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01/15/09
Not Easily Broken (2009)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:23
Rotten:43
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Though well-intentioned, Not Easily Broken is bogged down by melodramatic plotting and stereotypical characters.
Theatrical Release:Jan 9, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $10,572,742
Synopsis: Taraji P. Henson (THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS) and Morris Chestnut (THE PERFECT HOLIDAY) star in this relationship drama about a couple whose marriage is failing. NOT EASILY BROKEN is based on the book... [More]
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Hart, Eddie Cibrian
Director: Bill Duke
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Reviews for Not Easily Broken
Laughter through tears is director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target.
01/14/09
A movie with a moral and a message that is still entertaining
01/14/09
There is a lot more grit and realism on display here than most faith-based movies.
01/14/09
Not Easily Broken isn't perfect. It's a tad preachy at times. Yet it also lifts spirits with the power of emotional healing and forgiveness. Amen to that.
01/12/09
Playing the funny friend, Kevin Hart stands out--a welcome relief from the low-simmering, Promise Keeper-esque ethos that fuels this piece.
01/12/09
Humorous asides in no way interfere with the ability of this modern parable to drive home a sobering message about the sanctity of marriage. Faith-based entertainment at its best that you don't have to be Born Again to appreciate.
01/11/09
I'll remember [Jenifer Lewis'] ferocity long after I've forgotten everything else about this movie.
01/09/09
[It] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down.
01/09/09
Top CriticThe movie sinks beneath a great mass of clichés until the audience has no choice but to wearily raise its hands in surrender.
01/09/09
Not Easily Broken isn't perfect, but it is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save.
01/09/09
Top CriticA well-crafted message picture disguised as soap opera.
01/09/09
Not Easily Broken would make a decent parable for use in a church sermon, but does not deserve your hard-earned money to be seen in an overly padded movie format.
01/09/09
Why go for imitation Tyler Perry when the master is so industrious? Perry's next one should be along in about 10 minutes.
01/09/09
Top CriticIt turns out, though, that a woman can save any marriage with a little home cooking and extra sex.
01/09/09
It's as simplistic, reductive, and heavy-handed as Deep Cover was gloriously ambiguous.
01/09/09
Not Easily Broken, battles credibility problems. Even so, Duke crafts some nice scenes between Henson and Lewis as the movie pushes their own relationship to a point of catharsis.
01/09/09
Like some marriages, it has its flaws, but perhaps it's the good stuff that's worth focusing on.
01/09/09
Not Easily Broken leavens the soap opera with a big heart and lots of belly laughs.
01/09/09
Those who take something of value from a sermon about the necessity for self-sacrifice will certainly be drawn into this well-meaning movie, but those looking for genuine drama should probably look elsewhere.
01/09/09
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