All the Queen's Men

This gets a 6 from me because the show has a good start and has room to grow. I appreciate the writing and Eva is believable and I like her. In spite of the bad, you root for Madam. She's ruthless and protective in the same vein. You also see her very real vulnerable spots, and that duality is refreshing. The eye candy is outstanding and the minor twist are enough to keep you going. The surprises are enough to bring you back. The beauty on the screen is breath-taking and to be one these cast members is to be one of the beautiful people.

The show carries a Tyler Perry"ishness" in tone... which is not surprising considering he directed most episodes and serves as Executive Producer. The show is a good addition to BETplus and another reason to keep my subscription.

With all of that good and interesting, the show has room to grow. The dialogue is a bit stiff, sometimes contrived as well as some of the valiant scenes, especially when Madam saves the day... And I'm awaiting the onion-reveal of the nephew's motivation. I hope the show moves away from some of the minor expected romances and hook-ups.

And a Sheri maintaining and kicking ass gets me every time!

PROS:

• It was entertaining enough to get me through a patch of boredom.

• Eva Marcille was aesthetically perfect for the lead character.

• The most well executed part of the series are the scenes announcing the dancers and Christian Keyes performance in his role.

CONS:

• Poor studio lighting and shaky camera frames. It makes the production look very low budget from a credible producer with the largest filming studio in the country. It's filmed like a daytime soap opera from the 90s.

• The scene changes and camera angles are very basic and don't have any creativity put into the editing.

• The delivery from the actors came across as practice or a rehearsal for the final taping as if they still had the script in their hands, reading aloud, rehearsing the scenes. Christian Keyes, quit naturally, was the strongest actor.

• Very weak dialogue with an excessive amount of unnecessary profanity and racial slurs. It's also very monotone and doesn't give a balanced ranges of emotions. It's very aggressive and dense in every episode.

• I don't mind the massive amount sexual expression in the plot but theirs absolutely no creativity or originality put into the portrayal.

• It comes across more as improv and as libs than it does a written series.

• The story isn't cohesive nor does it have an organic flow and it's very predictable.

• The adult rated scenes don't have any passion and don't really give you that sense of arousal that they should. It almost comes across of a parody of what a adult rated scene is suppose to look like.

• Unnecessary background music dilutes a lot of the (acting) performances in certain scenes and it's excessively used in every single scene.

• There's absolutely no character development. Just an ongoing plot drawn out plot with no foundation.

• It's unbelievably dramatic.

• The work that went into making this series relatable to a designated demographic could went into creating something next level and evolutionizing for that designated demographic.

This show had so much potential in its first season. The writing was good the direction was fine but when Tyler perry took over things made a turn for the worse. WRITING HORRIBLE ACTING TERRIBLE. It's sucks because this show can be just as good as "power" or "p-valley" but Tyler perry needs to let other people do the writing and executive produce. The man is extremely talented however if are not allow others the opportunity how far will your brand go. I'm not talking money wise but accolades (Emmy,Oscar). I'm quite sure Mr. Perry wants that he would have to that's what the goal is isn't .The sad part is I actually like Eva Marcel's character she's pretty good but the script makes her character overact in many scenes. Tommy's character I like also I just feel that he needs to be with a better director (no offense but is stripping and thuggin really your lane). I hope someone sees this and let's Mr. Perry know you are a powerful man and you've done some great things but I'm quite sure there's a talented someone within your company just waiting for you to give them a chance.

It was okay. I thought it would be better. Not terrible but bot great. Eva was better than expected but her lines at times are stiff but that's the writing. Says the same lines repeatedly. Guy who plays her nephew is fine as hell but acting can use some flow to it..felt like the same character from Sisters. The dancers were better actors. It just felt stiff. That being said I watched all episodes in one sitting and would tune in to season 2. Guy pleasure type show. The scenery is beautiful, sets amazing, wardrobe flawless, makeup gorgeous!.

I really tried with this show. The repeating if the same lines over and over, making the characters seem stupid is sooo hard to watch. Unfortunately this is the norm in Tyler Perry movies. Blue's character is not believable at all. The only characters and acting that regularly carry the show are the main dancers and their choreography on stage is good. I can't understand why the writer's of Tyler Perry's shows get the same feedback about the acting, the repeated lines ( like they are unaware of what normal conversations sound like) and bad acting hasn't encouraged them to improve their craft over the years... But all of these shows are the same. I just can't watch without fast forwarding to the dancers... The rest of this show is painful 😖😣