Tyler Perry Ruth & Boaz SPOILERS Review

Hey, what's going on everyone? We are back again. Yes, me B Avery with Just My Penny Reviews and Miss Kimberly Curran talking Ruth and Boaz. Another Tyler Perry produced film. This one right here came out on Netflix September 2025 modern-day retelling of one of the most iconic love stories in the Bible. A young woman escapes the Atlanta music scene to care for an elderly widowed woman and in the process finds the love of her life and gains the mother she never had. Guys, we're talking spoilers, okay? We're talking spoilers up, down, left, right, in, and out. As if you you've already seen the film. That is your warning. Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. We'll get all we'll get into all of that. Kimberly, Ruth and Boaz, like the synopsis said, adapted retelling of the greatest love story in the Bible. I know we are both Christians over here. How did you feel about this film? Your expectations, anticipations going in, and if you think it was a worthy retelling andor adaptation of the biblical story. Yeah, you know, I gotta say, um, whenever Hollywood gets their hands on a biblical story, it can be very scary unless it's done, um, by, you know, the producers of the chosen or somebody or the war room, someone that knows what a war room is, somebody that knows um, what it's like to, you know, have have Jesus not only be your savior, but your lord, you know, it's it's when Hollywood gets a hold of biblical things, I I think of like you either get um the great guys that produce the things I just mentioned or you get um like I think Moses with uh Christian Bale and um Noah >> um with um >> Russell Crow was it? [laughter] [gasps] you know, so I actually was a little bit nervous, but I got to say I really like this Brandon and I thought that this was a wonderful retelling of like Ruth and Boas. Like I really liked it and and I love that it took place in um vineyard because that's actually so close to kind of the original story when it talks about Ruth going into the fields and and Boaz having favor upon her. I was actually waiting for this scene. I was like, is she gonna lay at his feet? Like how's that gonna work? >> [laughter] >> Wow. >> But um but I really really enjoyed this and I'm I'm like it's a good retelling because it's like this is for modern day. Um we only have two hours. Um and we kind of want to make it so that a younger generation kind of understands the story of Ruth and Boaz. And I thought they did a really good job. >> Wow. Okay. That is not what I expected you to say. I'm also trying to look up the movie that you just described as with Christian Bell um as uh Mos the title is just slipping me. Kim, when did you see how many times have you seen this movie Ruth and Boaz? >> Um I watched it once. >> Okay. >> And then I did kind of a review sometimes if I had a lot going on in the week between when I first reviewed a movie and when we shoot, >> I'll like speed through it. Like I'll watch the whole two hours in like 10 to 15 minutes. I'll like watch a little fast forward, watch a little just to give myself a refresher. So I did kind of a one and a half. >> There's a reason why I asked before that I think he was talking about Exodus Gods and Kings. >> Oh, thank you. Exodus Gods and Kings. >> Yeah, I I I hated this movie. >> Christian Bale. I mean, I love Ridley Scott, but um what [laughter] Hollywood just abuses biblical stories so badly. >> This is true. The reason why I asked how many times you've seen it is I was under the impression that you've just seen this movie once and it must have been recently right before we're doing this recording because this movie came out in September of 2025 and we're recording this towards the end of October and the reason >> I saw last week. >> Yeah. I'm surprised because when we've been talking about this, you showed no interest in reviewing this movie. >> I was not interested. [laughter] Every time it came up, you would turn up your face and just be like and discuss like h Ruth and Boaz on Netflix. Tyler Perry, can what what other options do we have? Can we save this for the last >> I was scared. I was so scared. I was I was scared of uh [laughter] of of won the title. But also, I gotta say, I like how this film played like his name was Bo Azra. Like, >> I even like the way they did the names. I was like, "Okay, I like that his name wasn't just straight up Boaz." And um I gotta tell people, I did I went to Free Chapel for a really long time. My pastor was Jensen Franklin. So, I was there during the whole, you know, God may send you uh, you know, Boaz's cousin laid ass or broke ass or that was my pastor. [laughter] And that was so funny sitting in the pews being like, "Oh my god, did he just say that [laughter] his cousin ass?" Um, [laughter] but I I you know, every time you mentioned it, I was like, here we go again. And they're going to call it Ruben Boaz. Like they're not going to call it Kinsman or like >> Kinsman Redeemer. Okay. I don't know. But I was surprised. >> Yeah, I I was too. I mean, I think towards the end you was like, I I guess we can do it. And I was like, thank you. >> I was reluctant to say the least. >> Yeah. U not not mad at you. Um, and to be honest with you, this movie was a mixed bag for me. Um, there was, you know, things that I really did enjoy. Um, as far as a just a skeleton of the original story, I thought they succeeded there. As as far as the casting, uh, Ruth and Boaz, their relationship, how Ruth wanted to follow Naomi, you know, um, Boaz's lineage and how he was a land owner, etc. I think they knocked that out of the park. And for the act the acting for the most part did work for me. >> Yeah, I thought that Ruth and Boaz uh looked like a good couple. Um I I think their romance was sped up a bit and we'll we'll talk about that in a second. I did like the villain uh Sai um great devil. Um you know, but I have my my issues as well. Um the beginning of this movie is much better than the end. um when I was watch now I when I saw it the first time when it first came out I was like okay I gotta review it you know another Tyler Perry movie but I didn't really have interest in the movie was more watching me than I was watching it and I didn't feel comfortable