Tyler Perry The Family That Preys SPOILERS Movie Review

Hello everybody. What is good? We are back. Me and my home Slice Kim with What's Good Kimberly. We're talking The Family That Praise. Directed and written by Mr. Tyler Perry. Kimberly, this is actually my favorite Tyler Perry film out of all of them. It is up there. If it's not my favorite, it's top three. Where you at on The Family The Praise by Tyler. >> Um I mean, he's got an Oscar award winner in it. I mean, Kathy Bates elevating this film um so much. I loved this film because I was like when I saw the cast, I'm like, "Oh yeah, let's elevate." You know, this uh what year did this movie come out? >> 2008. >> Oh my gosh, I was so young. [laughter] Um and yeah, back then I was like, you know, as his trajectory was going up up up and we were like, "Okay, great. He's got wonderful new black actors we haven't seen. He's bringing in a lot of legends. But when he brought in Paul Hower and the legendary, I mean, uh, uh, Fried Green Tomatoes, Misery, Kathy Bates, I was like, "Okay, we're going there." Um, and this is one of my favorites. This is actually one of the films that I feel like should have been the model going forward for all Tyler Perry films, but I This was definitely one of my favorites. Yes, Tyler Perry, I love this film. Why can't we get movies like this in 2025, but no, you give us stuff like Straw and and Acrimony and A Fall from Grace. It's no excuse, man. No, no, I like it, Tyler Perry. You know, it's a flip of a coin with you. If this is your first time joining us over here, I'm Brandon. That's Kimberly. We we we like Tyler Perry. Well, half of them we like, half of them we don't like. It's literally a flip of a coin. Straw recently came out earlier this year. We didn't really care for it, but we did like Six Triple 8. We thought that was fire. So, we was like, "Hey, you know, let's go through and watch all of the Tyler Perry films that we do like, that we do love, and that's what we've been doing." This is number six. We've already done Why Did I Get Married One and Two, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Dad's Little Girls, and Good Deeds. And also in anticipation for a new film by Tyler Perry coming out on Amazon Prime November the 5th. It is called Tyler Perry's Finding Joy. And so we was like, "Hey, new Tyler Perry movie coming out. Let's just talk about all the ones we did like. This is the best production across the board in my opinion. The cast is stellar." We already talked about that. Sale and of course Kathy Bates, you know, Tyler Perry did great in this except for his afro wig. >> I was just gonna say I was just gonna say >> Yeah. Yeah. We can come back to it. Alfrey Woodard is in this. She stole the show. Rockman Dunar, Robin Given, uh Taraji P. Henson, you know, is in this thing doing her thing. Kim, one of the things I really did like about this film is um all of the lessons that you can learn, you know, this was not a this was not a comedy, which Tyler Perry is known for, and also drama too, but this was like a straightup drama, and it got me emotionally too from characters that I necessarily cannot relate to. That is both coming from Alice played by Alf Alfrey Woodard and Kathy Bates Charlotte you know like I was I was crying at one point in this movie I was moved you know like when my non-spoilery review of this you know I said to myself I was thinking about my mom you know like what would life be like for me and I'm blessed thank God that I'm still able to call her and talk to her and hug her because everybody doesn't have that opportunity right now so thank you God you know but I wanted to hug my mom after watching this, you know, when a movie can do that to me, we're talking spoilers. Kathy based character Charlotte, she has uh early Alzheimer's and uh she ended up committing suicide, you know, uh because she just didn't have anything left. Uh you know, she really wasn't really thrilled with her relationship that she had with her child, William, uh growing up being a brat. But uh I think that she at the end she thought I I did the best that I could, you know, and these the cards that I'm I'm dealt with. I'm ready to to meet my maker, you know. She got baptized and I I >> And I I believed her at one point she was in church talking about, you know, do you believe that God can forgive us uh for all our sins? And you know, Tyler pray, he's strong with the church. You know what I'm saying? I ain't I ain't mad at that. You know, I'm over here just like Oh, God. I know I'm talking a lot. You know, if you if I if I got to shut up, you want to jump in, let me know. You know, but uh and a matter of fact, I love how strong Alice's faith was. You know, it was a little bit of comedy when in the strip club, Father, Father, Spirit, the Holy Ghost. >> That was so He's like, "You want to pour some oil on me?" She's like, "Yes, I do." Matter of fact, the Holy Spirit was that I love that. >> I love that. I love that. But going back to Kathy Bates, she was like, "Yes, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins so we didn't have to," you know, and uh it while it was sad, man. And you know, it the memory full on the on the camera. Memory fool, you know, I can't just change my memory card, you know, it it was kind of corny, but I was at the same time emotional. Yes. >> Yes. I'm passing to you. I I loved it. That's that's what got me. I'm just like, damn. you know, Gina, uh, Tyler, you know, um, I I loved it. Uh, how did you feel about all that? I know I said my bad, >> man. I just Charlotte, I I loved her and I love the friendship that she had. Um, it reminded me of some movies I saw like in the 90s of like was it the war? Uh, where like a a little black girl and a little white girl become friends and they don't let what the world thinks of either of them stop them from their friendship. and and they don't let I think sometimes there's this mentality of like, oh, I can't be friends with that person. They'll never understand me because they're rich and I'm not. They'll never understand me because they're white and their path has been different and I'm black. And I think that's a place we kind of are struggling to get out of in this day and time of being so into our own identity that we are stopping ourselves. And at the end of the day, they were just two women, mothers. >> And they're like, "We relate because we're mothers. We relate because of why we're friends." And yes, you have a a lot more zeros in your bank account than me. But I love their friendship because there are so many friendships like that in the world. We're like, yes, we're different, but at the core of our heart, a mother's heart, a