Why Did I Get Married?
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54 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 80 Ratings

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  • Starring: Janet Jackson, Sharon Leal, Tyler Perry
  • Summary: Why Did I Get Married? is an intimate story about the difficulty of maintaining a solid love relationship in modern times. During a trip to the picturesque, snowcapped mountains of Colorado, eight married college friends have gathered for their annual seven-day reunion. But the cozy mood is shattered when the group comes face-to-face with one pair's infidelity. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins questioning the validity of their own marriage. Over the course of the weekend, husbands and wives take a hard look at their lives and wrestle with issues of commitment, betrayal, and forgiveness as they seek a way forward. (Lionsgate)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Patrick Huguenin
    75
    The problems are real; the solutions are ... well, really entertaining. Perry mixes heartfelt drama with bold-stroke, insult-slinging comedy.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    70
    More than anything, a Tyler Perry movie is an interactive experience, and Why Did I Get Married? is no exception. At the screening I attended, it was often difficult to hear the dialogue between bouts of enthusiastic applause and shouts of “You go, girl!”
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    60
    The writer-director-producer-star would rather save your soul and your marriage than engage your aesthetics. That’s probably why every other line was greeted at my screening with a chorus of stern “Mm-hmms” and “Exactlys!”
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Toddy Burton
    20
    There’s such an overriding sense of soap opera that I kept expecting a commercial break.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 49
  3. Negative: 4 out of 49
  1. DivaT.
    10
    WOW! I'm not even married and this movie really made me think. This movie is a masterpiece!
  2. DeniseB
    8
    This movie was very entertaining. I don't think most people who have seen it would argue with that. It was also great to see African Americans portrayed both as successful and beautiful, something that is rarely seen in Hollywood movies. Kudos to Tyler!… Expand
  3. EricS
    7
    Me and my wife loved this movie. Everything in it has hit on things we've seen in ours and our friends relationships so it really hit close to home. My only problem with it is the cheesy way conflicts are resolved. The only believable resolution in this whole movie was the one between characters Angela and Marcus and even that one was a little playish in its execution. Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba's characters could have been left out entirely or rewritten because their problem was so big that it years of counseling would have been required to work out let alone a hug and a talk. Jill Scott did an ok job but Perry should have stuck with her story being the meat and potatoes of the movie. It was much more interesting than most of the others.… Expand
  4. JayH.
    4
    Tyler Perry movies suffer from poor and amateurish writing, below average acting and the same story just told in a different way. Doesn't he have any original material? The situations are melodramatic and not real life, the story lacks continuity, focus and the situations are predictable.… Expand

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