doing a review at the time because I was like I don't feel like watching this again you know I have to be accurate you know I can't just be guessing you know I have to pay attention but I I didn't have any interest but we started to do this Tyler Perry project and so I said okay let me go back and when I was re-watching it the second time I said to myself, "Yeah, I'm liking this much better than the first time around." Like some of these relationships really do feel genuine, especially between Felicia Rashad's character, uh, Naomi and Eli. I thought that was great. the scene where they was in bed and you know they didn't like zoom in on this but as they were in bed and she was taking her medication and he was a bit rude and he was in the back doing his uh insulin shots you know they didn't zoom in on that but if you paid attention to if you paid attention you can notice it and I that just seemed really natural to me and you know they're getting bit it wasn't graphic it wasn't over the top but you know that was about to get it on as a married couple should and I I was smiling >> I thought it was endearing Yes. I was looking like, "Oh, I want that myself." You know, >> an older an older married couple. >> Yes. Yes. >> Because often we see like, "Oh, come on, woman. Leave me alone." >> Right. Right. >> You know, or you know, and I thought that was really really sweet. >> Yes. She was she was uh he was ready. It was it was really sweet. It wasn't I mean I I won't even I was gonna Well, anyway, I I I really did like it. Um Hey, you feel that right there? I [laughter] mean, it was It was adorable. It wasn't like cruel. You know what I'm saying? Like it, >> you know, like I feel like a little child could watch that with their parents or grandparents and it not be awkward, you know, because sometime when you coming up and certain age, you know, watching the sex scene which are certain, it's just like, oh, okay, this is weird for all parties involved, you know. I don't feel that was the case here. I thought it was it was well done. And so when the crap really hit the fan and she lost her her her son and her uh husband at the same time. Oh, it hit like a ton of bricks, you know. I I was I was really feeling for her, Kim. Um your your reaction there if if >> Oh, that was heartbreaking because I kind of was like I was like in the beginning I was like, "Wait, who's this guy?" And I was like, "Oh, yeah, that's right. the the husband and the son um need to, you know, go, you know, I mean, Naomi was already a widow, but had two daughters, but so I was like, "Oh, wait a minute." Um, oh, shoot. That means we're going to have to watch these guys downfall somehow. And I thought the way they did it, um, it was very well written because it made sense. Um, it totally made sense, but I was so heartbroken because that they were so likable. the thought Felicia Rashad Naomi's husband was was so likable. Her son, he seemed like a good guy, >> good kid and and uh it made carjacking. It made sense. It wasn't too crazy and far-fetched. And um >> I just I I like the way the story rolled along from the beginning. I was like with I was really with it. I was like >> instead of going, "Oh god, here we go, Hollywood." I was like, "Oh, that makes sense. That makes sense." Okay. Yeah, >> it it was drastic. It was abrupt, but sometime life can hit you like that, you know. We don't exactly, >> you know. I mean, whether you got a flat tire, your car is stolen, someone takes your lunch, you're in an accident, plane hits a building, a 911, you we don't we wake up, we don't know what's going to happen. And so, uh, I mean, she's retired, you know, she wants her son to get married and be fruitful and multiply. And, you know, she has her husband and then all of a sudden she loses the two most important people to her. and she loses her house, all of her possessions. What I also like is pretty much all Tyler Perry produced films, you know, God, your relationship with God, you know, Lord Jesus Christ is a is an underlying theme. And and sometime your relationship with God is not always sunshine and rainbows. We know that he has a plan that we don't understand. And Kim Kimberly, gosh darn it, it can be frustrating at times. So, when she's mourning and depressed in her Tennessee home and um Ruth is is trying to console her, just out of nowhere, she just goes into rage, starts slamming doors, throwing suitcases, rips the cross off the wall. I am done with you, God. And it's like, damn, that's that's crazy. But I felt her you cuz life can be like that sometimes. >> Absolutely. >> Knock that out of the park. Thoughts thoughts. No, I mean, uh, captured grief and and I like I like movies that, um, capture the true Christian walk that it's so anyone that that tells you like, oh, be a Christian because it's so easy, it's so chill, is lying to you because when you read the Bible, it says that that being a Christian is not for the faint of heart. It takes an extra dose of courage. Um the the reason we have books like Lamentations and um certain chapters in in Psalms where you're like, "Wow, homeboy's mad at God." Like, [laughter] you know, um there's a lot of lamenting in the Bible. There's a lot of questioning God in the Bible. There's a lot of why God, why I'm mad at you. I love that if you really read the Bible, it's very truthful. And it's very truthful in telling you that it rains on the just and the unjust alike. Being a Christian doesn't take you out of the running for trauma, >> right, >> and grief. Being a believer doesn't, you know, it doesn't make it so that you'll never have pain, you know? And so I like that they were realistic that if you're a Christian that's walked with the Lord a long time, pretty much ev everyone that has for a long time, you have a story about when you maybe tore your cross off the wall or you put your Bible in a drawer and was like slam the door shut where you had your moments where you're like, I don't even I don't I I don't I so don't understand. I just I don't I don't want to talk to you. Like I don't want to talk to you, God. like and God's big enough to handle that. And I like it when movies don't sugarcoat it. I loved her frustration because it was very real and her anger was real. >> Yeah. >> And