Plot
An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 3.4/10 (1,903 voted)
Director:Tyler Perry
Storyline
An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.
There are many things to admire about Tyler Perry. His ascent in the
entertainment industry is incredible, and he has used his power
effectively to give a voice to the African-American experience the same
way Woody Allen has for the Jewish experience. He gives opportunities
to young African-Americans actors and veterans such as Cicely Tyson who
would struggle to find work elsewhere. Perry is a shrewd, powerful
businessman. But he's a horrible director and mediocre writer. His
latest project "Temptation" is his worst to date. The premise not only
straddles the lines of implausibility, it's downright ridiculous. A
girl-next-door-type (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) who is married to a man she
has known since they were both 6 years old suddenly decides to have an
affair with one of her clients. She also starts to snort cocaine and
hang out in seedy nightclubs. A subplot involving actress/singer Brandy
is also dumb, and the plot twist at the end is the icing on the cake to
this mess. When the credits began rolling, the reaction in my theater
felt like a collective "Are you kidding me?" Perhaps it only makes
sense that Kim Kardashian is in this movie. Remember in algebra class
when we learned that a negative and a positive always equal a negative?
That's what the scenes between Kardashian and Smollett-Bell produce.
One can act, one can't. You do the math. Perry also needs to stop with
the pointless close-up shots and phony eye-drop tears. Although with
this flop, it's the audience members who paid $10 who should be crying.
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