A Madea Family Funeral (2019)

A joyous family reunion turns into an unexpected nightmare when Madea and the gang find themselves planning a funeral in the backwoods of Georgia (Source- google.com)

Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id61hcbdMZA

Rating- PG-13
Genre- Comedy
Warnings- swearing/mild sexual visuals/drug use

                                             
NOTE: I talk about my experiences watching Tyler Perry movies in the introduction, so if you want to skip to the actual review, please scroll until you see this: READ HERE.

Well all bad things must come to an end, right?

It wouldn't feel right of me to let this final Madea movie pass on without saying a few words, and this post will contain a lot of words. Now will they be good or bad? I'm not sure at this point, because at the time I wrote this introduction, I didn't see the movie yet.

Normally, I write everything down right after I watch a movie but I felt motivation to get my thoughts out about the Madea franchise and my experience growing up with it.

If you're new to my blog, I have mentioned in my BOO! A Madea Halloween review that I have watched Tyler Perry films throughout my life. Although Perry is also known for his television shows, other movies not including Madea, and his plays back in the day, it was mainly the Madea films that left a staple in my childhood (although looking back on it, maybe a child shouldn't have watched films depicting abuse, gun violence, or mentions of sexual assault...but that's besides the point)

For me, Perry movies were always so heartfelt and impactful; my first memory regarding this was when I should've been about eight years old and I watched Diary of a Mad Black Woman in theaters. I remember how wet my face was with tears streaming over the sheer power of the acting displayed on screen that made me sympathize with the characters.

The acting, the music, how the movie took its time to show characters evolve and become opposite of what they were in the past, or show us why they didn't want to change, was all so enthralling to my little mind. I would later go on to want to become a novelist and create stories with value like Perry did.

But in recent years, Madea movies have shown less of this value and it's not just because I got older.

                                  

         (This scene is from the film, Madea's Family Reunion)

People can argue about how his old films may've not been as great as fans made it out to be, but what I can say is that at least you felt the heart behind the story. I can rewatch any of his old movies and still get goosebumps at the realistic conflict that not many people want to address like marital abuse, drug addiction, etc. or laugh at the comic relief that was Madea or even learn something valuable from Madea, as she wasn't just someone to laugh at but a mentor as well. Your stern but supportive grandmother, if you will.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)

All of these (and maybe a few I'm forgetting at this time) have a soft spot in my heart not just because I grew up watching them, but because it revealed the thoughtful side of Perry. The side that while may be a bit outrageous at times and go on too long with certain stereotypes, he still gave you quality material overall to show that he cared about the value of his work for his dedicated audience.

There are two movies of his that I'd put in my middle pile of not great but not horrible which would be Meet the Browns and Madea goes to Jail (2009) but at least I can still bear to watch it whenever I am bored and have nothing better to do, yet since all of these movies have passed the decline of quality in Perry's Madea related works has gone sharply downhill.

Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
A Madea Christmas (2013)
and of course, BOO! A Madea Halloween (2016)

All this and a few more, I'm sure, have depicted signs to me that Perry's love for Madea movies has gone south. The soul that resonated within his old films no longer seems to be present in his latest movies. The acting nowadays is usually too over the top or too mean spirited, with each character either being a boisterous chatterbox who always has some wacky line to say or a disrespectful and nasty individual who you want to punch the minute you see them on screen.

Instead of the elongated slow jazz or RnB musical numbers that exemplify the essence of a scene taking place on screen, the musical scores in recent years are something out of an episode of a silly cartoon show. There are more goofy instrumentals that play in the background with maybe a couple of decent RnB songs in the beginning and the end of the movies to remind us that these movies are about love and family, even though most of it showed an entirely different story.

Yes, Madea movies for me follow the quote of, "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain," with the films turning out to be the so-called villain in my book. At this point, I'm not sure what people see in Madea films anymore: Is it to support Perry? Is it because it's still funny somehow? Or is it to see how awful it can lower the bar of filmmaking?

Perry has certainly risen above the ashes of a troubled upbringing to become one of the most beloved filmmakers known to man, which is why it hurts my heart to see his passion for his work go so haywire. Yet, even with all of that, A Madea Family Funeral was not going to be something I missed out on.

While I refused to see the sequel to BOO! A Madea Halloween, I chose to watch this one in theaters because it's the last Madea related movie. Supposedly.

I wanted it to come full circle for me, from that 8 year old girl who grew up with Perry's works to the 22 year old woman having the power to speak my mind about what I thought about this final tale of Madea.

READ HERE

Did the movie make me shout amen for finally breaking out of Perry's odd string of faulty films, or did I watch the end credits thanking God that this franchise was going to be dead forever?

The plot of A Madea Family Funeral was about the shenanigans that would ensue after a family member passes away.

This film actually did make me laugh at several points, which is much better than how I reacted to BOO! A Madea Halloween where all I did was get annoyed and almost fall asleep. At least here, there were some strong lines that were very funny and I kept in my head to possibly use on my own someday and some scenes that when the shenanigans were at an all time high, I was laughing along with the audience.

I can tell that Perry uses the comedy of unbelievability to his advantage, where something is so outrageous that you laugh at it because you can't believe that it's happening. It usually happens very quickly, like someone punching someone else or a car blowing up after someone says everything will be okay, so we're naturally taken off guard and laugh as a response to that shock.