Felicia Rashad again. Again, homeg girl just so talented. Brandon, she's so freaking talented. I love her so much. >> I love her, too. >> Gosh, I love her. And I'm so glad that she's still working uh later into her life because she's one of those people that I don't want to not see her for 20 years and go, "Oh, there she is." I like that she she does a lot of continuous work. We need that because we need her. True artist. >> I I agree with you uh wholeheartedly. She was actually um one of my favorite characters uh in the movie. Um, I do have a nitpick as far as her character is concerned, but um, we will come to that when we get to the negatives. But staying on the positives, for the most part, I did like Ruth. Um, I think that she was a pretty decent character. Um, hopefully I get her pronunciation right when I'm trying to say her name. I believe it is Serea, um, actress, um, recording artist. Um, let me know if you're familiar with her. She was in Kingdom Business and Empire. Um, I I liked her. >> That's where I see Oh, Empire. I was trying to think, Brandon. I was like I couldn't put my finger on it. I'm like, where have I seen her? Where have I seen I saw her in something years ago and I couldn't put my finger on it. Empire. Okay, that's okay. There it is. I was like, where have I seen this girl? >> Yeah. Yeah, >> that's right. Empire. Yeah, >> we we uh we you know we talked about uh what was one of the last movies we reviewed? I can do better all by myself >> and you did like the Hispanic gentleman. You know, you was cheering for him. Oh, he looks good. That that's how I feel about this young lady right here, you know. >> Oh, she was very attractive. Very attractive. >> Very beautiful. And and Brandon, may I say >> yes, >> the wig was great. >> I I I will give that to you. Do I have a Oh, there we go. I hit the right button. I I hit the right button. Okay. >> It didn't fall into my disappointment um well of Tyler Perry's most terrible wigs ever. I will say it thickened throughout the movie. I was like, "Oo, that Hoba oil is doing its thing." Cuz girlfriend's hair is thick. But [laughter] I I mean, she did go to a tougher climate, so um >> you know, I >> It works. It works. >> I liked her work ethic. Um she was very passionate. She wanted to follow her heart and her dream. Um I kind of felt so bad for her uh with her backstory. Um she never knew her father. Mother left her I believe on the porch when she was 5 years old >> on the steps of police department or something. >> Yeah. Uh she said she was within three foster homes by the time she was 15. You know that's that's rough, you know. Uh and a lot of people don't recover from such lifestyles. Uh she seemed like she was, you know, doing pretty decent sound body and mind, had a beautiful voice, was kind soul. Um and I like at one point I going for in the second to third act she was about to sing or perform. I think it was for Baby Face when they was practicing. >> Oh, I like that. >> We we're going to come back to that. And he was like, "Sink from the heart or your mind or your soul or something." And then they showed some scenes of her in the back of the cop car and you know being transferred from home to home etc. I really did like that touch. Uh it did make me um you know feel for her character. And um she you know she wasn't the wisest and we'll get to this in a second. But you know she was ready to work. She was like hey I'm trying to stomp some grapes. I'm trying to crush some grapes. I'mma work through my breaks. I'm going to work through my my lunch. You know uh I ain't trying to holl at nobody get no boo thing. Leave me alone. Um, how'd you feel about uh Ruth in in this film? >> You know, I really liked her. I I liked that they told a very again a very true portrayal of like there's some people that it's a walk with Christ, right? So, as when you're doing a walk, you start somewhere and you journey through and then you end up somewhere. But the great thing about walking with Christ is it never has to end. But in this life here on Earth, it's a it's a journey. It's a it's a finite journey. And so, I like that she started on stage wearing stuff she necessarily didn't want to wear, singing stuff she knew was kind of wrong. She's like, "These men are throwing money at us. Like, we're about to get naked. Like, this isn't what I want." But I like that it was truthful to the journey. Sometimes we may especially that's why Christians I'm like I hate it when Christians can be hypocritical. I'm like like you ain't never done something you didn't want to do. You know like you you weren't right in the middle of sin but you didn't quite you weren't spiritually mature enough to see the way out because the word does say that God will give you a way out of temptation. Every temptation you face has an exit door. Every single one no matter how powerful it seems. But it takes spiritual maturity to start locating the exit door. You know, after 41 years, I'm at the point where I I honey, I'm looking for the exit door before I even when I'm in a situation. But let me tell you, I stumbled so much in my walk. And so I like that it was truthful that you can love the Lord and be lacking in spiritual maturity. And that's not to be judged, that's to be nurtured. That's why it's important for us to pray for one another. Not just like, oh God, heal her, help her, but it's like God praying for wisdom for your friends. Praying that your eyes would be open. That the eyes of your understanding would be open. That's why it's said in John 15:5 to um I am the vine and you are the branches. Remain in me. So, I like that it was her walk and it was truthful because at the core of who she was, she was a good woman, just walking out her maturity. And I liked that when she was like not really dressed for harvesting, you know, didn't have on the right shoes, you know, like stuck out like a sore thumb. I really like that she was like, you know what, it's work. I'll do it. And I think there's this perception that because people are on behind the camera or on the stage that you think you're too good for something. >> Right. Right. Right. >> And and a there's a lot of people that are it's like I don't care what I've done like you know I was watching an interview