The Single Moms Club

I am a first time reviewer… but after reading some of the reviews I wanted to chime in.

If you are in the mood for a rainy Sunday afternoon lifetime type movie, this is the movie to watch. It is a well told story with drama and comedy that compliment each other. I had some actual LOL moments and the story progressed well.

The initial character building works; I knew the characters and cared about them within the first ten minutes. The story does get stuck towards the middle but quickly recovers.

My favorite thing about this movie is that there are some awesome scenes that, in my opinion, are simply extraordinary.

If you approach this movie with the intention of being entertained and a bit enlightened, then you will not be disappointed.

The story follows five single moms, each one with her own problems, got together and decide to form a support group for themselves after they meet at their teenage children's school. The single moms are Jan who is a successful career woman with a teenage girl whom she rarely spend time with; May, a fledgling writer with a teenage boy, and her ex-husband disappoints their son over and over again; Hillary who is a mother of three, with her oldest daughter is on the time of turning into a physically mature woman; and Lytia is a waiter with a guy crazy about her yet she keeps rejecting; while Esperanza has a boyfriend whom she keeps secretly in fear that her ex-husband will cut her off child support.

The basic story somewhat relates to many women, whether in the US or other English-speaking countries. No wonder this movie can manage to get to Box Office. The cast selection shows that this movie wasn't designed for greatness from the very start. The acting is achieved overall is thus a so-so. That thing made character development limited only to what the story and screenplay provides, that even those are insufficient. One more thing that boggles me is that the story is not given a chance to develop completely. It is as if the movie is forced to meet a target of being about 90 minute in length. The ending is even so abrupt because the final conflict is plainly strange.

For a movie that falls into Comedy genre on IMDb, the jokes are mostly corny or just plain not funny at all. There is the drama element, alright. But even the drama isn't developed well. And when there is a scene of heightened emotional moment, the acting spikes drastically from so-so up to overacting. One thing though, I was surprised to see Terry Crews here, and it is a comedy in itself.

I guess I don't really have a say on the other aspects such as costumes, makeup or music scoring and soundtrack. Not because they are bad, I think they are just okay. It's just that the overall quality of the movie is just relatively bad. So I guess this is the second time, back to back, Tyler Perry has made a movie that is not of a relatively good quality, after last year's "A Madea Christmas".

For me, it's a 3 out of 10 scoring movie. No, I don't recommend you to see it. Well, if only the story is developed better, maybe that'll help.

What's wrong with you guys? A good comedy with a nice story, funny jokes and brilliant performances… how many movies of this kind have been made? Why rate it so low (3,8 at the moment I'm writing)?

Well I think that this movie is OK, the girls are sexy (some of them to be precise), males are nice (most of them), kids are small, smart, endearing kids and the overall result is a well written, heartwarming comedy.

Don't be fooled by the low rating which I think it's going to get higher. I'd give it a 6,5 but since this is impossible, I'll give it a solid 7, just to start.

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.

This is my first time writing a review so don't the judge me. Single Clubs is defiantly not Tyler Perry's best work. After watching the trailer I was convince this was going to be a funny memorable movie. Boy I was wrong. It was slow , boring and the dialogue was poor. Not even Nia Long could save it. There were a few laughs here and there I give it that but it just showcased the boring lives of five single women and there bratty kids. I took two bathroom breaks while watching it in the theater and didn't feel guilty at all. I didn't learn any mortal lesson from watching this. The only memorable performance was Terry Crew's character. Over all a forgettable film. Peach out.