It seems like a lot of movie and tv reviews have been the topic of my blog lately, but I was pretty sick last week and laying around was the only thing I could handle. So when I saw this movie on netflix that I had been wanting to see, it was a no brainer. My sister even watched with me and got into it, which was a nice surprise.
If you're unaware, it's a Tyler Perry movie about the confessions of a marriage counselor. Kim Kardashian is in it, but it's a predominantly black cast. And it was SO good! I really enjoyed it, even though it was different than what I expected. I totally recommend checking it out.
Now onto the SPOILERS, the story starts with a marriage counselor who is dealing with a fighting couple. The guy storms out of the room and the counselor can tell the woman has been having an affair so she tells her the story about her "sister" Judith, which is really her. She grew up with a strict mom and she fell in love with this guy as a teen, and her mom eventually gave it and didn't fight them being together. They got married and moved away.
She was working at a matchmaker's office in the city when this guy came in and they hit it off. Side note: this is where Kim Kardashian's character came in. She worked there, too and she was always ragging on Judith for not dressing pretty enough and that labels make the person. I'm not trying to be rude, but I think she was playing herself. I've seen "Keeping up with the Kardashians". She is very material driven. But she did do a pretty good job acting and looked very pretty so I give her props.Back to the story.At the same time, her husband was busy and not giving her attention. He forgot her birthday and the other guy was giving her more attention. They worked together sometimes as he was a prospective investor in the company and did things for her and promised her the world and was so sweet. Everything she was missing.They started having an affair.
All the while, her husband was working as a pharmacist and a co-worker of his was really nervous because she had been on the run for years from her abusive ex-boyfriend. He used to be sweet, but then totally turned crazy and had been making her life miserable ever since. A friendship brewed between the two, but nothing more. He saw his wife slipping away and her mom came to visit and also sensed something was up. He eventually found out she was messing around on him and wanted to get her back.
One night he found out the guy his co-worker had been running from gave her HIV and it turned out being the same guy his wife was cheating on him with. (I SO called it). So he went to rescue her and he had beaten her up.
It cuts back to the present day and the wife in counseling is crying and thanking her for sharing the story. We then see Judith go visit the pharmacy and she gets her HIV medicine from her husband- who we then learn is her ex-husband, as his new wife and child come in the pharmacy. So she lost her husband and health all because of a bad decision. The story was told really well and it definitely goes to show every decision has consequences- good and bad.
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