woman's heart, girl, we have so much to talk about. We have so much to laugh about. And that's something I really love because in a lot of Tyler Perry films, he does use class warfare, if you will, to kind of be the antagonist, be a character in itself of many of his films of like, well, this family's rich and this family's poor, and that's the basis of the story. And it's like, no, I love this story because it's like there's so much more to relate to. There's so much more to connect to. And when they got in that car and went on their little road trip, they were two women who have raised children and have gone through whatever they went through with their husbands that were just looking for adventure. And that is enough to have a strong friendship. And that is enough to relate to one another. And I love that he didn't focus on >> this whole like, well, you're white, you're black, and we'll never be friends. No. No. And and just the childlike nature they brought out in each other. Brandon, I loved I love because when they're dealing with their daughters, they can't embrace their childlike nature. When they're dealing with their backstabbing sons and making deals, they got to as a woman or or women and men, right? People have to wear so many hats. And what I liked is when they were in the car with each other, they were wearing the exact hats that they wanted to wear. They were wearing their fun hats, their adventure hats. Let their let's go get in some trouble, girl. Let's not think about the business deals and the the daughters that are ungrateful, and the sons, let's just let's act like little girls, you know? And I just thought that was so special. And I thought it was so sad that Charlotte um >> uh um >> took her life, >> ended her life because another huge part was knowing, you know, with the the scene with the camera said everything. It's like this memory card is full >> and my brain has decided we're not going to go back to memories. We're going to jumble all your memories and get you to the point where you don't know who you are. You don't know who you're talking to. Alzheimer's does that. You your son will be standing right in front of you. You don't know who he is. >> Yeah. >> And they say, "Mom, remember this." And they just, >> you know, I went through that with my grandmother. And she didn't want to experience her memories and her legacy leaving her right in front of her face. And And she I I I it's hard to say I understood why she did it, you know. Um, and and I love that she did the road trip and was like, I'm going to make these new memories, then I'm going to go out the way I want to. I'm not going to go out not remembering my best friend's face. Yeah. >> And that was so sad. But their friendship, um, I haven't seen Tyler Perry capture characters like that since this film. >> Right on. Duly noted. I I I can't I got I don't really remember for color girls and and I can do bad all by myself, but uh I can't wait to revisit those. But everything you said I I do agree with. And what I like about it is from the jump from the beginning of the film, you their friendship does feel real and genuine and you don't even really know how they became friends until halfway in the film. It's called the family that prays. Her family was trying to prey on her urban development 30 years ago and she wouldn't budge. just like no I'm not selling or whatever they said and uh actually ended up making her a millionaire at the very end now especially you know had to deal with racism and the >> well she had always she had always been a millionaire >> am I oh really >> yeah Alfrey Wood she had always been not always but she had been a stakeholder for many year I think the movie said like 15 years she just never told anybody her friend set her up >> she was a millionaire before she met Charlotte No, no, no, no. Not before she met Charlotte. She wasn't. But um Oh, I thought I'm sorry. I thought you said at the end she made her a millionaire. >> No, no, no. It was revealed at the end. >> Oh, revealed. Yes. Yes. >> Maybe maybe I said it wrong. And also the point that you made, Kim. Um, as far as another way that can relate is they both raised their children. And the relation I mean with uh Alice's character, she had two daughters. She had Andrea played by Sonia Lean and Pam played by Taraji P. Hson raised in a two same household but two completely different daughters. You know, Pam was the the you know the the golden child. What you want, loving, respectful, you know, did a great job. Apple fall to not too far from the tree. But Andrea was the devil. She was evil, you know. And again, what I like about it is is I'm pretty sure that Alice was not proud of the job that she did raising Andrea and the way that she turned out because at one point towards the end she says, "You are not going to be fulfilled by giving misery to other people. It's just not going to work that way. Stop it. I see where you're going." That was very, very powerful. >> That was very powerful. >> She was like, "Where did I go wrong with you?" You know, but even though in a sense she kind of effed up in a way. Well, actually, I don't want to make any assumptions. U Alice was still able to find some peace and joy and a light at the end of the tunnel, you know, at the at the by the end of the film, you know. And I just said that when I was watching that scene, I was saying to myself, you may mess up here and there in life. We all make mistakes and things may not always turn out the way that you want. You know, her her husband left her 30 years ago. One of her children is evil, you know, but she was still able to find peace. I I think it was still a happy ending for her, you know, and I I I like that. And again, it hit me personally. I know I'm talking a lot because I'm when I did my nonspoiler review, I was just saying to myself, there's been times in my life I'm like, damn, how am I going to get out of this? My life is over. Oh, over, you know, just being crazy, you know? But now I'm alive. I'm like, you know what? I got through it. It's not that bad, you know. And I was able to relate to Alice's character in that same way, you know, cuz she looked hurt and broken at the end where she saw that her daughter was a spawn of Satan, you know, but it still didn't matter though. She had that dress in that back seat full of clothes and she said, "I'm going to go on this road trip solo, you know." Um, if if it wasn't obvious to you, I loved it. U, any you got any thoughts there? Yeah, I mean I think I think again I love the character development in this film and I haven't really seen it since coming from Tyler Perry because it's so realistic to life. Um you