Other than that...this was a mess.

                               

The plot itself felt too simplistic to have it run for 1 hour and 42 minutes, but you could really tell that the movie was trying to reach that time length with how much it derived away from the actual plot. The person that the funeral is being held for is not given a lot of background to understand who he is until after he is told to have passed on, so the shock of him being dead doesn't hit me as hard as I think Perry expected it to. In addition, the family that is being focused on in this movie has never been introduced in any previous Madea movie before so seeing them grieve serves no sympathy on my end because I don't know who these people are and how strong a bond they had with the individual.

The only way I would know is through them talking about it which is another negative on this movie because it brings up the classic 'show don't tell' rule, where it would've benefited the movie if we saw more scenes of the family interacting together with the would-be deceased person instead of jumping back to long dialogues with Madea in the gang- which I'll get to later.

The characters are all types of people that I've witnessed before in Perry movies that at this point only seem to be there because it's typical of a Perry movie to have a sensitive man or woman who is being betrayed, the mean family member who is given barely any dimension to their character, or the matriarchal figure who is taken advantage of till she stands up for herself. This is a common complaint of Perry movies where the character tropes are overdone, and it shows in this movie as well. Can't we just have a normal family for once?

However, the family's inner dilemmas could've been better to watch than sticking with Madea and the gang which consist of Uncle Joe, Aunt Bam, Hattie, and a newly inducted member Uncle Heathrow who along with Madea and Joe, is acted by Perry himself. Perry's straight-man character, Brain, is often tagged along with the gang but it's really the elderly characters that take the cake for most annoying part of the movie.

There's another phrase that is often used called, 'less is more', where the less you do of something it's actually better and provides more value to something. That's the rule Perry should've taken for writing these characters. The elderly characters steal the show but do it in the worst possible way, by having constant dialogue back and forth about different things that annoy them to joking about the same topics in other movies like Madea being a man, smoking weed, and sexual innuendos in general and this feels like it goes on forever. I think I was 15 minutes into the movie and nobody was even claimed to be dead yet. It was mostly just Madea and the gang riffing of one another, taking over moments that could've been used for more serious scenes.

                           
I get that it's a comedy movie, but even Mean Girls (2004) and Deadpool (2016) had its darker moments and that's what made the comedy even more special because the audience knows it won't always have that. But with this, you could have the family sobbing over the family member being dead and Madea would charge in with a joke, it throws the whole vibe off! I seriously believe that there was no moment longer than 2 minutes that contained a purely down-to-earth serious moment for the characters, except for one.

One scene that plays near the end of the movie delivers a messages that I think Perry wanted to portray in the mist of all of the chaos that was a really powerful and opened my eyes to the sacrifices some people make for their loved ones. But even then, the scene is interrupted by the elderly characters reacting loudly to what people were saying as if they were the audience themselves. There is no breather from these antics, and it made me disappointed for the people involved in that big scene because it looked like one that could have been performed better in a different movie.

This big dramatic scene doesn't come out of nowhere as much as it felt in BOO! A Madea Halloween, where one of the characters suddenly reveals a big family issue that was never mentioned in the movie. Here, it's still out of place but looking back on it there was some build up to that climax, even if it was shrouded until the unnecessary chatter.

Perry also included scenes of dialogue where he would use Madea and the gang as the "voice of reason" when all it did was make me question whether or not Perry wanted me to agree with them or not. A lot of what they say is questionable, and it doesn't help that they constantly bring up the fact that they used to be pimps, hoes, drug dealers or murderers in their younger years. I can't tell if what they said at times was to just make the audience laugh or to really give insight, but either way it wasn't delivered right because it was cluttered with all this other improvised back-and-forth.

Seriously, I noticed that there was a 5 minute talk between them all then it cut to the family for like 1 minute and then it returned to the group talking again for even longer! All of that free space could've developed the characters that we actually needed to learn more about.

When I say that Perry's love for Madea went down, I didn't feel entirely right saying that. I'm sure he still loves writing about Madea for audiences, but the way in which he goes about gaining more publicity for it is damn near disrespectful. Like I said before, older films of his aren't perfect. I'm sure I'll go back and watch them someday and point out some very serious problems, but even then the difference between the older Madea and the new Madea is night and day. Maybe someday I can review those movies so you get a better sense of what I'm talking about, but that's not a promise.

                              

A Madea Family Funeral was a poor end to a legendary character. If this really is the last movie, which I doubt, then this was not a thrilling conclusion for Madea in the slightest. She came off as incredibly annoying and redundant along with her friends, and the other people we're supposed to care for are stereotypes of other characters I've already seen. Everyone treats the dead person as a joke, which even for a comedy was pretty inappropriate and the parts where it did feel like things were taken seriously, it stuck out because it didn't feel like it made sense. I could say that at the very least there were several funny zingers in the mix and there were beneficial messages as well scattered amongst the rubble.

Would I watch it again? No. Would I recommend it? No.

