This film adaptation by Tyler Perry of the play with the same name contains a bunch of substories with black female protagonists. Each story highlights troubles that women face in today's society. The play is based on a series of poems, and each of the women in this film portrays a character in the poems. It is filled with an ensemble cast.
In a film that takes Perry's melodramatic infatuations to a Rated-R level, it does present a unique and artistic way of a film with poetry interludes. However, the interludes were so complex and "artsy" that I had a hard time understanding what they even meant (maybe that's just my ignorance though). The cast is good, and there aren't too many stories to be able to follow along. Phylicia Rashad was the highlight of the film for me (I am a big Cosby Show fan). But nonetheless, her character was great, and her performance was great as well. The acting was good in this film, but not all the actors were good. The one thing Tyler Perry does the best is taking mediocre actors into good ones. He is a good director--it's just that he has this obsession with melodrama. However, this may be one of the better Perry films as far as acting and writting, but as far as a film as a whole, I'm not sure it would be considered that. Don't get me wrong, I love Tyler Perry and I always applaud his work for meaning well. And in the past, many of his films have had forced and unrealistic conflict--of which this film has succeeded not to be. This film does help to motivate those in similar situations, but once again, it does lose the audience in some scenes. It's a great effort by Perry to be recognized by the Academy, but he will probably fall short again--even though I think some of his past works should have been recognized at least a little bit.
Overall Grade: B-
-Ethan Brehm
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