can be there are brothers and sisters out there that are like excuse me that are like dang I can't believe I was raised with the same parents in the same household as my sibling and we are so different. That is so real. That is so true. There's some people that the way they treat people and move through life, you're like, "Wow, they must have been abused. They must have had a a witch for a mother." And then you meet the mother and the other siblings and you're like, "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. How did you come from that sweet, sweet woman?" And your siblings are so reasonable and kind and >> yeah, >> considerate and and I had it all twisted. You're not, you know, this sad sad case. you choose this, you know, and that's so real and and the way he fleshed that out through the characters was really good because I think if you had seen um Salan's character was Andrea, if you had seen her separately, you would have assumed the house she came from was like because it was like she was grabbing at every little bit of happiness she could, no matter who she grabbed it from. And you would have been like, "Dang, did she grow up this way or that way or or was she on the street?" and never knew love. And it's like, no, she had a wonderful mother. So that's so that was so real for him to write >> to write it like that. I loved that. Um and and sadly, I think at times you looked at her and said, "Oh my gosh, nobody's that mean. Nobody's that." And actually, yeah, there are so many people like her. There are so many people walking in trying to be the third member of somebody's marriage because they're like, "I want my happiness." Why do you can't pray on somebody else's? You can't cause misery and receive happiness, honey. If he he did it to you, if he did it with you, he'll do it to you. >> Exactly. >> Okay. And so, um, I I just love the way he wrote these characters. Um, and and I just love the way as a mother, you got to see how she did want the best for her kids, but sometimes you just can't control that. And I think she had that in common with Charlotte and her son >> of like shaking her head like you want to vote me out of my own company like >> in so many words. Where did I go wrong with you? And then she's saying the same thing. Where did I girl? Where did I go wrong with you? Um that was excellent character development. That was very very good writing. >> Yeah. Yeah. It it it was it was uh we got a nice balance though while um you know so now Lean is playing the black evil witch you know we also got a nice wholesome woman. >> You got a lot of names for her bro. >> She was she was she was >> Satan evil. You're real. It's real. I just think it's the names are funny. >> Yeah. We also got uh Miss Robin Given here, you know. >> Oh, I love I forgot she was in this film. >> I did too. And I love >> I love her too. I love her too. I'm trying to Where where is her name? What what is her name in this room? Abby. Abby. You know, she went to uh she got a law degree. Um also, I think it was accounting as well. New CEO COO of the company. The exchange that she had with uh Andrea in the office. I I love that. That was another high point for me. You know, just like, hey, uh what's going on? You know, there's a no fratonizing policy here. Well, you know, we're going to get you out of here. You're fired. Okay. this, you know, we looking at these statements and these hotels. You in room 626, you know what I'm saying? Don't be, are you having an affair with Mr. Cartright? Sisters like you make it look bad for sisters like me and they way to the top. You know what I'm saying? >> You said everything that the people in the audience. I feel like that was one of those moments where people will be like, "Thank you. Thank you." Yeah. Because yeah, it makes us all look bad. It makes us, you know, one can spoil the whole pot. It really can. and and leave a taste in people's mouth thinking, you know, the new black girl that comes to the company, oh, you probably gonna try to sleep the CEO. And it's like, oh man, no, you know, like, yeah. Yeah, that was that was powerful. I really really appreciated her character. >> I I did too. Uh, it it was quite nice. And so, uh, shout out to Robin Gibbons. Um, because >> sophisticated but appropriate. She's like when old boy tried it, she's like, "Oh, dinner with you. That sounds great. Me and my husband would love that. And it's like, man, I wish more women would answer like that rather than getting yourself in sticky situations. Let me make it very common to you. >> Right. Right. Right. Right. And I know that she went home immediately and told her husband. So, I got this that I work with. He trying to be slick and stuff. So, why don't you show up and we show out together, you know, on his >> That's what a marriage should be. That's how you keep it together. People, >> shout out to this brother right here. I don't know your name. Uh was it a uh KD Strickland? Yeah. Yeah. Looking sharp, you know, like I'm the husband up in here, you know. Don't be trying to hit on my wife. I loved it. I love that. I wish that Andrea would have done that at the very beginning of the movie uh when she was getting married. I mean, Jesus, >> you barely wanted that, man. That was horrible. Don't marry somebody that you barely want. If you're not in fiery, passionate love, then leave them be. Like, how selfish of you. What? Brandon, do you think she married Why do you think she even married him in the first place if she was going to just disrespect the hell out of that man? >> I don't know. Part of me, you know, of course I want to blame her. Uh but I also want to blame him, too. >> How did you not see this? How did you not >> was a dummy? Come on. >> What? What? What? What are you doing over here? What are you doing? Um the Yeah, the writing was on the wall, Chris. The writing was on the wall. She was not that into you. Uh I mean he couldn't see this but she didn't even like the dress. She was like you know wearing the dress [clears throat] and you had no appreciation for it. >> Yeah. She arguing with her sister and like I'm just wearing it. I don't want to hurt my mama feelings and you know if I was Pam to Raj's character the sister you know I would have left her back there as like hey you know you you put up your own you you get together by yourself. But man this dude hit on your wife in front of you man on your wedding day. Yes, your wife is evil and conniving, but damn it, you should have called it quits right there. You should have known, my guy, you should have known. Other than you punching him at the end, you're sleeping with my wife and about to throw him off the ledge. You know, Chris, you