Peeples (2013)

Good concept, poorly executed.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

What kind of judge has a huge estate that rivals anything available in Beverly Hills, CA? Has he got something going on the side? We never know. The premise of the film is thin and moves at break-neck speed, perhaps so viewers won't recognize the story-line is bereft of focus. There's little for the viewer to connect with.The rookie director just didn't bring out actor-ability or premise texture. You just wanted to grind ahead, hoping something up front would be better than the humorless scenes that passed. Even Tyler Williams (from TV's "Everybody Hates Chris") seemed out of place and overdone. The film really needed the likes of ice Cube to loosen it up and send it on a much more plausible and amusing entertainment trip.A funny film?? Who says? ~mm

This movie is classified as a "romance" and a "comedy". I wouldn't call it a romantic movie because there were only little bits of romance in the movie, romance you can find in many movies not considered romantic. Anyway, this movie is about a guy named Wade (Craig Robinson) who wants to propose to his girlfriend Grace (Kerry Washington), so he randomly shows up at her families house... which is the setting of the most of the movie. Basically Grace has never introduced Wade to her parents, and well... she has actually never mentioned Wade to her family - so when he pops in and introduced himself as "Wade", they are oblivious to who he is. Grace's father is very "high class" and what I would consider an adult-snob... whereas the other family members are more laid-back and chill. So throughout the movie Wade is trying to figure out when the best time to propose to Grace is... and of course problems and events occur throughout the movie. So that's the basic plot.Was the movie funny? There were a few funny moments, but it wasn't like I was bursting out laughing throughout the movie... nonetheless, the movie was alright and fairly entertaining. There was little "romance" in the movie and a very minuscule amount of "drama". It's a very light- hearted movie as well. It was worth watching, although I wouldn't recommend the movie to my friends to watch.

"We're not the chocolate Kennedys." Wade Walker (Robinson) is in love with Grace Peeples (Washington) and is getting ready to propose. Grace leaves for the weekend to visit her family without inviting Wade. After talking to his brother Wade gets up the courage to surprise her at her family's cabin. When he shows up things don't go as planned and he begins to question if this is a family he wants to be a part of. First off I have to say I'm not racist. That said if Tyler Perry's name is on a movie I tend to avoid it. Even though this is just a "Tyler Perry Presents" it was enough to lower my expectations. I'm not sure if it was the low expectations or not but I ended up really enjoying this and laughing the whole way through. Robinson is very funny and David Allen Grier has some really funny scenes in this. It's a good thing the comedy was there though because the movie is so generic and overdone that the laughs are the only thing that made it interesting. After 5 minutes you can pretty much tell exactly what is going to happen. Overall, a funny movie that was much, much better then I was expecting. I surprisingly give it a B+.

Tina Gordon Chism did an awesome job in her Directorial debut and Writing of the movie "Peeples"!!! Wow...I Laughed from Beginning to End (Literally)!!! I am so glad TP helped her with her first of many movies, so she will know everything from A to Z as to what to do and what not to do in this industry. He is such a good role model for up & coming writers & directors.I look forward to her future films and hope she makes them even lengthier as this one was only an hour & a half. Can't wait for the DVD to be Released in September!!! :))Don't worry about the Box Office #s on this one, you are "In the Door now girl"!!! :))