Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A very funny movie from Mr Perry, one of his best movies by far. It makes a change from those awful Medea movies where he dresses as a woman (and not very convincingly at that) Tasha Smith is Brilliant as the acerbic tongued Angela and she steals every scene she is in. The story line is not new and the ending somewhat predictable, but it is overall good entertainment and well worth a watch.Janet Jackson is the weakest of the actresses in this movie but that doesn't spoil the enjoyment.This is a much better movie than the awful sequel 'Why did I get married too'

This movie has the worst acting I have ever seen in any movie. I know it's supposed to be a comedy/drama but come on. It seemed like the actors were just standing there reading their lines. No real acting involved. The funny parts, or I assume the parts that were supposed to be funny, weren't funny at all. I would recommend all actors in this film go back to acting school. Janet Jackson certainly didn't do herself any favors by being in this movie. It's a Tyler Perry movie and I would have expected more from him. We are supposed to have 10 lines of text to be able to post a review. I don't have 10 lines of text to write about this review. If there were anything positive to say then maybe but as it stands I have nothing positive to say about this movie.

Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married" film was based around a group of couples that took an annual winter vacation to help rejuvenate their marriages. The trip is supposed to help them recover from any loses or issues they may have been facing that year. Things are going well until one of the wives' husbands show up with an extra friend that they weren't expecting. The secret of infidelity comes out during a dinner dispute and all chaos breaks loose causing everyone to doubt the cogency of their own relationships. The film included some well known actors and artists. Everyone knows that anything with Tyler Perry's name tied to it is going to be fantastic! He's an awesome writer, producer, director and actor. Tyler Perry (Terry) plays the husband of Diane (Sharon Leal). Other characters included the famous Janet Jackson (Patricia), Jill Scott (Sheila), Malik Yoba (Gavin), Richard Jones (Mike), Tasha Smith (Angela), Michael Jai White (Marcus), Denise Boutte (Trina), and Lamman Rucker (Sherrif Troy). The theme is surrounded around making marriage work by being honest, being strong and not taking our loved ones for granted. The film starts out smooth except for the continuous arguing between Marcus and Angela which is shown early on. This couple shows up at the vacation home being anything but peaceful. Diane and Terry are often the mediators of any argument and Patricia is a psychologist that everyone runs to with their problems. Patricia and Gavin play to have a perfect relationship until secrets are revealed at the dinner table in front of everyone. Mike and Sheila are the torn couple that has the most issues due to Michael committing infidelity and tearing up Sheila's self esteem over the years. However, Sheriff Troy comes to her rescue accidentally and starts to build her up again. The theme of the movie is demonstrated by all of the stumbling blocks that the characters encounter. Some of the relationships don't end so well, which I thought was realistic. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, things just don't go the way you want them too. The point is to give it your best effort before you give up. Another lesson importantly displayed in the movie is "to be strong and stay true to yourself". These couple's were holding secrets from their marriage partners which was the sole reason why things fell apart! Each couple had their own issues but they handled them in their own ways and what they thought would work best for them. This movie showed people how helpful it can be to reach for help from an outside source. The angle and lighting in the movie was magnificent and captured my attention all throughout. The lighting displayed sadness, and anger in several areas. The makeup contributed to certain scenes like when the women were happy, they would have glowing cheeks and shiny lips. However, when they were sad, they were made to look as if they had baggy eyes and less makeup. The angles at the dinner table during the argument were highly influential. Each character that contributed to the argument had their own camera shot, alone. Tyler Perry is known for making other films and plays that have similar themes, revolving around marriage, family and relationships. Another film that he has made that had a similar them was the movie called, Madea's Family Reunion. It was similar but had a slightly different twist upholding separation if you are with someone that is unhealthy for you. This film still had a similar theme because it was teaching the audience the importance of trusting and trying for love again. Love is something that someone should never give up on and the values shown on these films are essential to any relationship. The film was fantastic and some of Tyler Perry's best work!

Really good."Why Did I Get Married," a film that works because of the heart and soul of the cast even when it feels like Perry's over-the-top preachiness is about to cave everything in. The film centers around four couples who gather each year at a Rocky Mountain retreat for your basic "save our marriage" therapeutic weekend. Being a Perry production, the weekend will be filled with lots of laughs, lots of tears, lots of revelations, a few heartbreaks and a solid Christian center that without the preachiness that often accompanies such a central core.Janet Jackson leads the cast as the relationship expert who guides the weekend supported by her husband (Malik Yoba). There's a power couple (Tyler Perry and Sharon Leal), a drinkin'/fightin' couple (Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith), and an obviously abusive couple (Jill Scott and Richard T. Jones). Before the weekend is over, in typical Perry fashion, secrets will be revealed and lives will be changed for the good and the bad. The ensemble cast is solid throughout, most notably a well-padded Jill Scott as a gentle, sweet woman trying to deal with a cheating hubby, and Tasha Smith, who's blessed with the film's best lines and she nails every one of them.While it's certainly easy to knock Perry's inability to produce anything approaching subtlety, it seems almost pointless to do so. Perhaps because of his lack of subtlety, Perry's films inevitably say things that most of today's filmmakers don't have the balls to say and it's rather refreshing to have a filmmaker actively speak out on issues. The scenes between Jill Scott and Richard T. Jones, for example, are almost achingly painful in their honesty and brought vividly to mind the utter shock of Blair Underwood's domestic abuse scenes in "Madea's Family Reunion." Other solid performances are turned in by Janet Jackson and Perry himself, who proves he needn't be dressed in drag to be an accomplished actor. Toyomichi Kurita's cinematography is solid given the film's inherent staged feeling and that all of Perry's films continue to be modestly budgeted productions. Aaron Zigman's original music complements the scenes nicely, and, while the production design doesn't quite tear us away from the staged feeling, it nonetheless fits the proceedings well.Tyler Perry doesn't really need film critics. While his first turn away from Madea, "Daddy's Little Girls," was a box-office disappointment, Perry's modestly budgeted films continue to successfully reach Perry's targeted urban markets and, with a typical box-office in the $50 million range, Perry's future as a filmmaker continues to be on solid ground.danceability-1, Amsterdam Holland