was a you was a dumb dumb in this, man. You didn't deserve it, but crap. >> Yeah. I wonder what that backstory uh that that would have been a great whole movie right there because I'm like, how does this happen? like women that are so and I know you and I in our own like friend circles or f I think everyone in and answer in the chat you guys but like haven't we all seen this where like a really good guy is with a girl that everybody's like do you not see how evil she is and it's like they have this screen over their eyes oh y'all just don't understand her and then they end up having a terrible relationship terrible marriage and get divorced and then want to talk to people like yeah man I don't know what happened and everyone's like don't know what happened. Like we told you like I I'm so Brandon that's a whole another but how does that happen? Like >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I I don't know. But that was a bummer because he seemed like a good guy in in the heart. Like that's so weird. >> And the way that she would talk to him, you know, he just trying to get um >> squashing his dreams. >> Yeah. Yeah. Just like you don't know how to conduct yourself in a room full of businessmen. you don't know how to give a a proposal, you stutter. You know, you'll never be a car, right? It's a you know, I'm like, what? And I'm I was just like, bro, why are you letting her talk? >> I would have drawn papers right there. >> Doesn't make any sense. What? You weeny, you weeny man. You know what I'm saying? But she was still just evil. Like, come on, man. If your husband says he wants to be an astronaut, you need to build him the suit, you know? Okay, I'm exaggerating a little bit, but still. Oh, but like yeah, if you're not going to ride or die for your man, like they're speaking truth. Like, babe, you know what? I really think we need to have a second person look over this business plan. But like you you stay with it. You encourage and and that's what marriage is, is taking that that adventure and taking that risk and going, "Okay, you know, it's me and you." Whether we're in a tiny apartment or a big mansion, it's still me and you. So, >> at at one point, I said to myself, maybe Pam, Tarani P. Henson's character should have been married to Chris Dumbar's character because Tyler's character, he was like, "Hey baby, you know, I'm chilling right now, Ben." He was like, "Look, can we can we not be dreamers and just relax? I think we got a good life." And she's like, "Well, you did used to be a dreamer and I don't I don't want a million dollars. I just want a new couch, a new sofa." >> Yeah, I liked her so much. >> I did, too. She She was great, you know. She was just like, "Let's just not settle, you know." But then you had Dumbar over here, Chris, that's just like, I want to go to the other galaxy and meet the aliens and start a construction company, you know? Uh, I mean, I still did like being and Pam's relationship, but I was like, you know, this is that would have been an interesting relationship, some alternate universe or something like that. >> Uh, what you learned from this, man, don't be Andrea. You know, speak life and confidence and love into your husband. Help him out. Okay? If he has a >> or set him free. If you can't, then set him free. You know what? I just can't do this anymore. Let's co-parent. Let's I think staying together and being miserable is is incredibly detrimental to children and and even her child. Like even even not wanting to pay your sister. >> Yeah. >> You know, like how dare you? Like you know she's struggling >> and you're going to complain because you got to pay her. Like bro, >> you got you know you can just throw away $5,000 and stuff. And uh well, not throw away, you know, she wrote the check. But going back to Andre, Andrea and uh Chris, like she didn't give him no love, no affection. He trying to, you know, he he making pizza look like it was homemade from scratch, you know. Hey baby, I got the dinner on the table. It's fun. It's pizza Thursday. And I got some pizza pockets in the oven. I got some Netflix, you know. I got the oil. Let me rub your feet. I'm tired, Chris. Okay. I just got done smashing carrite. you know, she was uh she was so mean, but I was just mad at him. Like, you know, I be like, "Fuck is wrong with you?" Like, that's [laughter] that's I'm putting myself in um in his shoes, man. >> It made you mad. It made you mad, man. >> It really did, man. >> Yeah. >> Did because that was u that was just unnecessary. You spoke on it briefly, though. Um Pam and Ben and Pam, Tyler and Taraj, what did you think about their relationship, their their dynamic? Um, I gotta check out the release dates, but I think aside from Boris, was it Boris Cojo's bad afro in one of his films, like that had been the worst afro >> wig? Like, this was I feel like this was the beginning of black folks being like, Tyler, >> what's going on? >> I know you got some better wig people in your production. Like, get someone from Broadway. get someone that understands a front lace like black people were like >> why was it necessary at all just you know >> um you you do is not doing my brother like I just oh Tyler God bless him but um I I um I think it's interesting the dynamic that they had but at least they were kind to one another >> you know and I love that that she was ride or die like I love the way she loved him >> um and I really felt for her and that and I I know there's sisters all over the place that are like God girl you are so selfish you are so this you are so that >> um I felt for them I wanted more for them uh you know but in in terms of just like it's okay to dream you have this woman when you have a woman that believes in you should feel like you can do anything and you should have the courage to take the steps because as you can see your friend has the courage but he doesn't have the woman and that is so much of his troubles. >> Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. I I liked it too. Their relationship was u nice. Um as far as Ben is concerned, I understand where he's coming from. Um I kind of wish he was honest with Chris a little earlier in the film. He's like, "Man, everybody know u you know your your your wife is smashing our boss and all of that." Um, Chris could have still did a better job with his proposals or, you know, maybe Tyler could have wrote that better. But, um, you know, and I guess that's just like a a little nitpick right there. So, another character that I did like um was Jillian Cartright, the wife of uh William. Now, >> at one point, I was kind of confused as to why Charlotte has such a disdain for her character. The