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Tyler Perry's Acrimony
(2018) - Directed by Tyler Perry
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Drama / Thriller
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"I don't need controlled, I'm not some type of animal."
(2018) - Directed by Tyler Perry
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Drama / Thriller
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"I don't need controlled, I'm not some type of animal."
Another Tubi marathon comes along in the grand adventures of Keyser's total boredom. And this time the movies are all jumbled with one connecting theme: they're all movies that are directed by people I've experienced before. I chose two Tyler Perry movies, but then decided that the Madea one would have to wait until after I see the first. So, Acrimony it was.
Melinda has an anger issue, and she has worked hard to keep it under control as she lets her crush and eventual husband bleed her dry of her inheritance, all for the purpose of a lost dream. But after the divorce, his life starts to get better and better, and he's sharing it with a woman she caught with her husband long ago. Eventually, she goes crazy to right the wrongs of betrayal.
Do any of you remember when I had my little Spike Lee binge, and I watched all of his earliest movies, including his college thesis? Well, I don't really think I'll be doing the same with Tyler Perry.
This is my first ever Tyler Perry movie, so I admit that while I'm aware of his status as a comedy director, I am not necessarily familiar with his works. With Tyler Perry's attempt at breaking from his comedic style a full tonal 180, I applaud that move on its own. And did it really pan out? I suppose it would've panned out if Hitchcock didn't already exist. By this point, we've seen so many movies about people going insane with love that it's hardly original anymore.
But much of that is because the movie's plot is realistic. The kinda of things that these two characters go through is so familiar to the average human being that it's also familiar to those who haven't been through it. I always consider realism for dramas a plus. However, it's so familiar that it's familiar. Predictable. On that note, the psychological meat of the movie is only an occasional venture until the very end, so the movie's meat doesn't live up to the realism.
Acrimony is probably gonna be forgotten by much of the population overtime, devolving into a niche outsider movie that Tyler Perry fans would possibly know. It's a perfectly average movie with some decent direction and dialogue, but its major flaws are blatant.
= 61/100
Tyler Perry needs 2 more films for an average score.
Melinda has an anger issue, and she has worked hard to keep it under control as she lets her crush and eventual husband bleed her dry of her inheritance, all for the purpose of a lost dream. But after the divorce, his life starts to get better and better, and he's sharing it with a woman she caught with her husband long ago. Eventually, she goes crazy to right the wrongs of betrayal.
Do any of you remember when I had my little Spike Lee binge, and I watched all of his earliest movies, including his college thesis? Well, I don't really think I'll be doing the same with Tyler Perry.
This is my first ever Tyler Perry movie, so I admit that while I'm aware of his status as a comedy director, I am not necessarily familiar with his works. With Tyler Perry's attempt at breaking from his comedic style a full tonal 180, I applaud that move on its own. And did it really pan out? I suppose it would've panned out if Hitchcock didn't already exist. By this point, we've seen so many movies about people going insane with love that it's hardly original anymore.
But much of that is because the movie's plot is realistic. The kinda of things that these two characters go through is so familiar to the average human being that it's also familiar to those who haven't been through it. I always consider realism for dramas a plus. However, it's so familiar that it's familiar. Predictable. On that note, the psychological meat of the movie is only an occasional venture until the very end, so the movie's meat doesn't live up to the realism.
Acrimony is probably gonna be forgotten by much of the population overtime, devolving into a niche outsider movie that Tyler Perry fans would possibly know. It's a perfectly average movie with some decent direction and dialogue, but its major flaws are blatant.
= 61/100
Tyler Perry needs 2 more films for an average score.