with John Carlo Espazito and you know after do the right thing and a after um you know uh school days and all the films he had times in his career where he was driving a taxi. >> Yeah. and you're like, "Wait, but you were on screen and you were doing this." And it's like, honestly, don't let that fool you. It's really, are people willing to humble themselves and roll up their sleeves and do what they got to do to pay their bills? And I loved Ruth's journey. Yeah. I thought it was very truthful. >> Yeah. Um, same here. Well, well said. And, you know, when you said that some people would perceive you like or think of you, oh, you know, they're too good to do hard labor. >> Yeah. >> Um, forming, harvesting because they're on the stage behind the camera, etc. You know, I've I I'm sure we can all relate to that in some degree. I've gotten those comments before. I remember in college, one of my um somebody I knew, they they was under the impression that I never cut the yard, cut the line growing up, you know, like, I bet you never had to cut the line or I bet you never did chores. I'm like, where is this coming from? Yes, I was mowing the lawn. I think maybe nine or 10 years old, but I did it, you know, like any other normal kid at that time. >> It's just funny. >> Yeah, that's crazy. No, I've I Are you kidding me? I work >> I've been on screen, but I've also worked in an office and I'm I'm working corporate right now. Like, I'm not auditioning. I'm not doing anything on or behind the screen other than podcasting. Like, I like watching people just live and learning different sides of people. That's what another thing I liked is that even though she was so talented, it's like, yes, I can sing. Yes, I'm talented. But what do you do all day? You must be in the recording studio. You must be like popping champagne. It's like I work in a vineyard picking grapes, bro. Like, and on my spare time, I hang out with Baby Face. >> You are picking grapes. We find out that uh the name Bo Azra Boaz. He is the owner of the winery in Tennessee. And I can't remember the name. I think it started with a P. Pennington or Penton or something like that. Penton, Tennessee. Y'all help me out in the comments. Uh but his father passed away unfortunately of cancer. Hardworking man had that bobcat. Drove her to the wheels, fell off. Uh and now he took it over. I I really did like Boaz um in this film. Uh Marines, served two tours. Uh what else did he do? Uh got his M >> Wall Street Wall Street. You know what I'm saying? Had it together. Now he now he's trying to uh get this winery off right here. You can tell he did his p his pull-ups and all that stuff like that. He can fix the roof handy man making the ladies sweat and stuff. Was like I think you need a hose. Uh I like [laughter] I like Boaz. Um how did you feel about Mr. Boaz? >> I really liked him. Um I I liked that. I like the little subtle prayer when he's like, "Lord, bless this fruit." I like that because it's like that was also very truthful to prayer. Whoever wrote this is like really got an interesting story I imagine like because sometimes prayer is a simple thing. It's not like let me get on my knees, let me cross myself, where's my oil? Sometimes it's like Lord bless this fruit, you know, just giving everything you've got, putting everything in God's hands, you know, it's just they're simple little conversations. It doesn't have to be fancy. And I really like that. I like that he, you know, went from the office to the fields, so to speak. and and um I I really something I Brandon being out here in California um where we've got Napa, we've got a beautiful wine country out here. I know wine is everywhere. Washington, there's vineyards, you know, like I know wine is everywhere, but um like one of my favorite places to go is Napa or up in the central coast like Paso Robals and St. Louis Abyispo. Like I I love going to wineries. I've been doing it for years and something they touched on that I want more people to talk about is is blackowned wineries. They are out there and I've been to a few and and the conversation I'm always h have like if I'm in an area where I know there's a blackowned winery, I always go. Um but one of the conversations is yeah, it's tough out here. They don't think we can do it. They don't think we can make good wine. They don't think we know what we're doing. They don't think we're sophisticated enough. Um, you know, look how few that is. Nine. >> Yeah. >> But we're but we out here, you know, like like we're here. So >> my area. So >> yeah. Oh yeah, they're all over the US. So I just love that this film touched on that. And um yeah, I I like that. Very relevant. >> Black wineries, guys. Let's get the Google searching. You know what I'm saying? So we can >> Yeah. Go. You guys go support Black Own Wineries >> so we can go on picnics like this right [screaming] >> Kim. They look good together. >> Oh, I love it. The flannel and the Oh, look at they they I like that they're having conversations. It's like watching black people frolic. I love it. [laughter] I love it. Like >> Yeah. Like I just I like this love story because it's so realistic. And Brandon, I gotta say this scene where he's washing her feet. >> Yes. I if anyone went to like Oral Roberts University, I went to Oral Roberts University, an evangelical Christian university, or anyone that went to Rama or or like even Isuza, like something that was kind of a running joke on campus because it was like a evangelical university is like every time somebody got engaged like the guy would like wash her feet. Like that happened all over campus. My friend has the funniest story of this girl he was not interested in pouring oil on her feet on his [laughter] feet and he was like woman leave me alone. Myin, Myin, you know who you are. [laughter] But um going to a Christian school, like I've seen many feet washed. But I actually thought it was romantic because he's like, "We ain't going to salt these grapes with unwashed feet." Like, [laughter] I thought that was crushing. I thought the crushing was crushing. I thought it was so cute. Oh, I can't hear you. >> My bad. I had I had to mute but >> Oh, there you go. >> It was It My fault. It was cute at the beginning. [clears throat] Um but at the