vincentlynch-moonoi I think this movie is badly underrated. Maybe the problem is that it's not light entertainment. Think about the issues covered in this film: rape; inappropriate incarceration; child abuse (both sexual and physical); class-ism; the fact that good people can be stuck living in terrible communities; forgiveness; gang-drug activity; revenge; and more.The acting here is darned good. It's the first film I ever watched with Idris Elba, and he's excellent as a good man trying to make an honorable return to life. Gabrielle Union -- whom I've long felt is the most beautiful woman in the film industry -- is excellent as the not-so-Black-acting uptight lawyer who finally finds love in all the unexpected places. Even Louis Gossett, Jr. -- whom I usually don't care much for -- is very good here as a neighborhood friend.There is a weakness here. The film develops a bit too slowly in the beginning and then comes to a sudden conclusion...with a happy ending. But, of course, that's what Hollywood actually does in many films.This film is "high-average". Probably not Tyler Perry's very best effort, but it's right up there. This is well worth watching.

nessie1 right at the very beginning when checking the oil dipstick fixed the car.This was horrible. It was filled to the brim with distressing stereotypes and equally poor dialogue. And it was made that much worse because I watched this after seeing Idris Elba in Luther and as Nelson Mandela - both of which were great. I know that there are some people in the black community who are not good parents or role models, and maybe I am out of line having an opinion because I am not black, but this movie went so over the top with that theme that it was embarrassing. The only redeeming part of this whole movie was Anthony Hamilton's twenty second contribution. Not even Tasha Smith and Idris Elba could save this movie.

callanvass A mechanic (Elba) is forced to enlist the help of a cantankerous and lonely lawyer (Union), even though he's her limo driver. He needs her to help him get his three children back from a domineering ex wife, and a drug lord. Little did he know he'd fall in love with her?I like Why Did I Get Married and other heavy melodramas from Perry, but sometimes he goes a bit too far with it. This one is subdued in comparison to other Perry films, but it's still has a potent storyline that Perry is well known for. This starts out similarly like many other Perry films. It has the whole "Doing anything to survive on very little" story, and like always it managed to tug on my emotional strings a little bit. It's easy to empathize with someone when they are a good father, and is willing to do anything for his kids. Idris Elba plays it very cool, and makes for a charming lead. As far as sympathy goes, Perry did the job by making his character easy to like, and I was on his side the whole way. Chemistry with Gabrielle Union wasn't that good, though. Gabrielle Union is a bit of a different story. Her abrasive character in the first half is awfully hard to take. I realize it was needed development for her change in the second half, but she was really hard to like, and by the time the change came I had difficulty buying into it. She is quite a looker, but her performance isn't that great. Her relationship with Elba is supposed to be the heart of the story, and I felt it came across as flat. Her blind date scenes, including a painfully unfunny cameo from Craig Robison felt pointless to me. While I did compliment it for not going too OTT like a lot of Perry films, Tasha Smith's monstrous character as the Mom felt ludicrously contrived at points. At one point she offers her kids a drink (!) She is good at being unlikable. (Check out Why Did I Get Married 1 & 2, for more info on what I mean) but it was a bit OTT at times. Criticisms aside, I didn't mind this movie at all. It's predictable, but it has some powerful moments, and It definitely passes the time rather easily. It's worth a look5.8/10

aevans-693-464414 Daddy's Little Girls may not have been the most successful movie but I thought it was very sweet. It was about a blue collar father, Monty, who lost his three daughters to their neglectful mother. He looks to find help from a successful and lonely lawyer who at first doesn't really want to help him. The two quickly become close and fall in love. The story seems to me to be very predictable but I did love it. I felt that everyone that was in the movies acted very well I believe that Tyler Perry really brought it out of them.I particularly only watched it because it was a movie made by successful director, producer, and writer Tyler Perry. He usually makes very funny films which have morals and lessons learned. I felt that everyone that was in the movies acted very well I believe that Tyler Perry really brought it out of them. This film followed Perry's recipe for success like his other films. Perry always injects his main characters with a love of God and the church while the antagonists in the story are always trying to hurt and bring them down. I thought that the movie was really cute but should have been better especially being a Tyler Perry film.