Peeples Review

RYAN: I was initially leery of this film because Tyler Perry is associated with it and we know his movies are never that good. 

CAROLINE: Right and they don’t even screen for critics.  But he didn’t write or direct this one; he just produced. 

RYAN: And thankfully, this movie is the better for it.  It’s a sweet, light and funny movie.  I liked it for being simple and cute.  But I would have liked it more if it had been deeper and the characters had been more fleshed out. 

CAROLINE: Can you explain without giving anything away? 

RYAN: The characters are each well defined but this is a movie about a dysfunctional family and it never plays into the drama.  It’s not a dramedy at all and I think it would have benefited from a bit more of the heavy stuff instead of keeping things just surface and fluff. 

CAROLINE: I hear you. 

RYAN: I just don’t really buy the main premise that Kerry Washington’s character never told her family about her boyfriend and then that he never really busts her chops about it.  I don’t mind suspending disbelief, but it just kept things too superficial there. 

CAROLINE: How was Kerry? 

RYAN: Incredible.  She’s one of the most talented women working today.  I just love her. She’s one of those people you say you could just listen to reading the phonebook – she is that compelling.

CAROLINE: I like her too. 

RYAN: I love her in TV’s Scandal and I love her on the big screen.  She has a bigger role in this movie than she did in Django Unchained so I was glad of it. 

CAROLINE: She’s gorge.

RYAN: The star is Craig Robinson from TV’s The Office and he’s actually been in a lot of stuff but this is his first big starring role.  He was very funny and can sing really well.  The movie has a musical edge to it and I, of course, love that. 

CAROLINE: He’s portly. 

RYAN: [laughs’ Too true and you don’t really buy that a girl like Kerry is dating him.  She’s so out of his league, even with bangs. 

CAROLINE: Totally!  How was the rest? 

RYAN: I love David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson, Diahann Carroll… it’s a great cast.  I also liked seeing New York and Sag Harbor.  It’s a very New York story but not like Sex and the City.  Oh – Ana Gasteyer also has a bit part.  It’s nice seeing her.

CAROLINE: Cool. 

RYAN: It’s a cute movie.  It’s short and sweet.  Ultimately it’s a romantic comedy but it says a lot about family so I like how there is an originality to it that way.  It’s a good date movie but not a must see.