Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
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Four best friends and their husbands navigate the complexities of modern relationships during a week-long retreat in the mountains.
The story
Four couples, who are also best friends since college, converge in a house in the mountains for a week-long retreat. The group includes a variety of personalities: a work-focused attorney and her husband, a hair salon owner and a former football player, a housewife and an entrepreneur, and a psychologist and an architect. As they gather in the mountains, the tensions of their individual marriages and the pressures of modern life begin to surface, forcing the friends to confront the difficulties of maintaining solid relationships while navigating personal conflicts and secrets during their time away from their daily lives.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Four best friends and their husbands gather at a mountain retreat. The couples include Dianne and Terry, who struggle with her work habits; Angela and Marcus, who argue frequently; Sheila and Mike, who face issues regarding her weight and his infidelity; and Patricia and Gavin. After Sheila is left behind due to her weight, she is eventually joined by Sheriff Troy Jackson. During a dinner, the group's secrets are exposed: Mike's affair with Trina, Marcus's health issues from cheating, Dianne's secret about her children, and Gavin's criticism of Patricia's parenting. Following a violent confrontation and Mike's subsequent divorce from Sheila, the couples deal with their individual crises. Sheila finds a new life with Troy, while the other couples work through their issues. Ultimately, the friends reunite at a gala where Sheila reveals she is now married to Troy and has lost weight, and the other women find renewed clarity in their respective relationships.
- First release year
- 2007
- Runtime (minutes)
- 113
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Tyler Perry
- Writers
- Tyler Perry · writer
- Cast and characters
- Tyler Perry · Dr. Terry Brock; Sharon Leal · Dianne Brock; Malik Yoba · Gavin Agnew; Janet Jackson · Dr. Patricia Agnew; Michael Jai White · Marcus Williams; Tasha Smith · Angela Williams; Richard T. Jones · Mike; Jill Scott · Sheila Jackson; Lamman Rucker · Troy Jackson; Denise Boutte · Trina; Keesha Sharp · Pam; Kaira Whitehead · Keisha
- Genres
- comedy-drama
- Themes
- marriage; friendship; faith
- Tone and mood
- melodramatic; spiritual
- Setting
- A house in the mountains.
- Premise and plot tags
- ensemble cast; relationship drama
- Source material / true-story basis
- Perry's play of the same name
- Franchise connections
- Why Did I Get Married?
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews and was moderately successful with audiences.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 49% · review count: 41; Metacritic · score: 54 · scale: 100 · review count: 12; CinemaScore · score: A+ · scale: A+ to F
- Awards and nominations
- Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture · NAACP Image Awards · Winner; Outstanding Motion Picture · NAACP Image Awards · Nominated; Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Jill Scott · NAACP Image Awards · Nominated; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Tyler Perry · NAACP Image Awards · Nominated
- Production trivia
- The film was shot in Georgia and British Columbia.; The film was inspired by a play of the same name.; The film launched a franchise including a sequel and a TV spinoff.
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