j-alexandria91 It can be heavy for a viewer who may not relate to the issues but as an African American woman who has endured some of the traumatic experiences in this movie, it is very uplifting. You may read negative reviews about it not being realistic because of how the women look, caramel complexion with long, naturally curly hair but I look like that so I have no complaints. This movie is also for "colored" women not "women of color" therefore it is a movie that revolves around African American women. Overall it shows multiple stories of women who have faced challenges at the hands of a man but are encouraged to take responsibility in order to move forward. I think this movie is better than all of his other films. AND THESE ARE NOT POEMS BY MAYA ANGELOU, SHE IS NOT THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN WHO WRITES POEMS. Poems are written by Ntokaze Shange

good-decision Great script, great dialog, great poems, great acting, great cast.. and a terrible watch! The movie will make you depressed. I mean what the heck was that?! First, there are no colored women in this movie. No Latin, no mid-eastern, Asian, oriental women, nor any kind of women except black psychotic women. They are emotionally embatteled, bruised, scarred, and every which way effed up you can imagine all in one go, in one hour and a half, and nothing funny about it or an easy watch about it. It was like watching someone skin a kitten alive very.. very sloooooowly! One woman is raped, the other is molested by her father who also molested the granddaughter whose sister is hospitalised after an illegal abortion tore her apart, whose teacher was brutally raped whose neighbor was beaten up, whose husband kills his own children by throwing them out of a window in front of her boss whose husband is gay and gave her HIV whose doctor is friends with the social worker who can't have children whose husband is taking care of the woman who was beaten.. OH COME ON!!!!!

HollywoodVixen90 First of all, I have no idea there are so many bad reviews about this movie. I thought this was a great movie. I had seen previews for this movie and when I learned what it was about I knew I had to see it. I am not really a Tyler Perry fan, I mean I don't really care for Tyler Perry's movies, for example the Madea series, I just don't care for them. Anyways, I LOVED this movie. It was a lot better and different than I expected. This is a very powerful movie about the lives of 9 women, and the ways that their lives are all connected. There's Crystal, who lives with her children and her abusive boyfriend. There's Jo, who is a successful businesswoman with good money but stuck in a unhappy relationship with her husband who is trying to hide a big secret from her. There's Juanita, a nurse who is in love with a man who keep leaving her and hurting her and she keeps putting up with it. There's Tangie, who is a lonely girl who tries to cure her loneliness by sleeping with man after man so that she can feel loved. There's Yasmine, a young dance teacher with a dance teacher who is raped by someone she trusts. There's Kelly, who is a social worker who is devastated when she learns she cannot have children and she is also connected to Crystal, and Nyla. Then there's Nyla, she is Tangie's sister and is also in Yasmine's dance class. When Nyla discovers that she is pregnant she realizes that she is faced with a difficult decision to make. Whoopi Goldberg is also in the movie with a good performance as Tangie and Nyla's mother who is a religious fanatic. Phylicia Rashad is also in the movie as the apartment manager of the building that Crystal, Tangie, and Nyla live in. This is definitely a must-see movie in my opinion. It definitely has some strong emotional moments which made me cry and feel for the characters. This is obviously a different kind of movie from the usual Tyler Perry movies. It is not in any way a comedy. It is definitely a excellent, moving drama. I would not say that this is a chick flick either, I think men could watch this movie and actually enjoy it as well as women. This is one of the best movies I have seen in awhile.Please see this movie, I'm sure it will have an impact on your life!!!

robfweir2 This is a movie made from the play, period. As a result the script was great and the acting extremely well done. The cast is superior. The plot so true to life and addresses many of the issues facing black women. The emotions of the women portrayed in this film were real and so well done. I was emotionally carried throughout the picture and I felt as if I knew the characters at the end of the film. This was a unique effort amongst all the other films coming out of Hollywood these days. Congratulations to the casting director! A very skillful and accurate selection of talent. There are several of the actors that deserve some sort of award recognition for their performance. The only negative that brought my score down was the fact that it doesn't flow like a film. It flows like a play. I would recommend this film as a must see for any member of the IMDb community.