only thing I can come up with is she was mad that she either thought that she was a gold digger and the fact that they eloped when she was younger and she wasn't able to, you know, attend the wedding, you know, which I can understand. Um I don't want to say, okay, you can get over that. But was there any other reason why she she didn't really care for um for Jillian? Because, you know, at the end she was like, "Oh, Jillian, you're here in my flower garden without calling." Gave her some dope ass advice. I did like that. That was that was >> I love that scene. Uh, so you can comment on that, but I couldn't think of any other reason why she didn't really care for her, unless you can help me out. >> Yeah, I think when when you have a very strong woman like that, a very um is for for any office friends, for any office fans, uh if you love Kathy Bates in the office, I it was funny because her character in the office and her character in this film are very similar. They're they're female CEOs and they are just strong southern women. They're almost the same character. If you're an office fan, you totally know what I'm talking about. Um, but I think like when I think of that type of woman, and I've seen that type of woman here in California where I am. Uh, I've seen, you know, the archetype of that that female CEO. The brain, your brain is a bit different when you're um when you spend your whole career, 30, 40 years in boardrooms full of men. Um, you're a different kind of mother. you're a different kind of wife. The strength that you have to carry uh you tap into your masculine energy a lot and you're very you kind of I I do understand her because when a woman comes along that's not like you. You want another strong woman. You want another woman that it's like I can see through what my husband's doing and that's okay because I got a few on the side myself. Like like I think what she didn't like in her daughter-in-law was, "Oh, you're just one of those sweet ones." Yeah. I Yeah. I can when a man tries it with me, honey, I can run them over run them over the, you know, run them through the ground, run them off a building. Like I'm this superwoman and you're this little mouse. And so I think her disdain for her, it was more it wasn't like I hate you. It was more like I kind of don't respect other women that aren't as strong or as smart as me. >> Yeah. >> And I I can understand that because she kind of it was a mix of of like you just don't belong like this. If you're going to be in this family, you got to be strong and you got to be able to hold your own and I don't have time for you because I'm not going to hold your hand. I really don't I I didn't do a lot of crying. I recognized what my marriage was from Jump. I recognized the type of family I was marrying into from jump and I had the strength when I took over the company. I got the gumption, but you're this little mousy. Oh, and as soon as you understand who my son is, you're going to crumble and I just don't want to hear it. And so, I don't think it was hate. I think it was the different mentalities between >> I like that >> women who are very will cuss out a man in a business meeting and women that'll run and cry in the bathroom. There's a huge difference between that type of chick. And it's not it wasn't hate. It was I just don't have time for your crying. Cowboy up and and be a woman. That's how I think she was. And that's why I think she gave her that gold advice because she was like, "Finally, you're realizing what this is. Finally, I can talk to you how I want to talk to you, which is get him in line and then get you some side piece like girl and get your money and, you know, show up and show out at the hotel like girl cowboy up. >> Yeah. Yeah. And and she did, you know, um Charlotte can relate too. Um you know, she says that her husband was having an affairs and she said at one point she was having her own too. Um I think was had three divorces, you know. Um, also shout out to uh Cowboy Rick Slick at the end. You know, he had some game over, you know, got the dance at, you know, I liked him. Um, when they was at the at the bar before they went on the strip club, you know what I'm talking about? Uh, he Hey, how you like before they went to the to the bar. >> That was an adorable scene. And it made me wish she wasn't having Alzheimer's because I'm like, this could be a good dude for you. Yeah, I like that. I like that. >> That was nice. That was nice. But yes, you are correct. um you know with everything that you said about Charlotte there and their relationship. I I do like that. Well said. Well said. Well said. Um and um what was the name? Jillian. You know she did uh she did cowboy it up and it was nice where she met Andrea in the hotel room >> 626 like he ain't f to marry you. You dumb he that's why you are confined to this little room right here. He don't want to be seen with you in public. And she's like, "Oh, she she how dumb ass really think he was gonna marry her?" It felt so >> she was standing her ground and being like, "You know what? You could be here and doing all these things, but I am not giving up my husband and I'm not giving up this money and and I will fight you." That was really I love that because you could she could have been like up in there with tears with mascara running down her face talking about why why why but instead she kept her composure and was like look ho >> um not going anywhere and he's not going to leave me. So >> called her pathetic called her pathetic you know. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. I love it. >> Um >> do you think the strategy of Chris running around from business to business to bank to bank? Hey man, I'm trying to start a business. I need some money. It ends up not only getting him fired, but Ben fired too. Not only that, Kim, he goes to the bank to get $40 and finds out that he has $286,000 in the bank. >> He didn't have it. [laughter] >> Wife had it in and another >> home girl had it. >> Who makes that type of money? Also, she had a $65,000 salary, but has the house paid for, cars paid for, designer bags, designer clothes, not telling her husband about the gala. What is going on, Kimberly? >> What is going on? Um, what would you do if you found out that you just had an extra $286,000 in the account? What you What would you do? Would you go buy a bunch of tacos, give it to the homeless, buy your mama house? What What would you do? >> That's a great question, Brandon. >> Probably buy some >> I'd get a lawyer immediately. And I'm not saying And I'm not saying And I'm not saying just to get a divorce. Like I'm not saying like, oh, I'm just so quick for divorce. But I'd get a