Temptation (2013)
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 26
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 3/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 14
No consensus yet.
liked it
Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 18,508
My Rating
Movie Info
SYNOPSIS: A bold exploration of the intrigue and perils of infidelity, Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor is a compelling love story that dives straight into the heart of obsessive passion. "It's about a woman who starts to get restless in her relationship and her choice to be with another man has a huge effect on the rest of her life," explains screenwriter/producer/director Tyler Perry. "She goes on a journey - in her career and in her marriage - and she ends up in a
Cast
-
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Judith -
Lance Gross
Brice -
Kim Kardashian
Ava -
Vanessa L. Williams
Janice -
Robbie Jones
Harley -
Renée Taylor
Ms. Waco Chapman -
Ella Joyce
Sarah -
Brandy Norwood
Melinda -
Jim Adams
Client -
Alvin Aki
Client #4 -
Sid Baxley
Client #2 -
Renee Ford Clark
Sarah's Church Sister #... -
Candice Coke
Marriage Counselor -
Stephanie Marie Douglas
Choir Singer #1 -
Timothy Scott Floyd
Choir Singer #6 -
Jack Brandon Frazier
Choir Singer #4 -
Howard French
Client #1 -
Ryan Johns
Choir Singer #2 -
Blanche Leigh Johnson
Choir Singer #7 -
Bethany Hurst Jones
Choir Singer #5 -
Doreen Ketchens
Singer -
-
Ronald Lynch
Young Brice (10 years) -
Sheila Maddox
Sarah's Church Sister #... -
Cara Mantella
Social Advance Marriage... -
Andrea Moore
Lisa -
Shamea Morton
Woman -
Nadine A. O'Brien
Choir Singer #3 -
Shaeleigh Person
Young Judith (10 years) -
Andy Rusk
Mountain Biker/Stunt -
Zach Sale
Brad -
Ronn Bobb-Semple
Client #3 -
Demontrez Spears
Man #1 -
Peg Thon
Mildred -
Jurnee Smollett
Judith -
-
ADVERTISEMENT
Temptation Trailer & Photos
All Critics (31) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (26)
Perry has some worthwhile filmic models-Temptation gestures at Woody Allen in its setup, and Douglas Sirk in its melodrama-but he isn't even in the same star cluster as those greats.
Top CriticLook, we know what's going to happen. The movie's called Temptation, okay? Yet we still have to sit through more than an hour of flirty glances and repetitive conversations between Judith and Harley until anything vaguely adulterous occurs.
Tyler Perry's Temptation is an awful, awful film and while it is easy to mock and dismiss, it is also kind of a shame to behold.
Limp pacing and countless shots of Washington's skyline plague the narrative.
A few wild, third-act twists give Perry's middling melodrama some soap-opera kick. But all the finger-wagging sure does get tiring after a while.
Perry's ongoing disinterest in improving as a filmmaker is now seemingly part of his unshakable belief in himself, his insistence on doing his thing his way.
Smollett-Bell, Gross, and Brandy work hard to bring an emotional authenticity to their characters and relationships--an authenticity that is ultimately negated by questionable choices in Perry's script and direction.
beyond dumb
Perry has now built a media empire from spinning his own wheels.
Tyler Perry has found a star in Jurnee Smollett-Bell.
Never has a film so needed Tyler Perry in Madea drag or a pot of boiling grits hurled in someone's face.
There are many problems with the opening two-thirds of Temptation; an infinity of problems. But the biggest is that it's immoderately boring.
Perry accurately points out how, when a marriage gets dull, you don't actually need a rich, intense playboy (Robbie Jones) who reveals himself to be Lucifer incarnate to speed up the "till death do us part" process.
Tyler Perry is a moralist who doesn't have sense enough to engage us by making sin look like fun.
[Perry's] characters, if they could speak outside of his universe, would do nothing but scream in agony as life crushes them in its God-shaped vise of moral consequence. And that is awesome to watch.
