I like one thing about Tyler Perry’s movies- the fact that he puts his name in front of all his movies. This allows me to immediately change the channel to something of higher quality such as a Paris Hilton reality show or a Jerry Springer episode involving midgets. Really, anything works.
But what we have here is a wonderful touching story about a real family just trying to make it in the real world. They are just barely hanging on when their spirits are lifted by a homeless man looking for work.
Obviously Tyler Perry keeps his cliche book close to his heart because he goes with the male version of the “nerdy girl with the pulled up hair and glasses turns into a vixen” cliche- The “Homeless man becomes handsome father figure” cliche.
And lets talk about this homeless man (played by Adam Rodriguez). This poor guy has been on CSI Miami for what probably feels like the past 20 years of his life. His agent probably cheers him up by telling him that “up is the only way to go from CSI Miami.” But somehow he has managed to make a lateral move. This is amazing in itself.
Adam Rodriguez turns in a marvelous performance. He really shows his adaptability. He not only changes his accent about 8 times in the movie, but he also changes his level of proficiency. Once second he understands verbs, tenses, and contractions and then the next he doesn’t. Then he apparently trades in his beard for a copy of Rosetta stone and speaks brilliant English.
In the end we get everything we expect from a movie with Tyler Perry’s name attached. Sub-par acting, writing, comedy and music. We also get a serious story that Tyler Perry feels the need to inject his most famous character (Madea) into for absolutely no reason at all. Unless you consider trying to make buckets of money while maintaining the status of the least talented human being in Hollywood a reason.
Rating: 0 out of 4
I am still waiting for a review of New Moon. An extended trailer was just released!
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