I'll tell you now, if Perry does create another Madea movie after this I don't think I'm going to watch it because once you say it's over, then it's over, and honestly this franchise has felt over for a long time now. Before I give my score, I want to end this review with a speech given in Madea's Family Reunion by a character named Myrtle who was played by Cicely Tyson. Myrtle announced this speech among black men and women who she witnessed acting like fools beforehand: being loud with one another, acting promiscuous and ghetto in front of children.

The speech was to remind them that they are better that how they act and they must be good role models to others and to themselves because they have more worth than what other people expect them to be. This speech makes me think of my own thoughts on the evolution of Madea: from strict but lovable mentor to inappropriate and rude so-called gangster. This character deserved better, and while there may not be a redemption, I hope to see future writers give their characters the respect that they deserve. If they're meant to be mean and nasty then fine, but portray them intelligently, not just to create chaos for the sake of chaos.

With that being said...Good Bye Madea...

Note: This is not the full speech

"As we marched up the road this afternoon, what we saw were young men gambling, fighting, cussing. Women with no clothes on gyrating all over on this land...The man and woman who were born here gave birth to this generation. They were slaves. They worked this ground, but they bought it from the widow of the slave owner and that's the kind of blood we having running through our veins. That's the stock we are made of... 

What happened to us? Who are you? Do you know who you are? What happened to the pride and the dignity and the love and respect that we had for one another? Where did it go? And how, how do we get it back?...Young black women, you are more than your thighs and your hips. You are beautiful, strong, powerful. I want more from you. Take your place. 

I want every single one of you, young man, young woman, turn to the next person standing alongside of you. Grab them and hug them and tell them that you love 'em...That's how you start from this moment. When you leave this reunion today, you take that with you."

I give A Madea Family Funeral a 2 out of 5 stars.



SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
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The story goes immediately to these group of people and a few minutes in, I'm not sure how some of them are related to one another. Is the one that doesn't like Gia the sister of Jessie or just a friend? Is Sylvia and Will related to the family in any way or are they a couple supporting their friend's parents' anniversary?

"Mom and dad are so cute together, They have the best marriage, etc." Can you make dialogue any more obvious that something bad is going to happen to the mom and dad?

Oh boy, here come to pain in the movie- Uncle Heathrow. Came strolling it right on time.

My mom was really not feeling the fact that Perry was using Heathrow's character as a joke for his stoma. Meanwhile, I was just smiling through the pain.

It's Madea and the gang...in the same circular position like in the halloween movie where they talked for more than 5 minutes straight about Brain's child abuse...they're not going to do that again are they?

Oh my god, they are! It's not about the abuse but their back and forth has been going on forever! Just move on!

"It's faux" "faux what?" "faux dollas" That was pretty funny. There are a lot of gem lines like that.

Never in my years of watching Madea have I heard either Madea or Joe mention that they had a brother.

Why show the scene of the mom and dad arriving just for them to leave right away? The scene doesn't last long and I learn nothing of the parents other than what they look like. Couldn't they have just extended the scene just a little bit so I can get a better sense of who the father, Anthony is? Because by the end of the movie he's much more than he seems, but there is very little clue to this other than, "I'm going to a hotel." The worst part is, they make this scene short to return to Madea and the gang who we just saw talk for minutes on end!

"You flirt then we all going to jail" another gem line! I wonder if I can keep a tally of them...

Okay Perry...where are you going with this? Your character, Brain, who you play without any makeup (so, you) is arguing with everyone else that black people get shot because they don't obey the law. Then Madea and them argue back that it's because you stay and wait for the officer and that's how you get shot, and because of this Brain needs to drive away before the cop arrives to the car. What I feel like Perry is trying to say is that Brain is in the wrong and Madea is in the right, but then Madea doesn't have good advice clearly, yet Brain is too stubborn to imagine that black people have been killed for no reason a lot of times. Am I supposed to agree with a side?

What took the cop, Willis, so long to approach the car? He ordered them already and then there was a big discussion on how to handle the police. What was Willis doing during that huge gap, just sitting there drinking coffee?

I don't know how to feel about that cop scene, with Willis being overly dramatic about Brain keeping his hands on the wheel. On one hand, I've seen other movies or shows make fun of serious issues like this in an even greater manner that I was fine with. On the other hand, what the hell? Willis arrives already steamed up (even though he sounded calm in the car) and yells at Brain with his nostrils flaring and eyes bulging out (which btw, bad acting), and this is supposed to prove a point that people should break the law and leave a scene? Okay, let me look at it as a pure comedy and not what I expected it to be in the past...it's still not funny. Again, the acting is horrible and everyone is too over the top that not one person has a bunch of sense (and yes, I'm including Brain because he suddenly gets all high and mighty in this scene). Also, with two long talks with the same people back to back it's not enjoyable to see yet another back and forth talk that is redundant and childish. It's just the same thing:

"Keep your hands where I can see them, now reach for something. Don't reach for that!"

"You should've left"

and repeat.

"I'm really perturbed!," the way Brain said that line after the cop left was funny. 3.

"They got all that ass whooping from change," Uncle Joe, you just keep the gems coming!

Obvious infidelity is obvious.

So you can tell that your dad is in the next room because of how he's moaning? Eww.