Soapy melodrama has mixed messages about love and marriage.
A present-day parable preaching to the choir with sobering warnings about taking your mate for granted and the love of money as the root of all evil. The Gospel according to Tyler Perry!
When its third act erupts into full-blown theatrical maximalism, Tyler Perry's Temptation practically turns into Brian De Palma's Temptation.
It isn't until Temptation grows flamboyantly bad in its final act that it rises to the level of good dumb fun in the trashy tradition of Perry's most entertainingly awful films.
Audience Reviews for Temptation
Super Reviewer
-
- Janice: Can't you just knock. Just the person I want to see have a seat
- Judith: No! I wanted to just say thank you for the job but it's going to be my last week.
- Janice: No! This is your last day, I just got a call telling me Harley is out of the deal with me and going to open practice with you.
- Judith: That's what we are planning to do!
- Janice: We? Little Girl you have no idea what you are in for. But I wish you with all the best with your struggle.
- Judith: You know I've been meaning to tell you are in a existential identity crisis; I done my research on you spent those two weeks in Paris and now of a sudden with a french accent, we know you from Georgia!
- Janice: Bitch you better get your ass out of my office!
-
- Brice: Never but fits the role very well
- Harley: Lance Gross surprise me
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Black people.....just stop!! | 5 days ago | 186 |
| A movie about infidelity that's PG-13? | 13 days ago | 29 |
| Temptation rating too high | 16 days ago | 11 |
| This was pretty good. | 16 days ago | 1 |
| Madea Goes To Hell | 53 minutes ago | 3 |
Latest News on Temptation
March 29, 2013:
Critics Consensus: G.I. Joe: Retaliation Hits a RoadblockThis week at the movies, we've got real American heroes (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, starring Dwayne "The...
March 29, 2013:
Video Interviews with Tyler Perry's Temptation Cast & CrewTyler Perry's Temptation is a steamy, cautionary tale of Judith (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), who has all...
March 26, 2013:
Movies Starring People Famous for Being FamousKim Kardashian, meet Charles Nelson Reilly.
What's Hot On RT
Movies Directed by Tyler Perry
Blockbuster news and reviews
Ellen Page in an intriguing new thriller
A gallery of classic books on film
Featured on RT
- Total Recall: Movies Directed by Tyler Perry 36
- Parental Guidance: The Great Gatsby, Jack Reacher, and Safe Haven 5
- Video Interview: Aftershock Producer Eli Roth 3
- Ray Harryhausen: 1920-2013 32
- Digital Multiplex: Cloud Atlas, Pulp Fiction and more 4
- RT on DVD and Blu-Ray: Jack Reacher, Mama, and Upstream Color 34
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Iron Man 3 Soars Above the Rest 64
Top Headlines
-
Baz Luhrmann Wants DiCaprio for Hamlet
1
-
Bryan Singer Shooting X-Men: Days of Future Past in 3D and Simul-Cam
0
-
Avatar Sequels Shooting in 2014
2
-
Shane Black Confirmed for Doc Savage
0
-
Warner Bros. Plans New Dungeons & Dragons Movie
3
-
Adam Scott in Talks for Hot Tub Time Machine 2
0
-
Summit Already Thinking About Divergent Sequel
1
Fresh Links
Featured
10 Best Movie Trilogies
Pretty self-explanatory here; HitFix offers up their favorite trilogies of all time.
10 Jilted Movie Grooms
Feeling a little sappy? Here are 10 movie grooms who were left at the altar.
Weirdest Movie Siblings
From Twins to The Royal Tenenbaums, Moviefone explores cinema's oddest siblings.
50 Youth-Gone-Wild Movies
TimeOut lists the best movies about youth and rebellion.
30 Greatest Rock & Roll Movie Moments
Rolling Stone boldly proclaims the rockin'-est moments in cinema.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Foreign Titles
- Tyler Perry's Temptation (DE)
- Tyler Perry's Temptation (UK)
