http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx The question Tyler Perry asks in his newest movie, WHY DID I GET MARRIED?, is whether or not it’s worth the inevitable pain and heartache to get spend your life with another person. My question is, am I missing something here? It’s not that this was necessarily a bad movie. It was just completely pointless and unrealistic. I don’t mean to hate, because I have enjoyed some of Perry’s previous work. And I appreciate that he could be in front of a camera not dressed in drag for once. But really, I just didn’t get the point. And apparently I was in the minority (no pun intended) of a completely black audience that hooted and hollered throughout the movie and seemed to love every minute of it. A quick synopsis: Four wealthy black couples head on a week-long vacation retreat to the mountains in Colorado. One of the couples brings a female friend along, who just happens to be sleeping with the husband (Richard T. Jones). Hilarity (and insanity) ensues. In one rather darkly comical dinner, all the couples’ secrets come out, leading to a divorce, a separation and a whole lot of scenes filled with soul-searching, crying and Janet Jackson trying her hardest – and failing miserably – to be an actress. Jackson couldn’t show a facial expression if you paid her a multimillion dollar deal. And call me crazy, but she’s looking (and sounding) more like Michael every day. This is not a good thing. I saw her fail to act her way out of a paper bag nearly a decade ago in NUTTY PROFESSOR 2 and figured she realized it wasn’t in the cards. So whose brilliant idea was it to make her more or less the focal point of this movie? She plays Patricia, a top-notch psychologist who wrote a book about the group, entitled – get this – “Why Did I Get Married?” en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx#2153 very disappointing not good as expected WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx#2153 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:56:22 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx#2159 not sure if i will watch it:) tinkluvspan http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/15/TYLER-PERRYS-WHY-DID-I-GET-MARRIED-Why-Did-I.aspx#2159 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:36:00 GMT