Isn't there anything better for the urban-marketed movies than this dreck?
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 16
Rotten:19
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus: Despite some poignant observations on modern marriages, Why Did I Get Married? is too preachy and melodramatic.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Tyler Perry has ascended to the status of media mogul on the strength of his combination of Christian morality, slapstick comedy, and soap-operatic melodrama. In 2005, his play DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN was adapted for the screen and... Tyler Perry has ascended to the status of media mogul on the strength of his combination of Christian morality, slapstick comedy, and soap-operatic melodrama. In 2005, his play DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN was adapted for the screen and became the surprise hit of the season. With positive portrayals of black characters and family-friendly--but decidedly not boring--themes, the film appealed to a broad audience, and gave rise to numerous spin-offs. Madea is absent from Perry's most recent film, WHY DID I GET MARRIED? but the subject matter is just as universal, and features an engaging cast that counts Perry among its members. Four couples who have been friends since college take a therapeutic getaway to a Colorado bungalow, where they plan to take stock of their relationships. They are led by successful psychiatrist Patricia (Janet Jackson), who has a picturesque marriage to Gavin (Malik Yoba). Nothing is perfect, however, and secrets and old scars soon emerge, pitting friend against friend and spouse against spouse. R&B singer Jill Scott shines as Sheila, the oft-derided, overweight wife of Mike (Richard T. Jones, GIRLFRIENDS), who arrives on the scene with a sexy young "friend" (Tasha Jones, YOU, ME, AND DUPREE) to shake things up a bit. Retribution and forgiveness follow, with the requisite admonitions and apologies made realistic by the skill of the cast. [More]
Starring: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Denise Boutte
Starring: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Denise Boutte, Richard T. Jones, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba
Director: Tyler Perry
Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Reviews for Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
Unfortunately, for all its superficial entertainment value, Perry-ites won't recognize much of Why Did I Get Married? And in this case, a lack of familiarity just may breed contempt.
There's such an overriding sense of soap opera that I kept expecting a commercial break.
Why Did I Get Married covers a lot of emotional and cultural ground in its two hours.
...the characters are less cardboard, the dialogue less awkward than in some of Perry's other movies...
Perry’s film made me laugh frequently and whole-heartedly; more so than any theatrically released American film has in many months.
Critic-proof, many-hatted Tyler Perry has done it again: delivered an overreaching and overexpositional melodrama that opened at No. 1.
Faulting Tyler Perry for his nonsensical, melodramatic plots is a little like accusing Douglas Sirk of using too much color.
Incredible star Jill Scott is the one to watch in "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" The show is a star vehicle for Scott and an intelligent, entertaining dramedy.
Amid the shout-downs over adultery, male power, and the agony of coping with a child's death, one performance glistens -- Jill Scott's as the sad, heavyset Sheila, who locates the faith that's the source of love.
It’s alarming that American film critics alienate themselves from the aspects of Perry’s films that should be universal.
The real question for me about Tyler Perry's Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? came about 30 minutes into the film: 'Why am I watching this movie?'
None of these flaws will matter much to Perry's devoted audiences, whose support has enabled him to virtually build a media empire.
Despite the improbable ease of pic's genteel psychoanalysis, the characters are thesped with enough depth and emotional investment to make their problems feel legit.
[Perry] makes it easy on us, mostly by letting his cast do what it wants.
Perry, so adept at giving fans of his touring plays an evening that spans the entertainment gamut, once again delivers something for everyone.
Here's what filmmaker Tyler Perry does well: featuring characters not traditionally seen in movies. Here's where he could use some help: in toning down some grossly over-the-top dramatics.
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