end it was kind of corny. Um like when they was like I want to crush you forever. I was like oh gosh. I mean I'm corny. [laughter] >> You're you're silly guys. I don't know if Kim got her feet washed on campus. So >> No, I didn't. [laughter] No. >> What the way you said it? So, >> no. I was washing my own feet. >> Those those DMs are open, guys. Uh, no. >> People are like, "I got Palm Olive in a bucket. Girl, what you got?" [laughter] >> That's funny. Hopefully, the can of worms that I opened just now that wasn't too big, but maybe a few can. [laughter] >> Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. So, the romance was cool. I We did like the romance. Um, I don't want to come to the negatives yet, but uh, we got to come back to the romance. Uh, Cyrus, uh, James Lee Thomas, the devil >> that was in the like, BUT WHERE IS HE? >> And and I also to be honest with you, uh, before before I I bring this up, in a sense, he's not wrong. If they have a contractual obligation, >> Yeah. And I don't know if he really did invest $250,000 into her. That seems a bit excessive and foolish. But if he's paying her rent and doing this and doing that, I don't I don't think it's ethical for you just to bail, >> you know? He he was like, you know, okay, let's just work to the end of your contract and then you can do your thing just cuz things aren't working out. You just can't be like, all right, peace. I'm out. And then you leave in the middle of an eight figure deal where James Dri is in the booth. He is doing what he says he's gonna do. >> I mean, he's getting one of the best producers in the game in the room with you. >> Yeah. He's not stringing her along with empty promises, >> you know, like, hey, he's not like, "Okay, just shake your ass a little bit more, you know, just sleep with this guy woman is in the building." >> I mean, the the man is right there. James Depri, >> your name >> and you just going to be like, I ain't feeling this no more. I quit or um that's not right. I'm I'm not a music producer. I'm not a business expert. I may not know how all of it works, but just on the surface that doesn't seem right. Now, he shouldn't be going around murdering and threatening people. No, he's the devil for that. Uh but thoughts on all that so far, Kim? Bro, I something I like that again that I thought they did very realistically and I have to really give it out um to the director um her name. I have to shout her out. I was looking at her work. >> I'm so bad at that >> earlier. No. Um >> I had it up. >> Let's look up her name because I want to give her her um >> it is right here. The director >> uh Alana Brown and the writers were Michael Elliot and Corey Tyan. Uh, I really want to give it up to them because something I thought that was very realistic was the way he threatened her. He wasn't like holding up her up against the wall and punching the wall and missing her face by an inch. Like he wasn't like uh like a lot of times like threats are very >> subtle and sinister. And I actually thought they got that very realistic. Like he really was just threatening her through conversation. And I thought that was more realistic than like, "Hey girl." >> Right. Right. >> Like, you know what I'm saying? Like some dramatic like crazy. Like people who are really sinister. And that's that's actually more so realistic. Like this is very easy. Like I It was supposed to be a simple carjacking, but you know, you didn't follow your end of the bargain and uh next time it'll be your little mother-in-law over there. You know, I thought that was more that was very realistic because at the end of the day, like your little revelation in life can't get you out of a contract. Like that's when you pray for a lawyer. That's when you pray for a revised contract. That's when you pray over negotiations. Um because if you peace out, like generally like he could have honestly he could have just taken her to court, but um yeah, it wasn't really ethical for her to just jump out. But I mean any with prayer anything can happen. So um yeah I I I think that segus into something you you were going to talk about so I don't feel like I'm jumping is um >> perfect. >> Homeg girl was not being very wise. >> Yeah. >> Not not a whole lot of >> street smarts and business dealing. Like you don't go on YouTube at a karaoke bar when you're trying to hide from somebody. >> Right. Right. and or or are you I mean let's get to the before we continue are there any other positives that you want to mention? Uh, any positive? Um, I I have a lot, good writing, really solid writing, very realistic for a faith-based film. It wasn't unrealistic and corny. I thought for a relationship, um, believe it or not, guys, those relationships happen where people can talk and not, you know, screw at the drop of a hat. Like, two fine people can get together without having sex and having conversations first. Like, >> this is fast. >> That's actually very possible. And fine people, too. like, well, you know, it's the ugly Christians that don't be like, no, like it's it's, you know, [laughter] >> two fi fine, disciplined, spiritually mature people can keep it in their pants. [laughter] I almost said >> that's funny, Kim. Anyway, >> I just It's true. I And I like that it wasn't unrealistic. Um, very very realistic like um Yeah, I like that they went country with her music. Um, also very realistic. We're seeing, you know, Beyonce, a lot of people are frustrated because they're like, "Why are we acting like Beyonce's the first one that had a country album?" Like so many black male and female artists were doing country before Beyonce did, you know? So, um, but I really like that and and I really like that they brought Baby Face in in a in a realistic way. Like certain when you're when you're at a certain class, um, certain echelon, like you know, depending on where you are in business, like it's actually very probable for a a vineyard owner to know Babyface if you're in the area, you know, because if you own a vineyard, you make friends with investors, you make friends with people that have money, people who are connected. So, it wasn't like this far-fetched thing. So, I thought the movie was actually very grounded. To talk about the positives, Brandon, >> you muted. >> Darn