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- 2013
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 51 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Tyler Perry
- 2013
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 51 m
- 2013
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 51 m
Tyler Perry's Temptation
26
2.9
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Summary A marriage counselor's personal and professional life becomes complicated after she enters into a relationship with one of her clients.
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Tyler Perry
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
79% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
26
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
79% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
When its third act erupts into full-blown theatrical maximalism, Tyler Perry's Temptation practically turns into Brian De Palma's Temptation.
The mixed tones don't quite meld; While Smollet-Bell is fine, the broad comedy is so sporadic it feels out of place.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
2.9
17% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
17% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
67% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
2.9
17% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
17% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
67% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
3/3/2014 Tyler Perry proves yet again that he is a good writer. The only negative comment I would have in this film is Kim Kardasian. Why on earth he would choose such a poor excuse for a human to act in one of his films is beyond me. She brought the movie down. I liked how he described in detail, the unsuccessful relationships between couples, and how complacency and greed can lead to infidelity. Also that what looks so good can be so very different once you have jumped in with both feet.....noting the grass isn't greener the other side. I was interested the whole way through and it kept my attention and I was excited to see what would happen next. I thought it was entertaining and interesting and like the fact that it portrayed how women can fall into the same trap that men do. It showed how cheating can sometimes lead to a life changing decision, in more ways than one. However if you are part of the Hollywood scene and/or don't give a rip about values, I could see how it wouldn't be a movie for you.
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This movie was really boring at the beginning to be honest but then.. that last half hour.... WOW!!! yes, the triple exclamation mark. The plot twist and how the climax rose oh my god just unbelievable and i loved the ending even though everyone criticized it.. it was a sad ending which is what i practically loved all about it. I think critics watched the movie half way there then judged it. I strongly think they didn't watch the whole movie anyway i highly recommend it for people who like dramas!
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It isn’t until Temptation grows flamboyantly bad in its final act that it rises to the level of good dumb fun in the trashy tradition of Perry’s most entertainingly awful films.
Significantly lacking in star wattage (including Perry’s own), this sluggish, relentlessly downbeat portrait of a young couple in crisis should play well to Perry’s fanbase.
Apart from its dramatic predictability, Temptation is a snooze because of its languid pacing and rudimentary camerawork.
That sort of fire-and-brimstone morality dominates this one-note sermon, which pairs its pedantic preaching with the campiness of Vanessa Williams speaking in an absurd French accent and Kim Kardashian as the protagonist’s bitchy fashionista coworker, vainly trying to act.
I was really surprised to see the low scores on this movie--so much so that I avoided it at the theatre. After watching at home, I found the story alone is worth an 8. Tyler Perry has consistently shown that his dramas are well-written and thought out. The reviews stating "this is not Madea" do a disservice to the fact this movie was never intended to be. It's also not a predictable relationship flick. A few twists and turns make it worth the watch. I usually am in agreement with most of the movies reviewed on Metacritic, but the current score for Temptation is waay off the mark.
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The main plot for this movie is entertaining enough. The subplots though are distracting and nonsensical. I am not shocked that this started out as a play. The one dimensional over the top supporting characters go good on a live stage where you have to have them keep the audiences looking. In a movie though it just makes you wonder what the director was thinking. I am a big Tyler Perry fan and usually love the dramas he creates. This one though is sub par. I would pass for one of his quality DVD releases he has on the shelf.
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yes some Tyler Perry films are powerful like Good Deeds and some are funny like Madea, But over all i hate his comedy also some of his movies were a huge FAIL. All directors make the same movies of obsession , there is sex drama and rage but this is not a not a horror movie it's perry's next drama movie, which **** Perry Black a-fies everything in his movies he adds humor quotes to characters line and it's not funny. Temptation is Not a feeling of power it is not sexy it's not romantic , but it was a little bit powerful acting? Yes there was something good about this movie Brandie's performance. Writer/Director ( Perry) tries so hard to make a romantic comedy I am not sure he understand LIFE, He does not try so hard to make a movie why does Lionsgate support his movies? I don't know ......... Lionsgate has something better to produce movies. Grade D+
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The full title of Tyler Perry’s new film is “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” which is a big handle for what would make a good TV movie with about 15 minutes cut from this fairly slow moving film. I am a big fan of Tyler Perry (except for his Madea character) and I keep hoping his films will ‘crossover’ to an additional crowd to his usual fan base. Though it was a little larger audience today Allen and I were the only white faces in the audience.
The screenplay, based on his stage play, and directed by Perry, this film is all cliches. An amatuer director, when showing New Orleans, would feature someone singing “When The Saints Come Marching In” and a couple eating beignets at the Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter or having them walk down Bourbon Street sipping Hurricanes. Perry, far from an amatuer, does just that as in the Washington D.C. scenes there are ALL the monuments and buildings an audience will be familiar with.
Regarding the actors, and including a couple in that list seems offense to include as actors, I was familiar with Renee Taylor, who gets the wise crack lines, Vanessa Williams, whose reason for her accent distracts from her performance and doesn’t pay off when the reason is given and Brandy Norwood who gives a good performance. Ella Joyce is a familiar face and most of her background is in theatre.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross and Robbie Jones, all mainly from TV sitcoms and series, were new to me. One of the fun things in seeing Tyler Perry films are the point at which the male leads take off their shirts and the reactions from the audience. In Gross and Jones he picked the right guys for those scenes and though given cliche rolls they handle them well. The film revolves around Smollett-Bell who though not giving an embarrassing performance really needs more experience to tackle rolls like this.
I may be the only person who is seeing Kim Kardashian for the first time except in print and, no disrespect intended, like many others I am shaking my head as to how she has come to the point in ‘fame’ that she has reached.
This is not as good a film as his “Why Did I Get Married?” or “Why Did I Get Married Too?”. The biggest disappointment is you would have had to never seen a movie in this genre if you didn’t know where it is heading as soon as you meet the three leads. It wouldn’t be a Perry movie without some sermonizing and he brings the church, the bible, AIDS and HIV+ into the script adding to the already lengthy, at 111 minutes, of the slow moving story.
By the way if you want to see why movies are so expensive to make just sit, and read, through the end credits!
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Production Company
Lionsgate Films,
The Tyler Perry Company
Release Date Mar 29, 2013
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Seduction is the devil's playground.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 3 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
