DeniReview: Why Did I Get Married Too?
April 20th 2010 15:26
Rating: ** out of 5 Stars
Tyler Perry has decided to grace us with a sequel to his 2007 hit, "Why Did I Get Married?".
I'm not really a huge fan of movies where a group of couples get together and complain about the opposite sex. Let's face it, men and women will never understand each other fully and sometimes that can be half the fun and challenge of making a relationship work - although I do understand it helps to vent once in a while. So really, to me, it's just the same old complaints that have been around since the beginning of time - we've heard all the "he said, she said" stuff before. However, I did like "Why Did I Get Married?", it was surprisingly funny and fresh. Four couples go away on a Holiday retreat to Colorado to catch up with each other and when the infidelities of one couple is revealed, the others begin to question their own relationships.
In "Why Did I Get Married Too?", we revisit the same four couples on a reunion trip to the Bahamas and it's pretty much a repeat of the first movie - more complaining - and yes, some of it's funny - and again nothing new. The only difference is that this movie is a bit darker than its predecessor. Whereas in the first film we see the beginnings of a marriage about to unravel, here we see the result of unresolved issues explode.
Everyone basically has the same problems as before but this movie ultimately focuses on the fragile marriage between Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba, playing Patricia and Gavin Agnew. In the first movie tensions ran deep between them stemming from the accidental death of their young son, Noah and while it seemed that they made peace with each other, we find out here that the wound ran much deeper than we thought - this revelation is a huge surprise to their friends.
The answer to everyone's problem, of course is that communication and trust is the salve that's guaranteed to heal any break-up in a relationship. Everyone is suspicious of their partner - some justified and some not. The point is that when you share and put everything out on the table, trust will follow and the relationship becomes stronger.
I'm still impressed with the dramatic range of Janet Jackson. I thought she gave a wonderful performance by keeping her grief just barely there underneath the surface, and yet we see the pain when she smiles, pretending that everything is okay. Tasha Smith was a shockingly delightful rambunctiously loud and in your face scene stealer in the first movie but here, she over played her mark. She's still funny, but there were times when it was just too much. In the first movie she packed a punch when needed and it was dignified, but here it's mostly unnecessary - like nails on a chalkboard.
It's an okay film if you simply want more of what the first movie had to offer but be warned there are times when you sigh and wish thing would just move along.
Tyler Perry has decided to grace us with a sequel to his 2007 hit, "Why Did I Get Married?".
I'm not really a huge fan of movies where a group of couples get together and complain about the opposite sex. Let's face it, men and women will never understand each other fully and sometimes that can be half the fun and challenge of making a relationship work - although I do understand it helps to vent once in a while. So really, to me, it's just the same old complaints that have been around since the beginning of time - we've heard all the "he said, she said" stuff before. However, I did like "Why Did I Get Married?", it was surprisingly funny and fresh. Four couples go away on a Holiday retreat to Colorado to catch up with each other and when the infidelities of one couple is revealed, the others begin to question their own relationships.
In "Why Did I Get Married Too?", we revisit the same four couples on a reunion trip to the Bahamas and it's pretty much a repeat of the first movie - more complaining - and yes, some of it's funny - and again nothing new. The only difference is that this movie is a bit darker than its predecessor. Whereas in the first film we see the beginnings of a marriage about to unravel, here we see the result of unresolved issues explode.
Everyone basically has the same problems as before but this movie ultimately focuses on the fragile marriage between Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba, playing Patricia and Gavin Agnew. In the first movie tensions ran deep between them stemming from the accidental death of their young son, Noah and while it seemed that they made peace with each other, we find out here that the wound ran much deeper than we thought - this revelation is a huge surprise to their friends.
The answer to everyone's problem, of course is that communication and trust is the salve that's guaranteed to heal any break-up in a relationship. Everyone is suspicious of their partner - some justified and some not. The point is that when you share and put everything out on the table, trust will follow and the relationship becomes stronger.
I'm still impressed with the dramatic range of Janet Jackson. I thought she gave a wonderful performance by keeping her grief just barely there underneath the surface, and yet we see the pain when she smiles, pretending that everything is okay. Tasha Smith was a shockingly delightful rambunctiously loud and in your face scene stealer in the first movie but here, she over played her mark. She's still funny, but there were times when it was just too much. In the first movie she packed a punch when needed and it was dignified, but here it's mostly unnecessary - like nails on a chalkboard.
It's an okay film if you simply want more of what the first movie had to offer but be warned there are times when you sigh and wish thing would just move along.
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