of her late father, Pop Brown. When they get to their workplace, they find that their jobs have been shut... down. After Michael's basketball game, Brenda and her children are approached by Calvin, a young drug dealer, who is Michael's best friend, invites him to a party. Brenda intervenes for Michael. Brenda apparently has known Calvin for a long time and she knows the real reason for why he sells drugs: he is doing this to cope with the death of his mother. Afterwards, Brenda warns Michael about Calvin and his lifestyle.
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| Release date: | March 21, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Tyler Perry |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon |
| Editor: | Maysie Hoy |
| Music by: | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography: | Sandi Sissel |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Meet the Browns |
| Genre: | Comedy |