Another five minute talk, this time about the way Anthony died, giving no time for A.J to grieve over the loss of his father. There has been not one serious moment yet, and this is shaping up to be this most comedic of the Madea movies: A Madea Family FUNERAL.

Take three shots every time there's a long period of discussion between Madea and the gang. You'll be having your own funeral.

Jesus, a man just died and there's no serious moment! Comedies still have serious moments to not overwhelm you with too much humor. I know that sounds weird, but too much of anything gets stale after a while and the more they converse about the funny way Anthony died the more stale it gets and the more disappointed I am.

(playing on the word, hotel) "These hoes don't tell" Our first gem from Madea everybody! Where are we at, four?

Why was Jessie just standing outside looking at A.J and Reneé argue? It was a heated one and your brother is outside with a woman yelling at her and you don't at least call out, "Is everything okay?" until after the woman leaves?

Of course Jessie wants A.J's to be his best man! Because A.J has always been like a father to him when Anthony wasn't around, wait...Where do we see that? Where have we ever seen A.J being father-like to Jessie? Where have we seen Anthony not being that way to Jessie? If Anthony was so bad, why does the family care about him? All of this is TOLD to us, not SHOWN, and that makes a huge difference.

You should've been there in the theater when Will (who is played by David Ortega) came on screen shirtless and the women were hollering over him. I heard this line in particular, "DAMN! I forgot about my boyfriend for a second."

(the capital letters is representing Perry using his normal deep voice)
"Your daddy is DEAD" Again with the joke about Madea really being a man...

"People died who have never died before," I laughed at that one. Gem number 5.

"Better my name in the program than on the cover," I want to use that line someday Heathrow, because that was clever! 6.

The joke about funerals being long can be funny, but they really overdid it with having us believe people would be there for 9 hours. The trailer makes it look like the funeral was going to be the most fun part of all of this, but the movie describes how boring it is to sit through. Since this joke goes on for too long, the long funeral doesn't get funnier it's just more telling of the movie as a whole.

Pam's speech about "You do all you can do" is when I have to reach the word limit on an essay.

In the commercials, Madea says that the funeral was going to be lit but all through it people complained that it was too long. Madea is a terrible planner.

My favorite scene was the people rushing out of the church after the casket popped open, but I got to ask, "Who just runs out of the church?!" I get the friends and lovers Anthony had, but the family too? Wouldn't they check on the body to see if it's okay?

The mom conveys a powerful speech about how she was "weak" because of love after A.J blames her for staying with their dad. It got a round of applause near the end and everything, but this is another reason why it's better to A- lay off the comedy, and B- show don't tell. For A, there has constantly been jokes about Anthony being a cheating and perverted man which lowers the sadness of his death and makes him out to be a laughingstock to the audience. So when this scene shows up, it feels out of place and from another movie. Why should I care about how this man was or how he treated this woman? While I could infer that that was an issue in their marriage, no part of me felt bad for the lady until this moment because I'm more focused on how many more sex jokes can be made. For B- again, if they had just expanded the first and only scene Anthony was shown alive, we could've gained insight in their relationship. I'm not saying Anthony should've been shown hitting the wife, but an indicator in his living days to reveal the true man he was.

"You wanted your daddy so badly, you ended up with someone just like him," Damn!

"Don't call me unless somebody die," I want to use this line too. I'm losing track of the amount of Gems...

"He calling from Hell!" You know the drill.

Mike Tyson cameo!

For a supposedly final Madea film, that ending was boring.
I was expecting one more cameo from Heathrow.

Total Gem lines: 9

I doubt this is the last Madea movie, not just because this will probably make a lot of money and encourage Perry to do another one but also because it doesn't feel over. If this was the final movie of a character I've developed for over 14 years, there should be some sort of dedication to the person. A line at the end saying, "Thank you for following Madea's story" or a montage of Madea's best moments, or at least a dialogue where someone asks what Madea is going to do in the future and she's like she'll travel the world or something. This ending is more focused on characters we barely knew and Madea is the facilitator. I feel like an appropriate ending to a Madea film is to have it center around her life, in a more serious way of course, and then at the end she may finally tell Uncle Joe that she loves his and is grateful they lived so long together as siblings despite their bickering or something in that regard. The ending just felt a little rushed and incomplete. Not at all the sort of closure I would expect from the last movie of a beloved character.

Acritud (2018)

Una esposa fiel cansado de estar de pie en su retorcido marido furioso cuando resulta evidente que ella ha sido traicionado (Google.com)

Tráiler- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlpunOUxYSo

Rating- R
Género- thriller phsycological
Advertencias- lenguaje inapropiado/violencia/ situaciones de sexual

Una película creada por Tyler Perry es una película voy a ver de inmediato; y no por la razón que usted puede pensar.

Aunque he sido un gran fan de las películas de Perry's growing up, que me ha dado la capacidad para señalar cómo sus últimas películas han pasado completamente bajada. He revisado uno de ellos en este blog en el pasado, "Boo! Un Halloween Madea" que fue posiblemente el peor Perry película que he visto nunca.

Me sentí legítima decepción en cómo las historias han ningunea con orinal humor bromas y perturbar la moral, agregó con bandas sonoras de sustituir el sentido chiflados RnB y números de Jazz, y la pegajosa, previsible narración que podría incluso llevó el mayor fan de Perry.

