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TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?Movie Reviews
Comedy about four couples who reunite for their annual vacation only to be discombobulated by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried ex-wife. Cast:Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Tasha Smith, Malik YobaDirector:Tyler PerryRelease Date:April 2, 2010DVD Release:August 31, 2010From:LionsgateRating:PG-13Length:2 hr 1 min
AUGUST 31, 2010
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?, Weak Reviews
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? played to weak reviews. • Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "Terribly shot and crudely assembled... serves up speeches about trust and fidelity and rolling with the punches and blah blah blah." • And Sam Adams wrote for the AV Club, "The movie's like an old sofa, overstuffed and misshapen, but so familiar that it gives comfort all the same." More Reviews Below...
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? Positive Reviews (18 Reviews, reviews below)
Alynda Wheat, People: WEAK(cg) "The bickering lasts all the way home, where the melodramatic script turns the ill-equipped Jackson into a histrionic harpy and concludes with remarkable tidiness."(See all of Alynda Wheat's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 77 words, 04/08/10
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: POOR(cg) "Terribly shot and crudely assembled... serves up speeches about trust and fidelity and rolling with the punches and blah blah blah."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 270 words, 04/09/10
Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "While the message is a worthy one, the story Perry tells to illustrate it lacks any subtlety. There's no shortage of yelling, ranting, sobbing or objects being thrown."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 464 words, 04/05/10
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: MODERATE(cg) "You won't find anything new here: the sequel is basically a retread of the original... Perry doesn't take any artistic risks; he's got a formula, and sticks to it."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 402 words, 04/03/10
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Perry takes significant steps forward as a filmmaker. But it's still a Tyler Perry movie -- for better or worse, including a fair amount of repetitive and too on-the-nose dialogue..."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 469 words, 04/05/10
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: WEAK(cg) "...the movie feels amateurish... The story lines ramble, scenes fizzle, the actors shout and weep embarrassingly; nuance is obliterated by sermonizing."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 315 words, 04/03/10
Cheryl V. Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE(cg) "There's something oddly comforting about the familiarity of a Perry flick, even with his frequent stereotypes... The movie could have been shortened by about 15 minutes."(See all of Cheryl V. Jackson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 561 words, 04/03/10
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: POOR "...stretches out its interminable 121 minutes with endless reaction shots before the distended plot is resolved by shamefully lazy (even by Perry's standards) interventions."(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 03/30/10
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...the writer/director makes up for the flaws with dramatic insight and hysterical dialogue that his fine ensem ble cast chews right through."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 162 words, 04/08/10
KEY CITIES (3 Reviews)
Jen Chaney, Washington Post: MODERATE(cg) "...pretty to look at, and its soap opera-style plotlines are just engaging enough to hold our interest.... features an ending not just from left field, but from outer space."(See all of Jen Chaney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 501 words, 04/03/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "Most of the performances are pat... too many situations insipid little 'inserts' crammed between the over-the-top attempted jokes or over-the-line violence."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 879 words, 04/09/10
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...it's not entirely frivolous. These are real problems, and Perry treats them with a psychological seriousness that has never surfaced in his other work."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 663 words, 04/03/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: POOR "...stretches out its interminable 121 minutes with endless reaction shots before the distended plot is resolved by shamefully lazy (even by Perry's standards) interventions."(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 03/30/10
Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix: POOR(cg) "...seems to have been shot with no script and on a single take; the majority of dialogue overheard at your local mall's food court is leagues more entertaining."(See all of Chris Faraone's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 175 words, 04/08/10
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...the writer/director makes up for the flaws with dramatic insight and hysterical dialogue that his fine ensem ble cast chews right through."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 162 words, 04/08/10
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Perry takes significant steps forward as a filmmaker. But it's still a Tyler Perry movie -- for better or worse, including a fair amount of repetitive and too on-the-nose dialogue..."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 469 words, 04/05/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a positive, if melodramatically heightened, portrait of upper-middle-class African-American life, one broadly appealing enough to satisfy even the Nancy Meyers set..."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 721 words, 04/02/10
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Displaying his usual mixture of broad, sitcom-style humor and soapy melodramatics, it's an entertaining if hokey effort that his target audience will eat up."(See all of Frank Scheck's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 515 words, 04/02/10
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Perry takes significant steps forward as a filmmaker. But it's still a Tyler Perry movie -- for better or worse, including a fair amount of repetitive and too on-the-nose dialogue..."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 469 words, 04/05/10
13.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'s reviews are separated by an average 13.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (18 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'s reviews cover 43.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 7,645 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 425 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? Coverage, Volume & Length (18 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 5 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'s reviews on average broke 5 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (18 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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