it. Sorry. That was another positive of mine, the uh baby face uh inclusion. Um, you know, he acted very well. Uh, it makes sense just like you said, um, for this line of work, this line of business, them recording music together was lovely. uh them going together and him surprising her with a blindfold I thought was really cute. I thought it was touching, >> you know. I love that type of stuff. So, he's being real thoughtful and he's listening and all of that hot jazz. Love it. Um, love it. Love it. And when they was actually recording music while she was performing with him, it sounded like they was actually recording live right there. >> And when they was in the booth, they actually sounded like they was recording as well. I say it like that for a reason. But that is going to sum up the positives of the movie for me. Um, now I just want to transition over to the negatives. We talked about Ruth and her being wise. Like, yeah, you know, a lawyer should have been involved. And I didn't, the one thing I did not like about her character was the lack of communication. Um, I felt that she should have let Naomi know what the deal was early on, not just I want to randomly move with you. Like, no, I had to this had to deal with me because of a contract. not tell her at the very end. Uh but also, why didn't she go to to the police um at the very beginning of the film? And so, you just you just ran. I mean, this guy just murdered your your your fiance and and and future father-in-law, and you don't want to say anything to anybody. You just leave. I mean, it's not like Sai is over. It's not like he's shredder over the Foot Clan or or what [laughter] League of Assassins or just some, you know, D hidden group for 5,000 years and there's no escape. You know, this is this is one man with a black black guy named Wolf >> and he's slow. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> He's strong but he's slow. >> Am I tripping or or Okay. Okay. Um something else that didn't work for me. We love Fleece Rashad. I I but I did not like the narration in this movie. >> Okay. >> No, I thought it cheapened it. I didn't think it was necessary at all. if you was going to do it, do it at the very beginning, in the end. But it just kept going and going and going and going. It was drawing. It did not feel like a natural story to me at all. Um, I was just like, "Stop it. Just let the movie play out naturally. This isn't necessary." Okay. I can see what's going on. I don't I don't need you to tell me. Uh, but I see you disagree there. >> No, no, I kind of understand. I get it. No, I don't disagree. I I'm I get it. I can I I I liked it, but I can also see how it would be a bit annoying. >> Oh gosh. Okay. >> So, I don't totally disagree. I I I liked it, but I I get what you're saying. I get what you're saying, though. >> Um the editing started to fall apart for me um in the middle of the movie. >> Um I think at one point month, it had to be weeks, but months have went by. the relationship between Ruth and Boaz was well established that they liked each other and that they were seeing each other for quite some time. But then randomly in the middle of the movie, um Ruth comes clean to Naomi and just u starts trying to take responsibility, you know, like she's like apologizing like, "Hey, I do apologize for what happened, you know, with your son and husband that shouldn't have happened." And she's like, "This has nothing to do with you. That was just a random act of life for God." And I'm just like, this conversation should have happened within the first 10 or 15 minutes of the film. Why is it happening in 1 hour and 10? This doesn't make any sense. And then they tried to transition into it was just real sloppy um to me. Um do you know what I'm talking about? How how do you feel about >> No, no, I do. I I um you actually put a finger on something that I was wondering because I was like there is something off about the second act and I couldn't quite put my finger on it but I think you just made sense out of it because um I did like the first act and but going into the second act we were starting to it's kind of tough to mesh timelines. I know it's easy when we have weather, right? Like it's easy when you see them doing a picnic in a in a sunny harvest day and then when you see them getting hot chocolate and it's snowing like it's easy to understand the passing of time but because you were kind of like where are we in the timeline? Like is this three weeks in? Like is he saying he loves her like on the first date? Like like they had their first date and the kiss and then she ran off and then she's at the harvest festival singing a song about how you open my eyes to love. Like whoa girl slow down, you know? Like I I I I kind of lost like where are we in the timing of things? And I think that's what kind of made the bread start to crumble apart for me. >> I hated the third act. >> He did. >> He came in with a passion. >> Hated it. It was I mean all the positive that we just talked about it was it was pretty decent. It was pretty great. It wasn't a masterpiece but I was like okay Tyler Perry I mean I know you didn't direct this but you produced this and you know okay decent job but that third act was trash. It just went nose crash. >> No he did not. It was >> so Kimberly the scene here where they're on the date right at towards the end of this is where everything started to fall apart the water >> because they she he washed her feet crushing the grapes and everything is going great and perfect and then all of a sudden you know the clock strikes ME LIKE OH GOD I GOT TO leave out of nowhere and you you've been the perfect guy but I just got actually before I I even go there this was just too uh hallmarky or are um um not whimsical, fairy tale because >> Okay, I understand. >> Even though I think that they look good together, they have great chemistry, they look like a match made in heaven, even the best relationships aren't perfect. There's always going to be some type of strife or or disagreement here and there. That was nowhere remotely for this couple. It just they just got along and there was no tension or anything. Uh, I mean it's only an hour and a half movie, but when you have romances, even comedies or