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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant movie!, 13 Feb 2008
I heard about this film and was mainly interested in the line up- I mean Jill Scott and Janet Jackson- I had to take a look. I was not disappointed- it was a brilliant movie, and a credit to Tyler Perry's other films,(Madea's Family Reunion, Daddy's Little Girls and Diary of a Mad Black Woman).
It follows eight college friends who are married. They meet every year for an annual reunion to catch-up and this year they choose to go to the beautiful mountains of Colorado. Though the couples look the picture of marital bliss on the surface- everyone has their drama. Like the title of the film, each begin to question why they indeed got married and the film explores the pressures placed on each couple's marriage.
Perry has put together an excellent movie and whilst serious, there are some real hilarious moments. The characters are funny and most importantly real- so you can actually relate to them. Plus there is alot of inspiration there also. Jill Scott was my favourite and acted so well. She deserves an oscar and her character denotes the importance of loving God first and then yourself. Trying to keep her marriage together, she is at the hands of a husband who constantly belittles and disrespects her, especially bringing her down about her weight. However God answers her cries and prayers with this trip and brings joy to her heart. As the story unfolds, each character has to make a decision, which isn't always easy.
This movie is so brilliant. Makes you think about life, love and the fact that it is so short, plus what you do today, may not affect you tommorow, next week, but somewhere down the line...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tired of the "ghetto fabulous" antics that are delivered in most movies...this should do the trick, 25 April 2008
My husband and I enjoyed this film very much and we both agreed that Perry done a great job with this film. Though he continues to put out films with an obvious "stagey" feel to them that don't work as well as they should even though they do work better than one would expect. In his second feature film without the Madea character, Perry again brings one of his stage plays to the big screen with "Why Did I Get Married," a film that works because of the heart and soul of the cast even when it feels like Perry's over-the-top preachiness is about to cave everything in. The film centers around four couples who gather each year at a Rocky Mountain retreat for your basic "save our marriage" therapeutic weekend. Being a Perry production, the weekend will be filled with lots of laughs, lots of tears, lots of revelations, a few heartbreaks and a solid Christian center that without the preachiness that often accompanies such a central core.
Janet Jackson leads the cast as the relationship expert who guides the weekend supported by her husband (Malik Yoba). There's a power couple (Tyler Perry and Sharon Leal), a drinkin'/fightin' couple (Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith), and an obviously abusive couple (Jill Scott and Richard T. Jones). Before the weekend is over, in typical Perry fashion, secrets will be revealed and lives will be changed for the good and the bad. The ensemble cast is solid throughout, most notably a well-padded Jill Scott as a gentle, sweet woman trying to deal with a cheating hubby, and Tasha Smith, who's blessed with the film's best lines and she nails every one of them.
While it's certainly easy to knock Perry's inability to produce anything approaching subtlety, it seems almost pointless to do so. Perhaps because of his lack of subtlety, Perry's films inevitably say things that most of today's filmmakers don't have the balls to say and it's rather refreshing to have a filmmaker actively speak out on issues. The scenes between Jill Scott and Richard T. Jones, for example, are almost achingly painful in their honesty and brought vividly to mind the utter shock of Blair Underwood's domestic abuse scenes in "Madea's Family Reunion."
Other solid performances are turned in by Janet Jackson and Perry himself, who proves he needn't be dressed in drag to be an accomplished actor. Toyomichi Kurita's cinematography is solid given the film's inherent staged feeling and that all of Perry's films continue to be modestly budgeted productions. Aaron Zigman's original music complements the scenes nicely, and, while the production design doesn't quite tear us away from the staged feeling, it nonetheless fits the proceedings well.
Tyler Perry doesn't really need film critics. While his first turn away from Madea, "Daddy's Little Girls," was a box-office disappointment, Perry's modestly budgeted films continue to successfully reach Perry's targeted urban markets and, with a typical box-office in the $50 million range, Perry's future as a filmmaker continues to be on solid ground.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why Did I Get Married?, 21 April 2008
We watched this movie as a group and I must say we were all moved by the subject matter of marriage in the movie. It was quite deep and personal in certain instances and yet very entertaining throughout. I truly enjoyed this movie and this is a movie for all people who are married and want to get married. This in my opinion is one of Tyler Perry's best movies till present date and it was beautifully crafted with some stunning visual scenery. It is a great movie to watch with a group of married people and singles!
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