lawyer and I would find I would find out everything legally. Um because obviously if if it's in the shared checking, that was dumb on her. First of all, these people are not very smart. Um, why isn't at another bank in a in a secret account that he can't get to? That's dumb. First of all, bro, why are you not Why is your house not in order? Why do you not know how many accounts are under your name? It's very easy to log in. Um, but get your house in order, everybody. But I would get a lawyer immediately and find out just legally what what are we doing? I don't want it. You want to be sneaky like that? Go ahead, keep it. >> Oh, I'm bouncing. Keep it. I don't want you >> open up a business. >> No, no, no. I'll leave with whatever I have in my bank account. You do all that without me. I don't want whatever this is a part of, but I would get a lawyer because one, how the hell did you get that money? >> Is it illegal? My name's on the account. So, am I all of a sudden wrapped up in this? I mean, how many times have we seen uh spouses go down with the ship because that's in both of our names, stupid. You know what I'm saying? Like, like I would immediately get a lawyer. But it wasn't smart. I understand that he um he had dreams. This is why I really appreciate corporations that have continuing education for their employees, which there's a lot of great corporations out there. Um, I think it's important side note for people if you're like looking for a job to go off of the list of the top 100 companies to work for in your state because there are companies that are like, "Oh, you want to learn more about business? We will pay for you to go to school." I think he should have sought education before he was like zero to 60 because something that you can't do that actually if you think about it aside from all the the affair and drama him getting fired was correct. >> If you work for a company you cannot go after their competitors for your own contracts. That was a he they were correct in firing him for that reason, not for I want to smash your wife, but [laughter] he needed more knowledge. I think I think it would have been more respectable for him to for him to go to the company and go, I really am interested in learning more about business. What mentorship? There's a lot of mentorship programs out there. There's like six sigma. There's like a lot of business um leadership and mentorship um aside from just going back to school. A lot of companies, I was in a program at a mortgage company that had a a six-month educational process for me to get six steps ahead and there was homework and I had tests and I was in like I was kind of in school through my company. So, I think he should have sought knowledge rather than I have this great idea, so I'm just going to contact who should I contact? Oh, all of my company's competitors and see if they'll buy into it, bro. Let's get some education. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, um he got the boot, man. And >> yeah, >> the drama unfolded at the diner cam, you know. >> Oh. Oh, man. >> I lost a job and he's just like, we're going to start our own company. Just pie in the sky, you know. That was very fairy tale. >> Brandon, I have a question for you. >> What's up? What's going on? What would you do if you went to get out some money and saw that your wife had another account and had and you up in here praying that your $40 comes through and come to find out you got $260,000. What would you do, my friend? >> Uh, I don't want to steal your answer. Uh, BECAUSE [laughter] >> GO AHEAD, STEAL IT. It's okay. >> That did not come to my mind at first, even though that is probably the smartest thing to do. That would probably be the wisest. Um, I would probably get something to eat. >> Um, now then I would um I don't know. I would probably I mean I would ask her, okay, where did this money come from? Like you know, who made the deposit? How was the deposit made? You know, at what time when uh you know, because that that would narrow a lot of things down. >> Um I probably wouldn't want to let it go and I would try to withdraw as much as I could just to have some cash on me. But at the same time, I would be nervous like my name is on this as well. If this is illegal, I don't want to go to jail. You know, ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Of course, I will call my spouse. Uh but getting something to eat first and probably withdraw. [laughter] >> Would you like go eat at a Michelin star restaurant? You're like, you know what? Before we even get into this, >> yeah, let me enjoy myself. >> I am going to go to French Laundry and just experience this once and then we'll start fighting. But I'm gonna have this lamb. >> [laughter] >> Uh, but no, I I will definitely be on the phone. Uh, because we we gota we got to figure this out, you know. >> Would you open a business with that money? >> Uh, >> was he wrong for doing that? Brandon, >> I was going to ask you that. >> Was that Was that stealing? Was that stealing? >> Stealing is not the word. [laughter] >> Getting mine is the word. >> He didn't steal it. I mean they are married so it is their money but you know u that that still can ruin their relationship by not communicating you know um >> but she hoed really well for that money she worked hard for that money [laughter] you're right you're right money not good money you know I don't want dirty money and that's some dirty money right there so bank money you know but >> um yeah so they lost a job and she comes storming Tasmanian devil in Donna Crest, where's all my money? That's my money. I sl my way to the top four. Baby, it's okay. I got a business. You stupid. You You ain't going to beat no car, right? You both are losers. And Ben said, "Wait a minute now. You could talk to him that way. But you're not going to talk to me that way. Trick, I got your lose over here. I'll come smack you around." Ben, calm down. That's Pam. And u you know, y'all will never be a cartright. Ain't nobody want to be no cartright trick. I was laughing my ass off. This is where the comedy was coming in. And uh man, the disrespect was crazy. It was crazy. She was like, "You a loser. You ain't He's my man, Chris. He's my man." That's where all the [laughter] like like it was supposed to happen, you know, and being over there like you dummy. Everybody know that getting booty at the job and at the [laughter] se you know she's like a door knob. everybody [laughter] >> and not getting booty of the job. >> My man like that is D. >> And then did she say like the son was like and that boy angel? >> Yeah. After after he smacked her and she did the 520 degree spin over the man. That was a