That’s a reasonable message, but it might feel more resonant if the script were a little fairer to both sexes.
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04/17/09
Not Easily Broken (2009)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:3
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Though well-intentioned, Not Easily Broken is bogged down by melodramatic plotting and stereotypical characters.
Theatrical Release:17-04-2009
Synopsis: Taraji P. Henson (THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS) and Morris Chestnut (THE PERFECT HOLIDAY) star in this relationship drama about a couple whose marriage is failing. NOT EASILY BROKEN is based on the book... [More]
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Hart, Eddie Cibrian
Director: Bill Duke
Reviews for Not Easily Broken
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt is unspeakably naff, unintentionally funny and unapologetically Christian. Judged on its own terms, it's a resounding success. But for non-believers it will likely prove a living purgatory.
04/17/09
Top CriticIt has all the philosophical depth of a greetings card message but it’s underscored with a nasty little edge of misogyny.
04/17/09
Top CriticWhat should be easily broken is a large china vase over the head of everyone involved in this profoundly creepy, yucky, and chillingly reactionary relationship drama.
04/17/09
Top Critic[It] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down.
01/09/09
Top CriticNot Easily Broken isn't perfect, but it is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save.
01/09/09
Top CriticThe pigeonholed characters constrict Chestnut and the usually good Henson from portraying fully developed adults; the same dilemma hits most of the supporting cast.
01/09/09
Top CriticNot Easily Broken is not easily dismissed. For one thing, the cast is excellent, and for another, its intentions are serious and generous.
01/09/09
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