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I wasn't sure what to really expect with this film but it was actually decent. Not great, but definitely watchable. In short, I think it probably came across as a fantastic book but this is one of those books that doesn't translate well to film. You get a lot of proclamations and soliloquies about motherhood which again, work well in print but not so much to carry a film. It goes on and on about the sacrifices of motherhood, which we all understand, without appreciating that motherhood is a choice. Every choice has a balance. Still, it is really funny at times, especially when the mother is interacting with her son. Worth watching!

Coleman Domingo is becoming my favorite actor. He really can make reading the phone book a compelling story. And that's just about as compelling as The Madness right now. The dialogue is almost embarrassingly bad. They try very hard to be punchy and snappy but it comes across as very predictable and corny.

From the beginning, there's much about the story that just defies the most basic commonsense. I constantly find myself asking 'why why why?!' So much so that after episode 2, I skipped episode 7 just to see what happens at the end. I have little doubt that there's little more than lots of overwrought storytelling and superfluous dialogue in the episodes I skipped.

I really want to support Tyler Perry. I really do. But this is the second movie in a row that was that was a complete waste of good actors and budget. This is little more than a remake of "sleeping with the enemy" with a Black cast. These characters are flat and one dimensional. I really don't care about either one of them. In fact, the most interesting characters were the villainous family of her husband. Especially the matriarch! And don't get me started on the inconsistencies that Tyler is becoming famous for. A character gets shot and is walking around like no problem in the next scene! As a black movie goer, I expect much better than this. I expect a movie that's not ridiculously predictable at every turn. You don't have to write about spoilers in the review because if you've watched this last few movies, you know exactly what the storyline is going to be. The trailers for this one we're really good and I was excited to see Megan Good in the lead role. But this was a complete waste of her talent.