Así que cuando me di cuenta de "acritud" iba a ser liberado pronto, llegó a mi cabeza que no he visto una película de Perry en un rato y quizás, sólo quizás...Las cosas serán diferentes. Sin Madea en esta película, podría haber alguna narración suficiente que podría mantenerme conectado. Yo quería tener esa esperanza, pero al mismo tiempo estaba preparado para si no estuviera bien a todos. Yo estaba listo para reír en esta película por ser una horrible creación de alguien que solía ser uno de mis escritores favoritos.

¿Qué piensa usted? ¿Crees que cuando salí del teatro estaba exultante o me había vuelto demasiado amargo como el personaje principal?

La trama de "acritud" gira en torno a la protagonista femenina, Melinda Gayle (Taraji P. Henson) que se comporta como una implícita- acrimoniously anterior.

Lo amargo? Bueno, en realidad la película enumera una multitud de definiciones que definir este término, pero voy a describir aquí.

La acritud es un término para describir a alguien que es amargo o tiene malos sentimientos hacia alguien, y que no podía describir Gayle mejor. A través de flashbacks, Gayle narra la historia de cómo ella y su ex-marido, Robert (letra inclinada) se reunió y la agitación Melinda perdura debido a las acciones de Robert. La película se procede a mostrar Melinda's rage hervir aún más, lo que lleva a consecuencias devastadoras para todos en su camino.

Al principio, esta historia parece ser la típica venganza tropo donde root para el personaje principal para dar el antagonista su retribución, pero la historia que sesga la metáfora y crea una única de la mujer obtener venganza por su hombre.

A medida que la película avance, la audiencia se les proporcionan oportunidades para cuestionar las decisiones tanto de la percepción del antagonista y protagonista; esto hace que la audiencia piense también cómo creíbles las acusaciones de Melinda y si sus acciones vengativas son realmente justificadas.

Realmente me gustó este cambio de parcela, porque yo estaba esperando un futuro más previsible para los personajes cuando no es el caso. Yo ni siquiera había hecho un par de predicciones sobre lo que ocurriría y ambos estaban equivocados. Si queréis ver este, esperar lo inesperado.

Hubo una única transición de escenas que estaba presente al menos tres veces a lo largo de la película, donde un vocabulario palabra está resaltada en la pantalla y una lista de términos seguiría junto con ella. Esa fue una sugerencia poco agradable para el público para aprender alguna nueva terminología que pueden utilizar en futuras conversaciones, porque no sabía que cualquiera de las palabras significan que antes fueron definidas.

Algo que me pareció una ligera falta es que en algunas ocasiones es evidente que Perry pudo escapar con un tiempo tan fácil de dirigir como sea posible, incluidas las escenas con el terapeuta que figura prominentemente en el remolque.

En toda la película, nunca verá que el terapeuta, incluso una vez, así que era obvio que el terapeuta carácter sólo hizo una voz en off de sus líneas y sólo fue Henson realizar solos en la habitación. También hay otra escena en la película donde el personaje principal está hablando a un grupo de gente, pero nunca hay presentes en el mismo plano.

Las fotografías de estas personas se enmarcan en una forma que no puede ver todo su cuerpo en el bastidor, lo que me hace creer que Henson actuó una vez más sus líneas en un día y el grupo de gente en el otro día. Estos tipos de leeways, especialmente el terapeuta escenas pueden obstaculizar el disfrute de la película un poco. Aunque no estaban tan problemático como Melinda el doblaje.

Dado que hay un montón de flashbacks, la película hace un punto para traer el presente Melinda como ella comentarios sobre su pasado, pero es criado casi cada minuto. Se sentía como Melinda debía representar el típico miembro de la audiencia, quien haría observaciones sobre cada cosa como, "Has visto eso? Cómo podía hacer eso a mí?"

Los únicos momentos donde he encontrado necesario para Melinda's Commentary a incluirse fue durante el papel puntos de inflexión en su vida, como la primera vez Melinda y Robert se reunió y los puntos exactos en el tiempo donde su vida se vio afectada de manera importante.

Melinda fue definitivamente un carácter enojado y puede ser muy divertido para observar la mayor parte. Aunque lo que pasa es terrible la manera en que reacciona descaradamente a ellos me hizo sonreír y manejó en la "mujer" independiente fuerte tropo Up una muesca.

Al mismo tiempo, las situaciones que se les infligió a Melinda puede ocurrir a cualquiera, haciendo el suspense que más evidente y bastante aterrador. Creo que la película tiene un buen reparto desigual de comedia y thriller, donde el público podía reír a ciertas cosas, pero en general, comprender la gravedad de la situación y sabemos que esto no es una divertida vida que Melinda tiene que soportar.

He encontrado Robert para ser una representación realista de un hombre que sabe cómo manipular a la gente a conseguir lo que quiere. He apreciado el hecho de que él no era este over-the-top físicamente abusiva macho alfa que claramente es un hombre malo en su primera comparecencia.

Hubo mucho más sutil en la forma en que Robert actuó a Melinda que mucha gente podría reconocer dentro de otras relaciones tóxicas. Ya entiendo por qué melinda toleraría él a pesar de sus deficiencias.

