Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

TumnusFalls So I was surprised at this film. I was expecting broader slapstick, and just jokes. But this was a nicely done movie of intersecting stories of five (single) moms & how they deal with life. I think it could have been sharper. It feels a bit languid. Some scenes just drag because they're "heartwarming." But it's got good stuff. And for the most part, the child actors do a very good job with their roles and lines. Some parts that I had to suspend disbelief: * Even a waitstaff at a coffee shop can afford private school for her kid * Everyone lives in a ginormous house with lots of stuff, furniture, knick-knacks--and no one seems to be cleaning these ginormous houses even though they must deal with jobs and kids and single-mom-ness. Yeah, it's a film, but still--it's a lot of stuff to have to take care of.OK, and the outtakes were pretty darn funny. "You can have gluten today."

leonblackwood Review: I really thought that this was going to be a chick flick about a group of women who are totally against men, but I actually enjoyed the film because of its witty comedy and the interesting characters who all have there own personal problems, being single parents. I had total respect each of the women because they really brought to light, how difficult it is to bring up a child/children, by yourself. Like a lot of Tyler Perry's movie, it does get a bit serious halfway through the movie, when the kid goes missing, and I did think that the film could have done without that added element, but in all, I did find it funny and a joy to watch. The acting from each of the characters was believable and in some parts, quite emotional and it was good to see each of the individuals find there feet by the end. Watchable!Round-Up: My expectations wasn't that high for this film, after reading some bad reviews, but it's written and directed quite well. The somewhat large black lady and the business woman cracked me up, along with Terry Crews, who doesn't mind making a fool out of himself when he's on screen. Nia Long, who starred alongside her real son in the movie, really did bring some emotion to the film along with Amy Smart who played the timid single parent who was going through a difficult divorce. Anyway, the different characters and there completely different situations, keep the movie interesting and enjoyable.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $16millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there emotional comedy/dramas about 5 women who form a single parents club to help them through there tough situations. 5/10

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.

Johan Dondokambey 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.