Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

good-decision Great script, great dialog, great poems, great acting, great cast.. and a terrible watch! The movie will make you depressed. I mean what the heck was that?! First, there are no colored women in this movie. No Latin, no mid-eastern, Asian, oriental women, nor any kind of women except black psychotic women. They are emotionally embatteled, bruised, scarred, and every which way effed up you can imagine all in one go, in one hour and a half, and nothing funny about it or an easy watch about it. It was like watching someone skin a kitten alive very.. very sloooooowly! One woman is raped, the other is molested by her father who also molested the granddaughter whose sister is hospitalised after an illegal abortion tore her apart, whose teacher was brutally raped whose neighbor was beaten up, whose husband kills his own children by throwing them out of a window in front of her boss whose husband is gay and gave her HIV whose doctor is friends with the social worker who can't have children whose husband is taking care of the woman who was beaten.. OH COME ON!!!!!

J Porter There are just too many negatives in this film.1. Why are the overwhelming majority of the women in this film pecan colored, with long-hair? A vicious distortion of the 'real life' its supposed to be portraying.2.The writing one dimensional and is at or below the 6th grade level. Janet Jackson's office scenes were so thin and badly written (phoned-in for sure) I was actually embarrassed for her!.. poor child had nothing to work with!3.The set-designs, strictly 101.4. The poems of were a cute artistic insertion but mid-way through became laboriously pretentious considering everything else in this movie had the subtly of a Hummer. Why do "Black" films still, to this day in age, feel the need to "teach" the most banal life lessons? It's 2010. We've already had domestic abuse & HIV scenarios hammered into us for years already. NEXT! This movie is an after-school special, for colored people.

mark.waltz I have to start this review by saying that it is with great reluctance I had to mark this film as disappointing. I was drawn in to the story of these women because I really wanted to see how they survived the traumas they were dealing with and the anger they were facing. I really wanted to find something in these characters to like, but other than a few of them, I really didn't find them likable enough to sympathize with their plights.The film has an amazing cast of black actresses, many of whom I have had the delight of seeing live on Broadway. I think it was well intended to make a film version of this, but unfortunately, the movie doesn't come off as pro-women as much as man-hating and angry. Not all of the women presented here are negative characters; The abused mother beaten up by her veteran boyfriend I definitely sympathized with, as with the younger daughter of a religious fanatic whose older sibling is a sex addict. Totally lovable is the nurse who opens her own clinic. But along with the sexually addicted sister, there is her fanatical mother, the nasty CEO, as well as practically every man in this movie.I really wanted to find something in these men to identify with as well to make them seem more real, but it seems that every man here has the hidden intention to hurt their women, whether they were addicts, rapists, bi-sexual, or just flaky. For the CEO's husband's secret to totally come out of left field (on the down low) I was glad I was watching this on DVD so I could rewind it to make sure I heard what I just heard. There's three sides to every story, they say, and here, you only get one side.As for the performances, everybody is outstanding. The acting is not where the problem lies. The hearts of the women played by Phyllicia Rashad and Loretta Devine are bigger than all of Central Park, and in one key moment, Rashad has one single line that reveals more about herself than most of the characters do in the rest of the movie. Devine's character is the epitome of "Earth Mother", and if you're like me, you just want to give her a huge hug. As for Whoopie Goldberg, this has to be the strangest character she has ever played, but she does so brilliantly. The problem with the younger actors (save Anika Noni Rose, whom I think is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful and talented young actresses on stage and screen today) is that their parts are not layered enough to show any humanity under the anger. "Love Story" taught us that "Love means never having to say you're sorry." This film tries to tell us that "Too many sorry's mean a ton of sorrows."

Keshia Kola Dealing with sensitive subjects like rape, abortion, death or HIV isn't easy. Perry is the one writer/director who pulls it off flawlessly. At first I was like, "Wow, this is different!" Perry and his band of fearless talents embraced characters not many Hollywood starlets would have the guts to portray.Thandie/ Tangie: Her character was an unapologetic sack chaser. Not only did Thandie embraced the character, she also brought a softness to this selfish, hard rock, "demon" as Alice (Whoopi) calls her. I've never seen her play such a role and Thandie sold it!! Loretta Devine: The divine Loretta! She always brings it. I love her interpretation of Juanita. In my opinion she was one of the scene stealers. Another stealer was Macy Gray. I would love to see Macy do more acting. She was flawless. I wondered if she ad-libbed some of her lines. I was drawn into her crazy world. Now that's acting! Awesome lighting and close shots. It sounds sick because I'm speaking on an abortion scene, but I loved it. Tessa's delivery was pure. Michael Ealy. Wow! I love actors who take risks. He took a big one and delivered. "Do you love me?" Yes we do, you crazy sum'ma loco! I also love how Tyler put Thandie and Whoopi together in a poetic symphony of love, life and pain. It was like they were speaking to each other, but to the audience as well. It hurts reading some of the negative reviews. I'll just accept that they just don't get it. I found it to be a work of poetic art. Thank you Tyler Perry for being so bold. Thank you.