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I freaking loved the movie. Excellent, beautiful, emotional, funny, well acted, everything rolled into one. I loved it so much.
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I loved this movie. I laughed, I cried, and I walked away glad that I saw it.
I love Tyler Perry's work. There's always a great combination of comedy and drama and romance and sadness. Just enough of real life to make it touching, just enough wackiness that I don't walk away depressed. :)
You could not be more incorrect. For all the positive images this movie tried to project of successful African Americans, it simply made the black community look foolish. To see these affluent, educated supposedly strong black characters act the way they that they did made me cringe. I saw this movie because I am a huge Janet Jackson fan, but it was incredibly hard to watch. Jill Scott was the only bright spot of the entire film, portraying her character with amazing skill and grace. Other than that, sadly, this movie will do nothing but reinforce negative stereotypes of African Americans despite all of Tyler Perry's efforts to do just the opposite.
shareI hate Tyler Perry movies, but I actually liked this one... It was a little over the top, but still enjoyable.
shareI'm not really sure why you think just because people are affluent that they don't have problems. People face the same problems no matter what race or class. For example, think of all the politicians who have cheated on spouses--all educated, from every race. Some of them kept secrets and lied to they were blue in the face to their spouses and otherwise. Being educated does not mean that you are immune to making bad choices, marital or otherwise. The whole point of the movie was to highlight the fact that yes we all have problems but we need to find a way of dealing with the situation in a positive manner.
This movie has some GOOD points, BUT it could have been a LOT better! The dialogue was sometimes TOO simple and forthcoming- not how people usually talk.
Yes, I agree w/ many of you that Jill Scott was GREAT- she's got that sweet, sensitive, & spiritual quality Sheila needed. Mike was a TOTAL cartoon villain; the actor is capable of more (he was on "Judging Amy").
Marcus and Angie had some good moments, BUT mostly their relationship was TOO loud/dramatic/childish. I liked when Marcus set his ex and wife straight.
Perry's acting was TOO well-rehearsed and lacking emotion; Sharon Leal was OK (she was a soap actor). Her beauty doesn't hurt, and she does seem like a classy lady.