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Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, 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 is betraying her trusting husband Chris by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William. While cheating on his wife Jillian with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam, a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker, tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, 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.

Also Known As: A Family That Preys Together, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys Together
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline: The inner workings of two families–one upper-crust and the other working class–that become inextricably linked by scandal.
Genres: Comedy, Drama and Kids/Family
Release Date: September 12th, 2008 (wide)
Starring: Kathy Bates , Alfre Woodard , Tyler Perry , Cole Hauser , Sanaa Lathan
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Distributors: Lionsgate
Production Co.: The Tyler Perry Company
Studios: Lionsgate
Filming Locations: Atlanta, Georgia USA
Produced by: Michael Paseornek , Reuben Cannon
Produced in: United States