So I know I’m a week late with this since I was too busy the opening weekend with my bday stuff to check out the movie…but better late than never. With all the rave reviews I heard about the movie I made it a priority to check it out this weekend.
So…what’s the verdict? I absolutely LOVED it! This is a movie where Tyler did every single thing right. The movie has a great message, great cast, excellent plot development, and watching it is truly a good time.
I know people assume that the title “Why Did I Get Married?” means that the movie is going to be a cliche anti-marriage movie, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, this movie is actually very pro-marriage but more importantly pro-WORKING at marriage. With the incredibly high divorce rates in this country there is no denying that people give up much quicker on marriages than they used to…and this movie really drives home the point that a marriage can work if both people are willing to work it out. Of course it doesn’t over-simplify the very complex reasons why so many marriages fail…but it does provide a sense hope and optimism.
Since I hate movie reviews that tell the whole movie…I won’t go into depth about the movie at all…I will just say GO OUT AND SEE IT! If you don’t like this movie, then someone needs to check that you have a pulse.
Did you check out the movie? What did you think about it? How does this stack up to Tyler’s other flicks? Who was your favorite couple? Who did the best job acting? What do you think about the message of the movie? Isn’t it refreshing to see a movie like this for those of us that still believe in the virtue/value of marriage?
Posted by Reecie
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I’m sure i’ll get to watching the movie at some point but all I have to say is that Tyler Perry is a bankable writer and director in Hollywood. I give this brotha mad props…He’s holdin’ down Lionsgate. lol
I respect Tyler Perry for the type of movie he does and putting black people in a positive light and all that good stuff but for some reason I can’t get into his movies. I’m not a fan but I respect what he does.
this was the best drama/comedy movie I seen this year, tyler brought it on this one
I can’t get into his movies either. I used to get into his plays, but that was before he started to recycle the plot of each one (if you seen them all you know what I’m talking about). But I can’t knock what he does, he actually tries to portray black people in a positive light, and that’s commendable.
Ahh hope this film comes out in the uk. Never seen any of his stuff….we english folks are so unlucky ha.
This was his best film! Personally, I was gettin tired of seeing Madea. But i agree with Reecie. He did everything RIGHT. And Tasha Smith (Angela in the movie) was HILARIOUS! Probably the best part of the film… Ya’ll brothers (and some of ya’ll ladies) need to get up on the 80/20 rule!
Sidebar: am i the only one who thinks that Janet looks like a little old lady in this movie? lol i’m just saying…
Monique, Janet was looking a little homely in the movie. Maybe that was the point to make people see “Angie” and not Janet Jackson. But that one scene with her an Malik Yoba…she was amazing. I forgot homegirl could act!
Tyler Perry has made some many HORRIBLE past shows, plays, movies that I will NEVER waste another cent or second of time on his products.. Not to mention he looks funny as hell!!!
I saw Janet on the trailers for this movie and let me just say she better pull out another tittie soon because she looked like stir fried shit!! I guess she’s just trying to keep up the with her manz in them Jermaine Dupree
Great review. I agree with a lot of the other posters in that this is really a mark of how Tyler has grown over the years. You just give Tyler time, he will show all of those critics what he’s made of.
I don’t mind paying to see a Tyler Perry movie with a Tyler Perry audience. Hell, that’s half the fun: hearing a partisan crowd crack up, break down, suck its teeth, scream at the abusers, tsk-tsk the nincompoops, and, inevitably, go awww. (As the New York Times noted—twice—last weekend, Perry’s fans love talking back to his movies.)
http://www.slate.com/id/2176281/fr/flyout