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54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  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. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    70
    Though fans might miss Perry's genre-exploding daring, the excellent cast injects enough pathos and zing to keep picture percolating.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    Perry is of the spell-everything-in-capital-letters and act-it-out-loudly schools. Yet his sensitivity to women is a tonic.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    Perry certainly loves his divas -- the best parts are written for Scott and the wonderful Smith.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    The most disappointing thing here, besides Perry's ongoing visual impairment (he deserves better cinematography and editing) is Scott.
  7. 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!"
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    As has been previously demonstrated in the hugely successful Perry's stage, television and big-screen works, subtlety and tonal consistency are not his strong suits. Here, the mostly broadly drawn characters and situations on display quickly prove grating, with the film veering awkwardly between broad comedy and melodrama.
  9. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jason Anderson
    50
    The movie has a better sense of flow than his past efforts, and a few lengthy travelling Steadicam shots and some decent mountain scenery (supplied by B.C. rather than Colorado) help dispel the feeling that Perry has merely filmed another of his plays.
  10. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    50
    Perry hasn't lost his touch for stroking his loyal audience of Oprah women; his enforced happy endings are the car keys taped under your seat.
  11. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    50
    Smith emerges as this subtlety-impaired film's most intriguingly ambiguous character, at times an acid-tongued shrew and at others a bluntly righteous truth-teller. The liveliness of her performance helps ensure that while Married is stiffly written, didactic, and whiplash-inducing in its tonal shifts, it's also very seldom dull.
  12. 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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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 47
  3. Negative: 4 out of 47
  1. DontaeC.
    10
    Great Film!
  2. TrishaP
    10
    I loved this Movie. Tyler Perry is awesome.
  3. ChrisS.
    7
    The thing that bothers me has nothing to do with the acting content. It merely has to do with the fact that Mr. Perry feels the need to label every single one of his project has "his." Is it because this man has a big ego, or maybe because he just wants every single type of credit he can get.… Full Review »
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