joyous occasion right there in the theater. That >> that was that was domestic violence. Domestic violence. people erupted more in that scene than they did in Avengers Endgame when Captain America got me on there. You know what I'm saying? Um, yeah, it was a mess of violence, but >> it would have been better to like throw a milkshake in her face than like go from like because I remember that scene Brandon and in the theater I was like, "Yeah, wait, that's domestic violence. Wait, I can't cheer at this." Like, he should have thrown like a a pie, a slice of pie or a milkshake or whipped cream. Like, but he's disagree with physically assaulted her. >> He did. He did. Um to to be honest with you, that was the first time in my life where uh women across the board universally was okay with a a man slapping a woman. I'm I'm not I'm not saying that myself like, "Hey, this is the only time where it's okay." Not saying that at all. >> Yes, you are. >> No, [clears throat] I'm not. [laughter] I didn't care in this scene right here. I was just like, hey, you know, uh I didn't care. You know, usually I care, but in this scene, I I didn't let us know what y >> how you gonna do us like this. We've been married all these years. We got a son together. Your son is a cop, right? Man, that was uh that was awful right there. >> Yikes. >> I was curious at the end, you know, when they kind of did the montage showing the ending of everybody's story. She's all humble with her hair in a ponytail, look like she's at a motel. He shows up. I'm like, why are you there, bro? That is not your child. Y'all better be divorced now. You know, you free, my guy. You are free. Um >> Yeah. But you love your baby. And that's just that's what it is. It's not the kid's fault. >> Yeah, of course. >> And that that's him being a good man. That's being a good man. And you know what? There's a lot of men out there raising kids that were a result of them getting cheated on. And I just want to take the time, Brandon, and to all our viewers, if that's you, I just want to applaud you because those stories are out there and it's not the kid's fault. I thought that was great that he was still showing up because you know who wasn't there. >> What was that? >> Oh boy. Cartright. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And if if it felt so good, man, when she William, I've been calling you. Why I have to answer the phone? I I know. You know, >> rip. >> I lost my job. It's okay, baby. >> Dude, let's talk about Cole Hower, dude. RIP. >> For any Yellowstone fans, uh, you know, he looks so different. I mean, his whole like acting career, he's had like reddish hair and like his weight was way different. So, a lot of people don't know. If you guys don't know, that's Rip from Yellowstone. Okay, that's that's our dude. Anybody that watches Yellowstone loves them some Rip and Beth. But Rip, that is Rip when back when he was a redhead, when he was a ginger, which y'all know that means he's a brother. [laughter] But but yeah, I What did you think of him? I I liked him. He was a white devil. Uh he was evil. Um he he he played the role very well. Praying on everybody, praying on the weak, you know. He was successful with uh you know, getting Andrea. Uh but but not but not uh but not Robin Given character, not Abby. So, um but he was he was a nasty man, but did did a really good job. Uh I'm I'm mad at um Chris at the beginning where he hit on his wife in front of him at the wedding. It's like, whoa, bro. Don't just step to her like that and grab her on the shoulder at the very beginning. But I thought he did great. What What did you think? How did you think he did? >> I just I love him. Man, I love that character. He's he's one of those actors that plays bad so well. He plays the bad guy so so well. And it's sad that when you get in a certain level of um uh you know um much like oh god what's my my HBO film about um succession much like succession when you mix mix business and family it's so brutal because you could have like if that wasn't his son like yeah you might have just cause to be like you're getting older ma'am you're forgetting things I want your seat so I'm gonna I'm gonna talk to the board and I'm going to go for the seat like Yeah, that's brutal business. And in a business sense, maybe you can't blame someone for recognizing like that. But when that's your mother, >> Yeah. >> and you're trying to get her to sell her shares and and give up her voting rights on the board and then vote her out. Wow. That's evil. That's like that's the love of money is the root root of all evil. Money is not the root of all evil, y'all. Stop misquing that. The love of money is the root of all evil. And he loved money more than he loved his mother. >> It's craziness. Craziness. >> Wow. >> He deserve to be uh thrown over the ledge here. >> Thrown. No. Shown what it would be like. Yes. I don't condone murder, but just giving you a peek out the window of what could be. >> I don't know. Ain't nothing wrong with that. [laughter] I'm okay with that. you got shown the door. But like, yeah. Um, he did he needed somebody to to scare him out of that because at the end of the day, you screw you screw around with enough people, your money will not protect you. >> We see that every day. >> This is true. >> You you keep messing with the little people, at the end of the day, we're just two men with two fists. Like, what's up? >> You know, >> um, do you have any thoughts on Mr. pick here. The broker that lost his job, wife died. Oh, I love I really um you know that was kind of a side story that again this is I would say this is one of the best written Tyler Perry films Brandon because that was kind of a side story that was written very well >> because um I didn't feel like I know we talked about in the last movie where there was like that side story um that was like that wasn't fleshed out well um with uh Dire from Mad Black Woman where we had the drug addict, you know, like I know that wasn't fleshed out well. That was a side story that was like we we need to know more, but this was good. I I learned just enough about him. I love the relationship between um him and um and um Alfred Wood's character. I thought it was beautiful um just that she had that mentality as a as a diner owner, as a restaurant owner of you know what, she had clothes in the back ready >> for someone in need. I love that. For those very super side note, Brandon, for those of you that don't know, John Bonjovi has a restaurant where um it's for homeless people and if they can pay, great. If they can't, that's fine. And uh that's what this made me think of is like, wow, you got clothes in the back ready to help