Una rápida apreciación de la música y la iluminación de la película. La música es mayormente este suave pero sombría melodía de piano que siento representa la repetición y perdido la esperanza de Melinda, lo mismo con la iluminación. La iluminación- específicamente en la casa de Melinda- trajo en este tono sombrío, así como con los colores azul y gris mate.

Creo que si me voy en profundidad sobre el lado personajes o detalles de la trama entonces yo sería básicamente deteriorar la película para usted, así que voy a terminar mi comentario aquí. Esta película realmente me sorprendió de buena manera y me dio esperanza para el futuro de las películas de Perry.

Tengo la sensación de que Perry quiere producir películas como Madea hacia arriba, comedias y películas sin Madea como graves dramas o thrillers, y eso está bien. Aunque Madea películas se están volviendo cada vez más insoportable, con la apariencia de "acritud" no podría ser simplemente algunas posibilidades de una resurrección- un renacimiento Madea si usted quiere.

"Acritud" te hace venir pensando en una cosa y te hace dudar cuando todo ha terminado. Los personajes eran a veces divertido, pero también trágico y, en última instancia, me encantó casi cada bit de esta versión de una venganza estratagema.

Doy "Acritud" Un 4 de 5 estrellas.

SPOILERS ADELANTE!!!
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Predicción antes de película: Melinda está diciendo la verdad y su marido se le dolían todo el tiempo o ella está haciendo y ella es realmente quien está siendo doloroso para él; quizá el marido es simplemente un azar guy Melinda está obsesionado con

(ver a toda la gente en el teatro ya risa y hacer comentarios en el remolque) Esto va a ser muy divertido multitud

nunca hay una escena donde se ve el terapeuta en esta película. Veo cómo se puede conseguir lejos con menos trabajo, y sólo tienen el carácter de terapeuta tiene una voz más.

Es el amigo va a acabar con Robert en el futuro?

Robert hizo deliberadamente ayudar a Melinda fallar su ensayo así que ella se siente débil?

"Mi mamá nunca pensé que sería en college" de repente, Melinda obtiene le dijo a su madre murió. ¡Qué coincidencia!

Deseo Melinda's voiceover sería silencioso a veces. Veo que es necesario recordar a la audiencia que todo esto es un flashback, pero hay ocasiones en que no hay necesidad de Melinda para comentar una escena. Es obvio lo que está sucediendo y, si no es que la audiencia piense en ello.

Melinda es realmente no va a dormir con Robert el día del funeral, ¿verdad? Ella es? Eso es ridículo.

"La virginidad" Así que ella nunca dormía con Devon antes de Robert. Interesante.

Así Melinda básicamente causados a sí misma por no tener hijos. Qué triste.

¿Por qué el amigo decir, "te llamo más tarde"? Ella está durmiendo con Robert?

Es la hermana mayor (creo que ella es el primogénito) va a ser la voz de la razón aquí? Todo lo que dice es lo que todo el mundo necesita oír.

Es Melinda sigue yendo a la universidad o hizo ella sólo salen para ayudar a Robert? No es muy claro al respecto.

Robert no puede ser un buen hombre, pero de la manera que él dijo, "lo siento" tras el poder salía era realmente lindo.

Por qué hay fotos separadas de las hermanas y madre en la pared? Creo que sería más común si sólo hay una foto de todos ellos juntos. Es simbolizando su separación?

No sería impresionante a Prescott a Robert enviando constantemente en videos a él en lugar de estar tan aterrorizados de él que tendrían una orden de restricción sobre él?

"¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué quería?", que es profundo, pero Melinda. Vamos, que no quieren verdaderamente un apartamento y un lujoso yate llamado después de usted?

¿Mantienen los mismos actores para los maridos de las hermanas? Yo no centrarse en ellos mucho, pero tienen un aspecto no difiere de lo que lo hacían hace 18 años.

A juzgar por cómo se reproduce la escena, puedo suponer que las hermanas y sus maridos' actores estaban actuando un día y Henson el otro día, porque no hay un momento donde están físicamente la interacción y la cámara sólo se reveló desde el pecho hacia arriba.

No me digas que están cayendo en el amor con Robert De nuevo, Diana. Eres una mujer adulta, te mereces lo mejor!

Toda la audiencia se agrietan cuando Melinda salió corriendo para golpear a Robert y las hermanas acompañamos. Nota al margen: ¿Por qué ha sido siempre un Melinda raging persona? Incluso antes de conocer a Robert, tenía esta actitud negativa. ¿De dónde ha salido?

Por una vez, Robert está en la derecha. Él no engañar de nuevo, pero si yo estaba Melinda me sentiría como divorciando de él también.

Melinda va a estar con su ex-novio, Devon nuevamente? Que es dulce, pero...en el remolque, ella se enojó en Robert's novia, así que algo está arriba.

Robert está con Diana, como hizo Melinda. Esto es tan triste.

La audiencia agrietado nuevamente cuando llegó ese término que significa sentirse arrepentidos. He olvidado lo que era.

