So much average

Please don't spend money on this.

Good movie but grossly overrated

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

As a avoid-er of most Tyler Perrys movies due to the constant and insulting black clichés, I'm reading the disparaging comments here and it appears they don't see the blatant statements that Tyler Perry was attempting to make. It's a shame that in movies everything has to be spelled out and viewers no longer want to use their imaginations. 1. The different narrator represents that although the person speaking is talking about herself, she is a completely different person after this ordeal. 3. Lance Gross was chosen as Judith's husband to indicate that her husband was VERY attractive, and most people don't usually cheat based on looks, but how that someone made them feel. How many times have we've seen men cheat with BS, when they have a beautiful wife at home??? All of the time! 4. The age & appearance differences in the end represent the emotional toll and internal stress/pain that Brice and Judith both suffered as a result of the affair, while Melinda/Karen emotionally heals and although has HIV, is in a better place with time, hence she still looks young. 5. The birthday excuse and petty nit-picking also correctly depicts how small issues are magnified, providing justification and to reduce guilt. 6. Harley's character also depicts how someone's trash (Melinda) can be someone else's treasure. Additionally, his forcefulness was regarded as abusive by Melinda which is why she lived in fear, and passionate by Judith, perhaps that same passion she felt was missing from her marriage, as we watch Judith become Melinda. 7. The use of drugs represent an addiction or "high" received from sex for Harley and the addiction of attention for Judith instead of them tackling their past deep rooted issues. 8. Her mother represents her conscience, the constant reminder of her Christian upbringing/background and acknowledging right from wrong, finally reuniting and left alone with her conscience.I will reiterate, I am definitely not a fan of Tyler Perry, however this movie is overall thought provoking and worth viewing.

This movie seems to say a lot about how the director believes women should behave, and none of it is what would be considered "empowering." If you somehow didn't pick up on the subtext, you might think this was just a mediocre soap opera about a wife who was tempted into an affair by a wealthy entrepreneur. Her husband seems to bring it on himself by being such an inattentive milquetoast. Except that Tyler Perry clearly believes that a man has every right to live a life devoid of ambition or enthusiasm and still expect his wife to wait on him obediently. Most of the performances were fine, although Kim Kardashian is laughable. You get a twist ending and a bleak final shot to help everyone understand just what a hell your life will be if you choose a life of sin. What a silly little film.

Oh my goodness this movie was the bomb! First I must say that the lesson taught in this movie is accurate, cheat on your loving faithful spouse and there will be consequences, you may not see the consequences immediately but your sins will eventually find you out, and they did for the unfaithful wife. And she had to live with the consequences even though everyone forgave her for the infidelity. Secondly, it showed how easily it is to fall into an inappropriate relationship, that's why I think Kim Kardashian did a great job of acting (although largely playing what she does in real life, which is to be concerned with the externals). It was Kim's influence of external beauty that fueled the fire of the movie. I tell you this film is one that will keep you on the straight and narrow in your personal marital life. This is a must see movie!

This review contains spoilers. I can't believe Tyler Perry wrote the role of Ava for Kim Kardashian. What a flat character with no point to the story. I also do not understand why Brandy's character did not age at the end of the film. We are expected to believe that she's still a cashier at a pharmacy?! I can't understand why Jurnee's character was all of a sudden a drunk, drug user and completely smitten by the Harley character after being so resistant to him. She just randomly almost allowed rape. None of the black families in Tyler Perry's films are ever without some level of unbelievable drama. There's always abuse, a worthless black man, drug addiction and some crazy over the top religious person. It is getting to e super embarrassing to see how he doesn't develop beyond those areas and slowly builds a story that comes crashing to a close within the last 20 minutes. Temptation was a good example of how all of these dysfunctional characters could be thrown in to a movie for the sake of a script.