Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited...touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
While its look at interclass romance among African-Americans and the struggles of a working-class single father is fresh and vital, the heavy-handed execution isn't.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
17 Feb 2007
rotten:
Come back, Madea, and bring your chainsaw.
– Jim Ridley,
Village Voice,
20 Feb 2007
fresh:
It makes you happy to receive the Word of Perry.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb 2007
rotten:
Love can transcend class lines; in Tyler Perry's universe, it also defies all rules of the legal system -- and logic.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
3 Mar 2007
fresh:
Dismissed by critics but embraced by African-American audiences, Tyler Perry now opens his pictures without press previews, but on the basis of this expert melodrama he might want to reconsider.