Melinda, ¿por qué tienes que hacer vuestras hermanas y Devon como ese? Además, si la hermana mayor ya sabía del bebé su marido había entonces eso está bien, porque ella no parece que eliminó por la confesión y que nunca se vuelva a iniciar. En cuanto a Oriente hermana, ¿qué es lo que la gente dice de ella que es tan malo? Fue la que hizo o no hay realmente un problema aquí?

Robert está acoplado a Diana, yo sabía tan pronto como Melinda recorrió en el apartamento (porque del remolque)

no me esperaba yo a discrepar con el personaje principal y querer el antiguo antagonista de ser protegidos.

Si no fuera por la ayuda de Diana, Robert habría sido el mismo marido perezoso que no tienen ninguna iniciativa para buscar un trabajo. Cómo sería Diana se han ocupado de que si

Acrimony (2018)

A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed (Google.com)

Trailer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlpunOUxYSo

Rating- R
Genre- Phsycological thriller
Warnings- Inappropriate language/ Violence/ Sexual situations

A movie created by Tyler Perry is a movie I will watch right away; and not for the reason you may think.

Although I have been a big fan of Perry's movies growing up, that's given me the ability to point out how his latest movies have gone completely downhill. I've reviewed one of them on this blog in the past, "Boo! A Madea Halloween" which was arguably the worst Perry movie I've ever seen.

I felt legitimate disappointment at how the stories have cheapened with potty humor jokes and disturbing morals, added with wacky soundtracks replacing the meaningful RnB and Jazz numbers, and the tacky, predictable storytelling that could bore even the biggest Perry fan.

So when I realized "Acrimony" was going to be released soon, it came to my head that I haven't watched a Perry movie in a while and perhaps, just perhaps...things will be different.

Without Madea in this film, there might be some sufficient storytelling that could keep me engaged. I wanted to have that hope, but at the same time I was prepared for if it wasn't good at all. I was ready to laugh at this movie for being a horrible creation from someone who used to be one of my favorite writers.

What do you think? Do you believe that when I came out of the theater I was exultant or had I too become acrimonious like the main character?

The plot of "Acrimony" revolves around female lead, Melinda Gayle (Taraji P. Henson) who behaves- as implied earlier- acrimoniously.

What is acrimonious? Well, the movie actually lists a multitude of definitions that define this term, but I'll describe it here.

Acrimony is a term to describe someone who is bitter or has ill feeling towards someone, and that could not describe Gayle any better.

Through flashbacks, Gayle recounts the story of how she and her ex-husband, Robert (Lyric Bent) met and the turmoil Melinda endures due to Robert's actions. The film proceeds to show Melinda's rage boil up even further, which leads to devastating consequences for everyone in her path.

In the beginning, this story appears to be the typical revenge trope where you root for the main character to give the antagonist their comeuppance, but the story skews that trope and creates a more unique take on the woman getting revenge on her man.

As the movie progresses, the audience is given chances to question the decisions of both the perceived antagonist and protagonist; this makes the audience think also about how credible Melinda's accusations are and whether her vengeful actions are truly justified.

I really liked this change of plot, because I was expecting a more foreseeable future for the characters when it is not the case. I even had made a couple of predictions about what would occur and they were both wrong. If you intend to watch this, expect the unexpected.

There was a unique transition of scenes that was present at least three times throughout the film where a vocabulary word is highlighted on screen and a list of terms would follow along with it. That was a nice little tip for the audience to learn some new terminology that they can use in future conversations, because I didn't know what any of the words meant before they were defined.

Something that I found slight fault with is that on a few occasions it was clear that Perry was able to get away with as easy a time of directing as possible, including the scenes with the therapist that is shown prominently in the trailer.

In the entire movie, you never see that therapist even once, so it was obvious that the therapist character only did a voice over for her lines and it was only Henson performing alone in the room. There is also another scene in the movie where the main character is speaking to a group of people, but they are never present in the same shot.

The shots of these people are framed in a way that you cannot see their whole bodies in the frame, which makes me believe that Henson once again acted out her lines on one day and the group of people on the other day. These type of leeways, especially the therapist scenes can hinder the enjoyment of the movie just a little bit. Although they weren't as problematic as Melinda's voiceovers.

Since there were a lot of flashbacks, the movie makes a point to bring up the present Melinda as she comments on her past, but it is brought up almost every minute. It felt like Melinda was supposed to represent the typical audience member, one who would comment on every single thing like, "You saw that? How could he do that to me?"

The only moments where I found it necessary for Melinda's commentary to be included was during pivotal turning points in her life, like the first time Melinda and Robert met and the exact points in time where her life was impacted in a major way.

Melinda was definitely an angry character and it can be very amusing to watch for the most part. Even though what she goes through is terrible the way she brazenly reacts to them made me smile and drove in the "strong independent woman" trope up a notch.

At the same time, the situations that are inflicted upon Melinda can happen to anybody, making the thriller genre that more evident and reasonably scary. I think the movie has a good unequal balance of comedy and thriller, where the audience could laugh a certain things but overall understanding the gravity of the situation and know that this is not a fun life that Melinda has to endure.

I found Robert to be a realistic depiction of a man who knows how to manipulate people into getting what he wants. I appreciated the fact that he wasn't this over-the-top physically abusive alpha male who clearly is a bad man upon first appearance.

