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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-09-12
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86 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Business is like family. Keep your affairs in order.
Overview:
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout several decades. Recently, their lives have become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices, and a dark secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $15,000,000.00
Revenue: $37,100,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Reuben Cannon Productions
Movie: Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alfre Woodard
Alice Pratt
Sanaa Lathan
Andrea
Rockmond Dunbar
Chris
KaDee Strickland
Jillian Cartwright
Cole Hauser
William Cartwright
Taraji P. Henson
Pam
Robin Givens
Abby
Tyler Perry
Ben
Kathy Bates
Charlotte Cartwright
Sebastian Siegel
Nick
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