The Family That Preys (On Your Wallet) Part 2

OK, I saw "The Family That Preys" last night, and while I agree with Miss Snob on some points (review posted yesterday), I am going to take a different, albeit less detailed approach.

Let's pretend that you are an alien from another planet (or another country), and had never heard of Tyler Perry and his movies. You would:

-Wonder why a movie that you think is about an affair has no real mention of said affair until a whole hour into it.

-Be perplexed on how in this day and age, someone can withdraw a substantial amount of cash in a joint (or maybe not joint, it unclear) account without the primary person's permission.

-Be puzzled about how the supposed secondary storyline, while not very interesting, is somehow stronger than the supposed disjointed, wtf first one (I say it is solely based on the performances of the two veterans in the secondary one, Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates).

-Need an explanation of why Sanaa Lathan stays married to a man, or even got married to a man she so obviously loathes on every level.

-Side-eye the marriage of a zestmaster in an afro wig, pretending to be married and straight, when it is oh so very clear he ain't (not that there's anything wrong with that).

-Marvel at how Taraji P. Henson's eyebrows seem to be two emoting mini-actresses in their own right.

-Not find anything even remotely attractive about Rockmond Dunbar, and wonder why anyone would (OK that was really just Ms. Invisible, but someone has to be thinking that too!)

-Just say OK, what was that? at the climax, when a man leaves someone he'd been with for four years and had a child with like it was a one night stand, with no explanation.

-Have no inkling still of who Tyler Perry is, and why he keeps making the same movie over and over (so someone told you), but you do know that Sanaa Lathan, Taraji P. Henson, and Robin Givens had the fiercest hair on film record, and wonder where you can buy that amazing flatiron.

That is all.

All in all, I never get worked up about the works of Tyler Perry, but just have a kinda watchful resignation to it. His movies never really do anything for me, but I know they do for others, and I'm OK with that. I also would never, ever pay to see one, and am very glad I didn't have to with this one.

I would compare this movie to a situation when you are really, really hungry, and there is no place familiar to eat, so you pull your car over and give one place a try. The meal is bland and pretty ordinary, but you aren't hungry anymore for the moment, and you can at least say you tried a new place, tho you won't be back. You walk out the door and promptly and completely forget about it, and get hungry two hours later.

Yeah, it's like that.