The Family That Preys is a 2008 drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, who also produced and co-stars. The film stars Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates, and Sanaa Lathan.
The film is rated PG-13 by the MPAA and was released on September 12, 2008. The film focuses on “two families from different sides of the tracks that become intimately involved in love and business”.
Plot: Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) & her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mothers best friends son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (Kadee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mothers lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam (Taraji Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.
Box Office
The Family that Preys grossed $37,105,289. On its opening weekend, the film grossed $17,381,218 on an $8,397 average in 2,070 theaters behind the Coen Brothers’s Burn After Reading. This is currently the fourth best weekend gross for Tyler Perry as a director.