dramdies, there's always usually a fallout when you go from the second and third act. And here, I felt it was artificial. They just had to mix something up where she felt she you're too perfect. I have to leave the date. And so, as you said, the next scene, she shows up at the vineyard and then she's singing Love you, boy. >> And I want to do that right now. Boy, I wrote this for you. I love like I'm just like, wait a minute. You >> When did you write it? [laughter] >> You just left the vineyard. You left him cold with grapes on his feet and now you're singing to the top of your lungs. And then Kimberly, right after that, you see the white devil there. You don't stop. You don't >> white devil. You don't say, "Hey, all black people and brown people that are here, the one white man is there, you can he's he's he's standing out like a sore thumb. He's threatening my life. Tackle him. Grab him. Call the police." No. >> Hello. [laughter] >> It keeps going. And on top of that, Kim, I said that her vocals sounded great at other points in the film where she was actually in the booth with a microphone and headphones or recording with Babyface. It felt like a live were recording at that moment. During this scene, it did not seem like she was performing live. It was obvious that there was a recording and this was some type of lip lip service or or lip syncing and it just did not seem natural at all. Then they then they cut over to Mr. Tyler uh Lipley right here and he's trying to put on the fake tears and grabbing his chest and like oh I love it was just the corniest of the corny. I'm just like man I was loving y'all relationship right here but then when you got to this part right here it's just you know all phony baloney. So >> she leaves him with the grapes on his feet then out of >> and start singing a confession of love for him. But as soon as the winery is on fire, she says, "I'm sorry, Bo. I have to leave out of nowhere. I have to pack my bags and I'm like, "Oh my god, this is the dumbest writing ever in life. You just you just changed your mind three different times in six hours and it just seems stupid." And then his his acting [clears throat] went down the crapper, TOO. LIKE, OH NO, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW? AND HE'S KICKING the wood and I'm like I'm like, "What happened? What happened?" And the movie was good and then it just face planted down in a a fiery flame and I'm I'm I'm left frustrated. I And it I I don't know what happened in the third act. I mean I'm I was a little passionate rant right there. Um but it it really fell apart for me. Um >> I get it. >> Do you agree or disagree? >> No, I get it. I get it. I don't feel like it was trash, but I but I get what you're saying, Brandon, because one, you already abandoned him once. I would have preferred she said after it burned down after homegirl turn your great vintage into kombucha, it would have been really nice if she said, "I've got to go and work this out. I've gotta go and fix this or I'm gonna go and face this and fix this. Not Damn. And your wine too. I think I'm gonna leave. Like what? You just left like a week ago. Why are you doing this? Like I would have preferred her go, "No, Boaz. Like I'm I'm gonna fix this. I'm gonna go." Well, when are you coming back? I don't know, but once I do, it'll be fixed or I will get vengeance or this is thousands of home girl. This was thousands of dollars and it was your fault. You can't just leave. >> Yeah. >> Again, it's like it's like the contract. >> Yeah. >> You know, I just I'm not feeling these tight booty shorts. I gotta go. >> You know what? They burned down your whole inheritance and then some and all these people lost their job. You know what I'm going to do? Leave. I'm sorry. >> No, no, no, no. Go for it. >> To try to give her credit. I know that at one point she was having conversation with Boaz about her a rough upbringing and why she's kind of like hard and tough or like not that social. >> Yeah, >> makes sense given her background. I kind of just wish they would have fleshed it out a little bit more. I mean, it was just really annoying. Uh, and it just didn't seem right. Just just >> Yeah. >> like And I I like um his friend, by the way. I really liked his friend um his partner in crime there on the vineyard. But um I would have it just it it's almost like the writers were on a roll and just on a roll like I I imagine writers like you know in a space together having coffee going yeah and then oh and then she says this yeah I like that I like that. But like when you have two writers or a writer, life happens and a good writer is that you can get back into your flow because you sometimes you get writer's block like you you got like a Nobel Prize worth writing in the beginning but then you got lifetime movie at the end. So, I feel like something happened with the writing where they lost their juice a little bit towards the end of the movie or maybe the studio was like, "Yeah, yeah, how are we doing on that?" Ruth and Boaz. Um, yeah. So, you don't have six months anymore. You have like two days to get me the rest of the script. That's what it felt like. AND THEY WERE LIKE, "WHAT?" YEAH. >> UM, and then it burns down and then she leaves. She leaves. Have her leave again. Like, that's what it felt like. The writing deteriorated a bit for me at the end. Um, I do like that Naomi came through with a shotgun. >> Yes. Yes. >> I love that. Um, and I will not miss next time. Um, but I would have liked more confrontation of Ruth finding her footing as a courageous woman to stand up to this guy and I don't know, burn him with some hot grits. I just do. I would have liked her her ambo as to him to go like, "Wait, she's gonna face this guy on her own. No, let me go after her." I wanted her to pick up her cape. I wanted her to put her cape on >> and and and take responsibility and don't run away. Run some the best saying I ever heard in my youth, like in youth group when they were talking about like taking the word up as your sword is they said never run at your giant with your mouth closed. And I've I heard that when I was like 15. And to this day, I have I I I if I got a tattoo, that's what it would be is never run at your giants with your mouth closed. And I