There was a lot more subtlety in the way Robert acted towards Melinda that a lot of people could recognize within other toxic relationships. I could understand why Melinda would tolerate him despite his shortcomings.

A quick appreciation for the music and lighting in the movie. The music is mostly this gentle but somber piano melody that I feel represents the repetition and lost hope of Melinda, same with the lighting. The lighting- specifically in Melinda's house- brought on this somber tone as well with dull grey and blue colors.

I think that if I go in depth about the side characters or details of the plot then I would basically be spoiling the movie for you, so I will end my review around here. This movie really surprised me in a good way, and gave me hope for the future of Perry movies.

I have a feeling that Perry wants to produce Madea movies as straight up comedies and movies without Madea as serious dramas or thrillers, and that's fine. Although Madea movies are getting more and more unbearable, with the appearance of "Acrimony" there might just be some potential for a resurrection- a Madea renaissance if you will.

"Acrimony" makes you come in thinking one thing and making you question everything when it's over. The characters were at times funny, but also tragic, and ultimately I loved nearly every bit of this version of a revenge ploy.

I give "Acrimony" a 4 out of 5 stars.


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Prediction before movie: Either Melinda is telling the truth and her husband has hurt her the whole time or she is making it up and she is really the one who is being hurtful to him; maybe the husband is simply a random guy Melinda is obsessed with

(Seeing all the people in the theater already laughing out loud and making comments at the trailer) This is going to be a very fun crowd

There is never a scene where you see the therapist in this movie. I see how they can get away with less work, and just have the therapist character have a voice over.

Is the friend going to end up with Robert in the future?

Did Robert purposely help Melinda fail her essay so she would feel weak?

"My mom never thought I'd be in college" Suddenly, Melinda gets told her mother died. What a coincidence!

I wish Melinda's voiceover would be quiet sometimes. I see that it is necessary to remind the audience that this is all a flashback, but there are times where there is no need for Melinda to comment on a scene. It's obvious what is happening, and if it's not let the audience think about it.

Melinda's really not going to sleep with Robert on the day of the funeral, right? She is? That is ridiculous.

"her virginity" So she never slept with Devon before Robert. Interesting.

So Melinda basically caused herself not to have children. How sad.

Why did the friend say, "I'll call you later"? Is she sleeping with Robert?

Is the eldest sister (I think she's the eldest) going to be the voice of reason here? Everything she says is what everyone needs to hear.

Is Melinda still going to college or did she just drop out to help Robert? It's not very clear about that.

Robert may not be a good man, but the way he said, "sorry" after the power went out was really cute.

Why is there separate photos of the sisters and mother on the wall? I think it'd be more common if there's just one photo of all of them together. Is it symbolizing their separation?

Wouldn't it be impressive to Prescott to have Robert constantly sending in videos to him rather than being so terrified of him that they'd have a restraining order on him?

"Have you ever asked me what I wanted?" That is deep, but Melinda. Come on, you didn't truly want a fancy apartment and a yacht named after you?

Did they keep the same actors for the husbands of the sisters? I didn't focus on them much, but they look no different than they did 18 years ago.

Judging by how the scene is played, I can assume that the sisters and their husbands' actors were acting one day and Henson the other day, because there isn't a moment where they are physically interacting and the camera only revealed them from the chest up.

Don't tell me you are falling in love with Robert again, Diana. You're a grown woman, you deserve better!

The whole audience was cracking up when Melinda ran out to beat up Robert and the sisters tagged along. Side note: Why has Melinda always been a raging person? Even before meeting Robert, she had this negative attitude. Where did that come from?

For once, Robert is in the right. He didn't cheat again, but if I was Melinda I'd feel like divorcing him too.

Melinda is going to be with her ex-boyfriend, Devon again? That's sweet, but...in the trailer she got mad over Robert's fiancé, so something is up.

Robert is using Diana like he did Melinda. This is so upsetting.

The audience cracked up again when that term came up that meant feeling regretful. I forgot what it was.

Melinda, why do you got to do your sisters and Devon like that? Also, if the eldest sister already knew of the baby her husband had then that's fine, because she didn't seem that phased by the confession and it's never brought up again. As for the middle sister, what do people say about her that is so bad? Was that made up or is there really an issue here?

Robert is engaged to Diana, I knew as soon as Melinda walked into the apartment (because of the trailer)

I did not expect myself to disagree with the main character and wanting the former antagonist to be protected.

If it weren't for Diana's help, Robert would have been the same lazy husband who have no initiative to look for a job. How would Diana have dealt with that if the invention wasn't accepted and they got married anyway and Robert treated her like he did with Melinda? Basically, without being rich Robert would be the same man. I could see why Melinda is vengeful, but this is too much.

Diana is pregnant? Well that married life without a child won't last long. Also, my initial reaction to Diana say the dress was too small was that she was saying she was getting fat.

Diana's outfit on the boat was beautiful. I'd love to wear that.

How did Melinda get on the yacht, get a gun and wear the dress without anyone finding her?

Melinda's death was horrifying. Drowning is one of the worst ways to go, but I wonder if her being chained to the bottom of the ocean is symbolism for her situation. I don't know what it's symbolizing exactly, but theres something in there- I'm sure of it.