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.

First of all, I have no idea there are so many bad reviews about this movie. I thought this was a great movie. I had seen previews for this movie and when I learned what it was about I knew I had to see it. I am not really a Tyler Perry fan, I mean I don't really care for Tyler Perry's movies, for example the Madea series, I just don't care for them. Anyways, I LOVED this movie. It was a lot better and different than I expected. This is a very powerful movie about the lives of 9 women, and the ways that their lives are all connected. There's Crystal, who lives with her children and her abusive boyfriend. There's Jo, who is a successful businesswoman with good money but stuck in a unhappy relationship with her husband who is trying to hide a big secret from her. There's Juanita, a nurse who is in love with a man who keep leaving her and hurting her and she keeps putting up with it. There's Tangie, who is a lonely girl who tries to cure her loneliness by sleeping with man after man so that she can feel loved. There's Yasmine, a young dance teacher with a dance teacher who is raped by someone she trusts. There's Kelly, who is a social worker who is devastated when she learns she cannot have children and she is also connected to Crystal, and Nyla. Then there's Nyla, she is Tangie's sister and is also in Yasmine's dance class. When Nyla discovers that she is pregnant she realizes that she is faced with a difficult decision to make. Whoopi Goldberg is also in the movie with a good performance as Tangie and Nyla's mother who is a religious fanatic. Phylicia Rashad is also in the movie as the apartment manager of the building that Crystal, Tangie, and Nyla live in. This is definitely a must-see movie in my opinion. It definitely has some strong emotional moments which made me cry and feel for the characters. This is obviously a different kind of movie from the usual Tyler Perry movies. It is not in any way a comedy. It is definitely a excellent, moving drama. I would not say that this is a chick flick either, I think men could watch this movie and actually enjoy it as well as women. This is one of the best movies I have seen in awhile.Please see this movie, I'm sure it will have an impact on your life!!!

This is a movie made from the play, period. As a result the script was great and the acting extremely well done. The cast is superior. The plot so true to life and addresses many of the issues facing black women. The emotions of the women portrayed in this film were real and so well done. I was emotionally carried throughout the picture and I felt as if I knew the characters at the end of the film. This was a unique effort amongst all the other films coming out of Hollywood these days. Congratulations to the casting director! A very skillful and accurate selection of talent. There are several of the actors that deserve some sort of award recognition for their performance. The only negative that brought my score down was the fact that it doesn't flow like a film. It flows like a play. I would recommend this film as a must see for any member of the IMDb community.

I an Very upper class happily married and have two great kids! I have seen and own all of Tyler Perry movies. I'm not some woman watching his movies eating ice cream on the sofa who doesn't have a man. (As another poster stated as if...that's the only people who watches his movies!) The fact that this is 2011...people try to stereotype everyone and everything is so SAD! OK...my review....I do not go to every movie as if it's the one film I will see this year! I'm not looking for Oscar worthy. I want an escape...I'm an easy critic! However....I Love Tyler Perry movies because they are about family and relationships!This movie takes DEPRESSING to an all time EXTREME from start to finish! Incest, Rape, Parental Abuse, Murdering small children!!!!! Everyone has been saying it's his best movie????This was like watching Charles Manson tell a Christmas story! It was Polar Opposite of the Movies I Love to see from Tyler Perry! My favorite being why did I get married!!! I was hoping for at least some kind of healing with some of these people! Mother daughter ....Sister relationship! etc etcAlso...good LORD I would think Black men would really hate this movie!The only redeeming thing that I thought was good was...when the lady told the woman that her insane husband dropped her two small kids from a window...that she was partially to Blame for Not Leaving him sooner! ....well DUHHHHH!!!! Everyone was a victim....I hate to give Tyler Perry a bad review!!!! The acting was Good...very Good....and Leave Janet Jackson alone...she was fine in this movie!