wanted to see that moment from Ruth. I wanted to see her go, you're done ruling my life. You're done. D you killed my boyfriend. You killed. And now I'm gonna I would have preferred her to have the shotgun. Heck, I would have preferred some John Wick action and had Naomi and Ruth like pow pow like like give me something courageous from her. And I didn't like that she kind of was just a lily in the wind like leaving again. No, like get your footing, girl. Cowboy up. So I didn't like that. I I So I kind I do agree with you that it kind of fell apart at the end and got rushed. Yeah, it was. They definitely hit the fast forward button. >> Yeah. >> Um the ending was cute with the wine the wine uh working out. Um I don't know how realistic that is or not. So it Hey, cute ending. You know, at least they was able to wrap it up as far as that's concerned. >> I like that he explained that it was it should have been turned into vinegar. Yeah. Um I'm like, is this how we got kombucha? But [laughter] but I I I Hey, I mean, maybe it does happen. You know, you get some bottles saved, you know. Um, I like that. I I like the way it ended, but I would have preferred Yeah. something. >> Are those your uh final thoughts? >> Yeah, those are my final thoughts. Yeah. >> Yeah. Um, with me, um, overall, I thought it was pretty decent. Um, I I was happy at first and kind of sad and disappointed at the at the end. I think you hit the nail on the head, Kim. It's like, you know, they thought they had this much time to write the rest of the movie and Ben's like, "Oh, nope. You don't have a month. You got two days." Like, what? Okay, let's hurry up and finish this. Uh, I thought the casting was great. I thought the acting was pretty decent. The production was nice, too. Um, I didn't feel like there was any cheap extras in the back with bad wigs or wearing robes or looking crazy or anything. [laughter] Um, the structure as far as it adapting Ruth and Boaz, I thought was done pretty well. Um, the relationships felt real for the most part and um, you know, it it was an enjoyable movie overall. It just really fell apart at the end and got super duper corny. I I don't know what happened and it's really disappointing. Um, as far as Tyler Perry's produced films, this is definitely not his best, but this is definitely not his worst either. >> Not his worst. >> Not his It's It's in the It's in the middle. Um, on the more positive end of the middle, I think out of all the Tyler Perry movies we reviewed, um, I probably like this one the least. Um, but he has some um because at this time we did Why did I get married one and two? Uh, family that prays, I can do better all by myself, media family reunion, a diary of m black woman, dad's little girls, good deeds, and uh I mean this one right here is kind of competing with good deeds. Uh I may be like good deeds slightly more than this. I don't know. But we do have a lot of Tyler Perry reviews on our channels. You can start checking that out at Kimberly's channel. link is in the description. It's right here. What's good, Kimberly? Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. If you are watching this on Kimbley's channel, um, here you go. But you can also subscribe to my channel. And if you're watching this on her channel, subscribe to my channel. I I don't know what I'm trying to say here, but >> Yeah, I know you got that right. >> At this time, we have 10 Tyler Perry movies recorded. 10. >> We did it. >> 20. Yeah. And we And we have 10. We got again Ruth and Boaz. Why did I get married one? Why did I get married two? The family that prays I can do bad all by myself. Good deeds, daddy's little girls. Um >> DS family reunion. >> Yes. Family reunion and uh for color girls and and Ruth and Boaz. So we got 10. So if you're watching this, uh at least half of those right now are at least published on our channel. So go check them out. >> I'll be posting mine soon. >> Yes, ma'am. yesterday. >> We're going to put I'm posting my a little closer to the debut of the new Tyler Perry film. >> And I Well, I think by the time this video comes out, it would have already been I don't I don't know. It's so many videos. >> We've done so many you guys. But I but Brandon, I have to say, well, one, thank you for asking me to review these Tyler Perry films. I I was so like when you were like, "Let's review Tyler Perry," and I was like, "But why, Por, why?" Um, but honestly like I've really enjoyed revisiting these films because now that I revisit them, I'm like, "Oh, yeah. Me and my family had a blast in the theater when we first saw this." Like, but like his early work, I I forgot how much fun Tyler Perry's early work was. I forgot how many wonderful actors he brought out from Carrie Washington to Blair Underwood to Sicily Tyson. And I'm like, and it just reminded me of like, oh yeah, like black Hollywood was really, you know, dead in the water until he came along. So, I think we really, as much criticism sometimes as we we give Tyler Perry, we really got to give him his props for um he's really kind of upheld black Hollywood in the years before um all of the social movements of the past six years where you know uh you know channels like you know HBO we got Black Lady Sketch Show and where where studios were really investing. He was really the only one investing in our community. So, I got to give it to him for that. I just want to put a call to action out to the TP people and himself included to look at your old work and and really remember the magic that we all fell in love with and please get back to that because it's been a far stray. So >> yes, we have one more to do and that's uh his newest film Tyler Perry's Find and Joy. It's a a romance film that's premiering on November 5th on Amazon Prime. Um, may have other videos to do, but guys, um, again, we're doing this because Straw came out, I think July of this year. I didn't like it. Uh, I don't think Kim did either. We like Six Triple H. So, we will just like, let's just stay on the positive Tyler Perry movies, bro. >> So, that's what we're doing right now. So, guys, we just want to thank you so much for tuning in. And before you go, don't forget I'm Avery, that's Kimberly, and that's just our opinion. Peace out and we'll see you next