people. You are fine giving them from free bread, free soup, free meal, eat this salad. Just go take care of yourself. I think if you're if you're a business owner and you're not giving back like that, then what's your per why are you even doing this? What's what's the purpose of wealth if you're not going to share it? I thought that was beautiful. But I love that that's not unrealistic actually to happen because so many of the people that are on the side of the freeway, outside of the store with a cup saying, you know, anything that can help, you do not know somebody's backstory. and all it takes is tragedy for someone to completely come outside their mind to the point where they're living on the street. There's a lot of I would venture to say there's a lot of stories like that that we walk past every day and I thought that was a really beautiful part of the story. Brandon, I like that he was a shareholder. I like that it explained the relationship when he was like, you know, did your mom tell your mom to do that thing because she needs to do it. remember like I like that he was still using his business acumen to help her and she was just I thought that was so beautiful. I I loved it. Loved it. Loved it. And I love that he was like the the the board member, you know, I just the whole thing just warmed my heart. >> Oh, that's what's up. Highlight for you. Um I liked it too. Um something else as well, uh another supporting character, the assistant at the at the firm. I like her. >> She was funny. Um I like >> she was in um Why Did I Get Married? She played the W the um baby mama. >> Really? >> Yeah. The one that was like so so >> that's the same person. Wow. >> Yeah. Same girl. >> Yeah. Yeah. You know, she got a little tipsy at the party at the gala, you know, but she was appreciative of Abby the next day. But when Cartwright, William Cartwright, um, Sal and Andrea, uh, Chris, the husband and Abby met in front of the assistant's desk right there, uh, in the office. And Chris was like, "Hey, I'm trying to, you know, talk to you about a proposal." And Cartwright said, "Okay, give me 15 minutes." And he was like, "Clear out my schedule." The assistant called Andrea right there and was like, "Your 15 minute meeting is going to be late." She actually answered the phone. I laughed my ass off right there. That was so But they all knew that she was conniving. So they, you know, Abby and the assistant knew that that Andrea was evil. So, um, you know, I liked it. That was petty, but it was lovely. Um, Ken, we both love the movie, or at least I did. Um, you have any final thoughts, or did I leave anything out? Final thoughts are T if Tyler Perry's watching this, I don't know if you are, man, we still believe in you and please go back to this forum. >> Yes, >> please go back to this forum. Please have um just a great cast, black characters, white characters. There are some great actors um that are not black that I would love to see in a Tyler Perry film. I mean, I know actually I don't know if did Tyler Perry do that kind of scary one where Glen Close was in Was that a Tyler Perry film? The one where Andrea um what's her name? Where the boy was possessed. >> No, that was not Tyler Perry, I don't think. >> I don't know. >> But like like Glen Close was in a film. It was like a black film, but Glen Close played like the mother. Um >> do you remember the around what year it came out? >> Like it like two years ago, I think. Um, yeah. I'm sorry to bring it up like surprising you, but I'm just saying like there are some really great actors, black or white, that I would love to see in a Tyler Perry film, and I would love to for him to return to this form. Um, where he's really taking time to flush out the characters. He's really taking time to step outside of a super obvious plot where many of his viewers are going to go, "Oh, it's Tyler Perry film. I know what's going to happen. I know what's going to happen. I know what's going to happen. This was a film that was like, although you kind of saw the direction certain characters were going in, the way things were fleshed out, it was very satisfying without being extremely predictable. Um I just whatever mode he was in in this film, I don't know some write some people when they write they go away from their home. You know, I think he's in Atlanta. Maybe you go to a ranch in Montana and you write, "Whatever you did, whatever tea you had that morning, sir, whatever uh amount of hours of sleep you had, whatever you did to give us the family that praise, let's repeat that. I'd love to see this quality again, but with great wigs. I would love to see this writing again. I would love to see this allstar cast that is so well blended again." And the production value. Um, Brandon, I don't know if you know the budget of this film, but the production value. Let's go to the investors. Let's get that production value. Again, this is the kind of Tyler Perry movie I want to see. And after 20 some odd years in the biz, he has no excuse but to produce this kind of content. And that's my thought. >> Yes. Uh, and the budget is $15 million, it look like. So, >> it's well well used. Well used. Uh, what was that? Straw. >> Oh, straw. Was it 6,000 bucks? [laughter] >> Let's see. Whoa. 20 million. >> Don't you dare. >> That don't make sense. >> Don't you dare. Oh my gosh. >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, wait. No, but films like is 2019 had a Okay. >> Okay. >> Wait. So, information not yet available. Okay. No. >> Okay. Because I was going to say, don't you dare tell me. Well, in that in that case, just just return to form, good sir Tyler Perry, please. >> Let me ask uh chat GPT. >> Good lord. >> Curious. What does chat GPT say? >> That better that better not have been a $20 million budget for a straw. Don't you do that to us, man. [clears throat] >> This is hilarious. It says uh it says it was a budget of zero dollars. >> Chat said that. >> Hold on, let me bring it up. [laughter] Hold on. Let me actually take that down because >> the AI tells no lies. [laughter] >> Now y'all can see my my desktop. Let me unshare this real quick. I be looking all crazy stuff on chat. >> Dope desktop, by the way. >> Y'all, thank y'all so much for tuning in. Uh we really do appreciate it. If you're watching this on my channel, please subscribe to Kimy's channel. If you're watching this on Kimbley's channel, please subscribe to my channel. We will both really appreciate it. This is number six for us. I think we got three more Tyler Perry movies to go and I can't wait. So until next time, don't forget I'm be Avery, that's Kimberly, and that is just our opinion. Peace out. We'll see you next time.