The film is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. Secrets are revealed and each couple begins to question their own marriage
Faulting Tyler Perry for his nonsensical, melodramatic plots is a little like accusing Douglas Sirk of using too much color.
– Melissa Anderson,
Time Out New York,
18 Oct 2007
fresh:
Amid the shout-downs over adultery, male power, and the agony of coping with a child's death, one performance glistens -- Jill Scott's as the sad, heavyset Sheila, who locates the faith that's the source of love.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct 2007
rotten:
None of these flaws will matter much to Perry's devoted audiences, whose support has enabled him to virtually build a media empire.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
16 Oct 2007
fresh:
Despite the improbable ease of pic's genteel psychoanalysis, the characters are thesped with enough depth and emotional investment to make their problems feel legit.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
16 Oct 2007
fresh:
[Perry] makes it easy on us, mostly by letting his cast do what it wants.