It's bolstered by a strong performance from Janet Jackson, but ultimately, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? doesn't add anything new to Perry's melodramatic formula.
It's bolstered by a strong performance from Janet Jackson, but ultimately, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? doesn't add anything new to Perry's melodramatic formula.
This sequel to Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married reunites the cast from that earlier movie, again playing a group of eight friends who take an annual week-long vacation with each other. As they reconnect, Sheila (Jill Scott) discovers that her ex-husband, Mike, is planning to wreck her new marriage. Their troubles lead to the others facing some uncomfortable truths about their own relationships. The film co-stars Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, Michael Jai White, and Louis Gossett Jr. ~ Perry
Seibert, Rovi
Worth mentioning is the queasy dynamic in which the male characters' violent impulses are condemned in theory but, when acted on, seem to be implicitly excused, or at least overlooked.
[It] plays like an empty but diverting beach read. Your brain recognizes that the dialogue, for example, doesn't come from any place that remotely resembles relationship reality.
It's gone way past film bad -- all the way to crime bad, and personally I'd put the act of making Why Did I Get Married Too? on a level with seven burglaries.
Finding this occasionally over the top nasty domestic strife entertaining, depends on whether you have a tendency to put your nosy ears closer to the wall when married neighbors squabble loudly, or would rather cover them up for the annoying duration.
Finding this occasionally over the top nasty domestic strife entertaining, depends on whether you have a tendency to put your nosy ears closer to the wall when married neighbors squabble loudly, or would rather cover them up for the annoying duration.
Renaissance Man Tyler Perry proving he still has his finger on the pulse via yet another, madcap, marital melodrama apt to resonate with the collective conscious of the black community.
One trip to this well was enough. The cast, returning from the first film, is good enough but the story is shrill and unnerving. By the time a tacky ending arrives the audience is ready for something a little lighter and a little brighter.
Perry doesn't pander to critics. His intent is to make positive films about black family life. Some filmmakers like to push buttons, like Spike Lee or Lee Daniels. Perry's morals and values, regardless of art, will always come first.
I love Angela and Marcus couple. Angela is hilarious and never fails me to laugh. But this wasn't better than the first one. I felt slightly bored. But I gotta admit there were some scenes that will make you laugh out real loud. The story is pretty much the same only with some twists here and there. The ending was
unexpected and sad.
November 18, 2010
Dead Angel
Super Reviewer
CAST: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Tasha Smith, Jill Scott, Michael Jai White, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba, Richard T. Jones, Lamman Rucker
DIRECTOR: Tyler Perry
SUMMRY: Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is
disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
MY THOUGHTS: REALLY different from the first. Darker with a lot more going on. Janet Jackson really brought the drama. Her character really goes through a lot. I read she channeled her brother greivence to take her through the emotions of the movie, which is really sad knowing that and seeing her cry and break down. But it's not all sad and gloom. It has comedy, and it's pretty funny. But that's all Tasha Smith. Her character is as crazy as ever and very funny. I was really surprised by the ending. I was also surprised with the actor who does a small cameo in end of the movie with Janet Jackson. I think maybe there will be another movie brought from that small introduction. Good movie. Just as good as the first. Worth seeing if you liked the first film.
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