Selz Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/dvd-reviews/8264347/Why-Did-I-Get-Married-Too-DVD-review.html By Ed Cumming 2:00PM GMT 17 Jan 20111 Comment 12A cert, Lionsgate, £15.99 (WTF?? I paid £10.99 for mine ) For the past decade, British audiences have mainly been spared the entertainments of the 42-year-old American writer, actor and all-round mogul Tyler Perry. In part this is because he's doing fine without us. Last year he was estimated to be the sixth best-paid man in Hollywood, and in total his films have grossed more than $400m. It's also because his films are so precisely tailored to their audience. Strongly endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, they are all riffs on a theme; exploring the relationships of black American couples through low comedy and high melodrama. They do this in a scarcely recognisable America in which nigh-on every single person in front of the camera, extras and all, is black. Through stilted dialogue shot in primary-school pastels, broad-outlined caricatures work their way through a number of long-telegraphed and much-laboured bits of plot, leading invariably to a happy ending and a redemptive, simplistic moral. Why Did I Get Married Too? has been granted a British DVD release, however. It is far from welcome. Though the weakness of the title ought to be a warning, no number of labels on the box could prepare you for the horror of the film within. The sequel to the 2007 US-only movie Why Did I Get Married?, it is both exemplary and a nadir of this sort of film-making. Perry himself stars as Terry, who with wife Dianne (Sharon Leal) comprises one of four couples experiencing various stages of marital strife and happiness. In the first half of the film the eight of them go on a couples' retreat to the Bahamas. The tone is comic, in the most generous sense of the term. As the four guys "banter" robotically on a beach, straddling jetskis and opening beers, they convey the powerful impression that not only are they unfamiliar with wit, but with human contact in general. The second half descends into an over-seasoned emotional stew, replete with Janet Jackson (as self-help author Patricia) trashing a house with a golf-club, and alcoholic Angela (Tasha Smith) confronting her husband Marcus (Michael Jai White) on live TV. All of the men appear lazy and lecherous, the women appear long-suffering and big-hearted. By the end, we wonder if reality might just be the other way around. If it sounds unsophisticated, that's because it is, and I was gnawing my fist long before the credits showed clemency and rolled. None of this will affect Perry, of course. He clearly knows his audience (I would say niche, but Why Did I Get Married Too? grossed more than $60m at the box office in the States), and no doubt there will be more where this came from. If they are anything like this dangerously bad film, however, we must hope they are halted long before they reach our cinemas and homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selz Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 One freaking star they gave it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibeology Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Im inclined to agree. I didnt like the film at all and number 1 was much better imo. Would you honestly of liked it if that much if Janet wasnt in it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaLpHieReBeL516 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Im inclined to agree. I didnt like the film at all and number 1 was much better imo. Would you honestly of liked it if that much if Janet wasnt in it??? well until there is a version without her in it, we honestly cant say, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibeology Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 well until there is a version without her in it, we honestly cant say, lol Well that kinda proves my point lol...if you liked it, you liked it regardless if Janet was in it. If Patty was played by a different actress, the film pretty much stays the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selz Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Let me come back when I've watched it I'm going off the clips of Janet pouring out the raw emotion she was feeling after her brother's death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 When its time for janet to come there with her tour dont be mad if she suddenly has vertigo blame that guy who wrote this review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchblade330 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Im inclined to agree. I didnt like the film at all and number 1 was much better imo. Would you honestly of liked it if that much if Janet wasnt in it??? u never like anything-picky ass ARIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selz Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 When its time for janet to come there with her tour dont be mad if she suddenly has vertigo blame that guy who wrote this review Psssh she ain't gonna come here anyway. I have no hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibeology Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 u never like anything-picky ass ARIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibeology Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Psssh she ain't gonna come here anyway. I have no hopes. Why do I sadly get the feeling that your right ...she will hit Europe though, Paris or Germany I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchblade330 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selz Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Why do I sadly get the feeling that your right ...she will hit Europe though, Paris or Germany I bet. She's forgotten about us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selz Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 She's forgotten about us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 i watched it twice... Janet did very well but i feel as tho she's playing two different people from WDIGM & WDIGMT... I couldn't watch it again... i'm afraid to watch FCG again... PJ - WDIGM is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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