I finally watched the movie and I really don't get the criticisms. It's beautifully crafted and very realistic. There is none of the exaggerations Tyler Perry is so fond of ( ex: women getting thrown out the house with such exaggeration and drama ). Now, many male views on this movies have criticized Perry for portraying negatively men....well, excuse me! This movie is not to portray a fantasy but reality, women are still mistreated very much by men. Besides it's not Perry's fault, he just put into script the original poems. He did not invent most of the abuse, mistreatment women were receiving, they come from the poems. I loved he poems and I can't wait to buy the book to read the originals.
The movie brought to light on a issue we don't usually acknowledge or know about, rape. But a kind of rape, not perpetuated by a stranger, but by someone we know. Someone we might have invited in our homes, laughed with, even liked at some point. One of the characters invites a man she was dating to her house to have dinner. And he rapes her shamelessly, telling her "you knew it was gonna happen"
It was very shocking, and reminds us that when dating we should still be careful as we don't know these people, sometimes they are complete starngers met a club or in the streets.
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