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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsThe problems are real; the solutions are ... well, really entertaining. Perry mixes heartfelt drama with bold-stroke, insult-slinging comedy.
- 70VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibThough fans might miss Perry's genre-exploding daring, the excellent cast injects enough pathos and zing to keep picture percolating.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMore than anything, a Tyler Perry movie is an interactive experience, and Why Did I Get Married? is no exception. At the screening I attended, it was often difficult to hear the dialogue between bouts of enthusiastic applause and shouts of “You go, girl!”
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanPerry is of the spell-everything-in-capital-letters and act-it-out-loudly schools. Yet his sensitivity to women is a tonic.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxPerry certainly loves his divas -- the best parts are written for Scott and the wonderful Smith.
- 63Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe most disappointing thing here, besides Perry's ongoing visual impairment (he deserves better cinematography and editing) is Scott.
- 60L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe writer-director-producer-star would rather save your soul and your marriage than engage your aesthetics. That’s probably why every other line was greeted at my screening with a chorus of stern “Mm-hmms” and “Exactlys!”
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAs has been previously demonstrated in the hugely successful Perry's stage, television and big-screen works, subtlety and tonal consistency are not his strong suits. Here, the mostly broadly drawn characters and situations on display quickly prove grating, with the film veering awkwardly between broad comedy and melodrama.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinSmith emerges as this subtlety-impaired film's most intriguingly ambiguous character, at times an acid-tongued shrew and at others a bluntly righteous truth-teller. The liveliness of her performance helps ensure that while Married is stiffly written, didactic, and whiplash-inducing in its tonal shifts, it's also very seldom dull.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The movie has a better sense of flow than his past efforts, and a few lengthy travelling Steadicam shots and some decent mountain scenery (supplied by B.C. rather than Colorado) help dispel the feeling that Perry has merely filmed another of his plays.