Phylicia Pope "Why did I get Married?" is a story about four married couples that are all best friends. Every year they go to a couples retreat at an agreed upon location to spend time with their spouses and get away from their busy schedules. Though they are there for a romantic retreat with their friends and spouses a series of marital problems that they have been trying to hide from each other all come to surface while on this retreat. Angela played by Tasha Smith and Marcus played by Michael Jai White, relationship touches on infidelity and trust. Mike played by Richard T. Jones and Sheila played by Jill Scott relationship touches on physical attraction and domestic abuse. Tyler Perry and Sharon Neal play Terry and Dianne, a couple which puts their careers before their marriage while trying to balance having a family. Lastly, Gavin and Patricia played by Malik Yoba and Janet Jackson, struggle to deal with the death of their son all while trying to fight for their marriage that died with him. Patricia is also the glue that holds this group together because she is a couple's therapist. They all meet once a year for a couples retreat. You will see their problems all unleash and all the secrets of their marriages revealed. Though the trip is only for a weekend you will see the journey the couples go through once back home and dealing with everyday life. Patricia gets nominated for an award which reunites all of the couples both old and some new. This movie touches on the social and human relationships that we have that also can potentially affect us in our romantic relationships. You can relate to any of these characters in this movie. Even if you can't, you will learn the things you shouldn't do in a marriage or while dating at least. The director definitely shows this movie from an indirect-Subjective point of view. Lots of in your face scenes, filled with emotions and comedic jabs, Tyler Perry has really outdone himself with this series of movies. This is a great movie for couples regardless if married or dating. It touches on things that we all can relate to being in a relationship. It definitely put in perspective that marriage isn't easy by any means but anything worth having is worth working for.

twill-22997 Why Did I Get Married is a movie about four couples that are college friends, who go through trials and obstacles within their marriage that become very challenging at times but they try their hardest, with the help and encouragement from their friends to try and makes things work for the best. The movie demonstrates the difficulties of trying to maintain a marriage when things such a work, children, and temptations get in the way. Ultimately, the theme of the movie is marriage. Janet Jackson plays the role of Patricia who is obviously a wife, friend and doctor. She wrote a book about the couples and their traditional "couple retreat". As the couples attend the retreat there are issues that arise that make them question "why did I get married?" Patricia and her husband Gavin, which is played by actress Malik Yoba, portray to have the perfect marriage. Patricia's profession is in communication and relationships so they are perceived as the happy couple with the least issues because of the knowledge Patricia has on relationships. The couple lost their one and only son in a tragic car accident. In the movie, the death of their son is not acknowledged until one of the friends Mike, played by Richard T. Jones shares personal information that Gavin confided in him about. Mike shares with the group that Gavin blamed his wife Patricia for the death of their son because she did not strap him in the car seat properly. Patricia confronts Gavin in the privacy in their home about the conversation in his home. Gavin expresses the lack of concern he feels from Patricia because she does not speak about their son. Patricia knows that she is looked upon as "Perfect Patty" and admits to feeling guilty for the death of her son. Mike and Sheila, played by Jill Scott are another couple who battle with problems in their relationship. Mike is no longer compassionate or attracted to his wife and makes jokes about her appearance and makes her feel like he will not want her until she loses weight. He does not put her first and does not treat her how a husband ought to treat his wife. Sheila brings along her "friend" Trina played by Denise Boutte who later admits to secretly having an affair with Mike. Mike finally comes clean about his feelings about Trina and the couple split. Terry who is played by Tyler Perry himself is married to Diane who is played by Sharon Leal. Diane is very successful in her career and puts a lot of time into it. The couple have two children and Terry seeks more attention from his wife and more passion put into their relationship. Diane does not give Terry a lot of time because of her career and forgets important events such as his birthday. Terry wants more children by Diane but she had her tubes tied without making that decision with her husband because she is focused on her career and does not want any more children. This takes a toll on their marriage. Angela is played by actor Tasha Smith and his married to actor Michael Jai White. Their marriage is very interesting because they argue and fight constantly. Angela is a very outspoken person and can be insensitive at times. She is unhappy about the current situation her and Marcus are in because he has a job at her hair salon which she feels without her he would not be bringing in his weight as a husband. Marcus also still has relations with the mother of one of his children who disrespects Angela by coming by her job and making remarks to the children about Angela. Just like in another Tyler Perry Movie, A Diary of a Mad Black Women, men and women experience many emotional and troubling times in their marriage that they fight through demonstrating how strong you have to be in a marriage sometimes. There are many motifs in the film that support the theme of marriage. All four couples have their own problems within their marriage as mentioned earlier, that they struggle with while trying to keep their marriage. Tyler Perry shows the pain, hurt, happiness, and more felt between each couple throughout the film. Overall, most of the movie has great, normal lighting. The couples retreat is in the mountains, but to keep the focus on the couples, natural lighting is used. The more serious scenes, there is not a bright light used to show the depth of the scene and a sense of reality. The theme of marriage is important and Tyler Perry does a great job by using four couples with four 8 different personalities to show the ups and downs marriage can hold.

jejohnson2244 I first saw this when it came out with my sister and I like very much, though not the best of Perry (thought what is?)but still a good film. I felt the story was strong and the plot points really hit it on the head dealing with marital issues such as birth issues, cheating, trust, family death, self image and last divorce though what can you expect from an unmarried man. The shocker came when something Perry just never gets astounded me in this story, A single plot, yes my friends a single plot because Perry adds over 40 plots in one movie but they come together as a mess actually learned the single plot rule. I for one applaud him, but I also still think he should've known this. Anyway descent film just watch it on TBS, TNT or whatever turner network shows it.

charlies123 I really did not want to see this because I have not liked perry's other works. however, I allowed my girlfriends to drag me to it. I got what I expected. A low class movie that was very bad from the direction, to the acting, to the production. I swear, I do not know what goes through casting folks minds when they make their choices. Have they even read the scripts at all? And I guess it is asking too much for the director to direct the actors and actresses. I say this because surely he can see what is going on in front of the camera, so he must know it is awful. So this would be the time to give the actors some direction to help them become better, and make something that won't have audiences washing their eyes out with bleach after viewing this garbage, and lamenting the fact that they are unable to physically gouge the memory of having seen this from their brain. It was my fault really, I know perry sucks, i know his movies suck, and I know after the last one, I said never again. Yet I went again anyway. I need to have my head examined.