Tyler Perry’s new film “Single Moms Club” hit theaters on March 14, 2014. Check out what we thought of the film below:
Mr. Madea himself has done it again. He has created another hit. This movie has an all star cast, real life subject matter that men and more importantly single mothers can relate to, and is funny as hell. Now guys, I know probably you’re thinking “My car is definitely going to get keyed if my ex sees this movie,” but I’m here to tell you that although this movie is all about female empowerment it’s no “Waiting to Exhale.” She’s not going to key your car and write on your garage door with lipstick after watching it. In fact, I would recommend this film for anyone old enough to purchase a ticket, especially couples!
This film follows the lives and daily struggles of five women from different classes, races, and cultural backgrounds. ‘May’ played by the stunning Nia Long is an author who is looking to have her new book published and is denied by Wendi McLendon Jan a publisher. May is also the love interest of TK played by Tyler Perry. Lytia is a sassy waitress who lives on the wrong side of the tracks and is being pursued Terry Crews’ character Branson wannabe Don Juan. Amy Smart’s character Hillary and the very sexy Esperanza played by Zulay Henao are both recently divorced and being supported by their ex-husbands. As fate would have it, each of these woman are brought together by an incident involving their children at school. The women are forced to work together to coordinate a school dance or have their child expelled from school. I don’t want want to give too much away but, as you probably guessed the “Single Moms Club” becomes a way for the moms to get a break from parenting, while supporting each other.
If you have been living under a rock and are not familiar with Tyler Perry’s work, he tends to have characters in his movies who can seem at times stereotypical. I would say that in the beginning each of the characters are sort of stereotypical. ‘May’ is the single black defensive Ms. Independent type, ‘Jan’ is the snobbish upperclass white woman, ‘Esperanza’ is the spicy latina, ‘Lytia’ is the big black woman with more attitude and anyone can handle and ‘Hillary’ is the dizzy innocent blond. Other than that, the story progresses in a very natural way. Meaning the way I felt about a character in the beginning was not be the way I felt about the character in the end and I believe that is not only a good sign of great story telling, but great acting as well. As the story progresses, it becomes easy to identify with each of the characters.
I overall enjoyed the journey of the film with all its twists and turns. My only beef with the film is it seemed short and I’m not sure if it’s because ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ or because it’s just short. But either way it’s awesome and you should definitely check it out.
“Single Moms Club” is scheduled to hit theater March 14, 2014 and is rated PG-13.
-Keith Lee
