CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

adeleamra Over the weekend I decided to finally watch Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club. In the spirit of full disclosure, I didn't have high expectations. Very seldom do I see single motherhood being portrayed with any degree of honest accuracy. The usual standard is to depict single motherhood as a caricature at the extreme end of the spectrum. The spectrum, according to media, is at one end, a single, black mother on welfare, who is struggling to overcome all manner of obstacles just to survive. On the other end of the spectrum you'll find a rich, white woman, who has a high paying executive job, a nanny of Hispanic ethnicity, and, bless her sweet heart, she has everything but the respect of her bratty, entitled kids. Not surprisingly, Tyler Perry's depiction of single motherhood fed into both of those stereotypical depictions with relish.The movie revolves around the lives of 5 single mothers. Incidentally, I give it a thumbs up on being very diplomatic in regards to diversity. Two black women, two white women and one Hispanic woman- I guess Asian women didn't make the cut. All of these women follow a very predictable and stereotypical path.There's the obligatory, fat, sassy black character named Lytia. Lytia is working the hard shift at the Waffle House, while trying to keep her youngest son out of jail and on the right path. Her problems are solved when she meets a rich, tall, handsome man.The other black woman, named May, is a middle-class writer, who is supposedly "struggling" to raise her son and publish her book. Conveniently, her problems are solved when she meets Jan. She also finds herself a tall, handsome, hardworking man.Jan, is one of the two wealthy and affluent white characters. She is a publishing executive that puts her work ahead of her daughter. Her problems are solved when she puts all of her wealth into starting her own publishing company. It's easy when you're rich. She too, finds herself a man.Then, there is Hilliary. Poor Hilliary is divorcing her high-powered attorney husband, and is supposedly struggling because her spousal support has been lowered, Now that she can no longer afford her live-in maid. Hilliary's big, single-mom-dilemma, is that she has to stay at home- not that she had a job outside the home, in the first place- and take care of her own children. (Gasp! The HORRORS!) She, of course, finds her obligatory tall, handsome and helpful man, located just next door. How convenient.Last, but not least is Esperanza. Esperanza is silently suffering because her daughter's father has afforded her a certain lifestyle, so long as she's willing to follow his rules. It's a problem that's easily solved for Esperanza, because, as it turns out, they have laws enforcing child support for a reason. She too, has a tall, handsome, new man all lined up, to help her transition out of being a single mom.The common theme among all of the characters was that each of them found a hard working and good looking man to save the day. Turns out, that no matter what your socioeconomic background, no matter the color of your skin, if you can just find a good man, then this whole single mom problem can go away, and everything can go back to normal.With almost 50% of all babies being born into single parent homes, Tyler Perry had an opportunity to write a movie that really spoke to the experience of a group of women who are quickly becoming the norm in America. That sort of approach might have lent some validity and depth to what instead turned out to be a superficial ploy to gain the viewer-ship of single mothers.So, there you go, ladies. Tyler Perry just solved the plight of single mommies everywhere. All you need to do, is go find yourself a man. But not just any man. Oh, no. You need a nice, hard-working and extremely good looking man. Now why didn't we all think of that?

ty_lattimore2007 No idea why this movie bombed at the box office. One possible reason is that it is not full of many household names. There are not any movie stars in it. Maybe the title or the marketing, but this is hands down one of TP's best films ever along with "The Family That Preys." The acting is top notch. Nia Long always delivers! The story and characters are real. The movie does not have the Madea character in it and maybe that is why fans did not support it. I was glad to see the film absent of some of the "coonery" that sometimes happens in TP films. I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie actually is. It is a feel good movie. Plenty of male eye candy too. There is a scene with Nia Long's character and her son outside the school that will rip your heart out! I hope Tyler Perry makes more films like this!!!

Jack Higginbotham You know when the funniest thing in your movie is Terry Crews, you have a problem. I have not seen a film considered a comedy drama make me groan so much at the comedy and laugh so much at the drama. Its a spectacular achievement for Tyler Perry and it makes me wonder if his other movies have also 'achieved' this.The story is a mess, it has no idea what its doing. One minute they focus on the Moms having to do a fund-raising thing (I think, I wasn't very interested)and then they just drop that all together and decide its going to be a fun comedy about 'The Single Moms Club', but then it drops that and decides to be a serious Drama with all the clichés that goes into those. Its insane how much this film jumps around and by the end you have no idea what you watched.The comedy is non existent. The jokes aren't quick, witty and to the point, they are long, drawn out shtick about sex. Its just awful, they dedicate about two minutes to a joke between one of the couples (I don't care who they are) and its basically two minutes of innuendo about him being able to 'pound' and he has loads of 'wood' ...hahahaha get it, because he's a contractor or something and it can also relate to sex, ha-ha its hilarious, no its not, its lazy humor and I wanted to stick pins in my ears because the sound of blood gushing would be funnier than this trash.The characters are the definition of one dimensional, I don't think I learned one thing about them besides their character traits and even then I have a hard time remembering them because they were so boring. The male leads are either made out to be evil, sweat or just try hards, they get about as much development as the womens handbags, one of the men isn't even developed with a trait, he's a name, he's in the movie then he's out and never mentioned again. Don't even get me started on the kids.The drama is just as horrible as the comedy. Its just a different cliché for each woman to go through, all are estranged from their kids, one cannot raise her own child because she's an idiot , ones an uptight businessman who doesn't have time for her kid, one is trying to keep her son from going to jail and blah blah blah, boring boring boring. It's just going through the motions of a drama without any build up or emotional connection, when you add the shaky plot and horrendous comedy, the drama becomes even more diluted in the mess.None of it makes any sense either. I never feel like one scene goes into the next, everything feels like A to B to C and it never feels like human beings are talking and any of what's going on is real, it feels fake. Relationships are started within seconds, ideas are started and then stopped and things seemed to be mentioned and then never mentioned again, as if everything that happens in a scene is confined to that one scene and nowhere else in the film.Overall, If you want a film that shows strong, funny women who have chemistry in a film with a coherent plot, watch Bridesmaids, don't give this film the time of day it doesn't deserve.

domolaird I thought this would be a good film,due to the cast but like many of Tyler Perry films, this fell completely flat.This film lacked any true character developments and emotions.Like all of his other films, it has so many clichés and points out obvious issues as a joke.It has a lot of stereotypes; from rich white women who can't manage their kids,poor black women that cant get a break but has to stay strong for all her kids while living in poverty,working women that are struggling both juggling their jobs and kids and of course the single mom not looking for love but finds it.This movie is so hard to watch.It seems like everything in this film is forced from the awkward flat jokes to the wannabe heart-felt moments.It seems the more movies Tyler Perry makes,the less realistic and forced they become.Maybe if this was under better direction,like all his other films needed(except Madea films,there was no help for those)these would have been great movies.