- IMDb page: Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
- Rate: 3.4/10 total 3,551 votes
- Genre: Drama
- Release Date: 29 March 2013 (USA)
- Runtime: USA:111 min
- Filming Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Gross: $46,382,020 (USA) (17 April 2013)
- Director: Tyler Perry
- Stars: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Aaron Zigman
- Soundtrack: In Love With Another Man
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat
- Plot Keyword: Female Protagonist | Husband Wife Relationship | Marriage Counselor | Extramarital Affair | Adultery
Known Trivia
- This is the second time Ella Joyce has played Jurnee Smollett-Bell's mother. The first was the 1999 television movie Selma, Lord, Selma, also filmed in Atlanta.
- It was Bill Cosby who first told Tyler Perry many years ago that he should pay attention to then child actor Jurnee Smollett-Bell.
- Tyler Perry wrote the role of Ava specifically for Kim Kardashian.
- While filming a pivotal scene between Judith and Brice, Lance Gross slammed the door of the truck so hard the window shattered.
- Lance Gross first worked with Tyler Perry in 'Meet the Browns'.
Plot: An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life. | »
Story: An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.
Produced By:
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell known as Judith
- Lance Gross known as Brice
- Kim Kardashian known as Ava
- Vanessa Williams known as Janice
- Robbie Jones known as Harley
- Renée Taylor known as Chapman
- Ella Joyce known as Sarah
- Brandy Norwood known as Melinda
- Jim Adams known as Client
- Alvin Aki known as Client #4
- Sidney Baxley known as Client #2
- Renee Ford Clark known as Sarah's Church Sister #2
- Candice Coke known as Marriage Counselor
- Stephanie Marie Douglas known as Choir Singer #1
- Timothy Scott Floyd known as Choir Singer #6
- Jack Brandon Frazier known as Choir Singer #4
- Howard C. French known as Client #1
- Ryan Johns known as Choir Singer #2
- Blanche Leigh Johnson known as Choir Singer #7
- Bethany Hurst Jones known as Choir Singer #5
- Doreen Ketchens known as Singer
- Bryson Lofton known as BJ
- Ronald Lynch known as Young Brice (10 yrs)
- Sheila Maddox known as Sarah's Church Sister #1
- Cara Mantella known as Social Advance Marriage Counselor
- Andrea Moore known as Lisa
- Shamea Morton known as Woman
- Nadine A. O'Brien known as Choir Singer #3
- Shaeleigh Person known as Young Judith (10 yrs)
- Andy Rusk known as Mountain Biker
- Zach Sale known as Brad
- Ron Bobb Semple known as Client #3
- DeMontrez Spears known as Man #1
- Peg Thon known as Mildred
Production Companies:
- Lionsgate
- Tyler Perry Company, The
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
- Eclipse Catering chef
- Harris Diversified a/c & power rental
- Hues Image FX graphic design
- Hues Image FX printing
- Hues Image FX vehicle graphics
- Liquid Soul Media marketing and publicity
- Modern VideoFilm post-production services
- Paskal Lighting grip and lighting equipment
- Pierce Law Group additional legal services
- Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd. post-production accountants
- Sam Hurwitz Productions electronic press kit production
- Scarlet Letters end titles
- Soundelux post-production sound services
- Todd-AO Studios post-production sound services
- yU+Co. main title design
- Entertainment One (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Lionsgate (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
Special Effects:
- Crafty Apes
Visual Effects by:
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content
Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
... if this movie was as awful as the reviews stated. It was.
ReplyDeleteIt's just...it's just SO bad. It's so bad it's like a parody of itself.Where to begin? The acting is horrible. The plot is implausible. Thedialog...who talks like this? No one I've ever known in my life. Fromthe big parts, like Judith, to small parts, like Crazy White Lady WhoWorks in the Drug Store - no one acts or speaks like a normal person.And who has a window in the middle of their house that goes from thebedroom to the kitchen? "I need to be able to see into my kitchen. Andthis will come in handy in case of a dramatic fight scene later." KimKardashian is the worst though. Her entire part consists of wearingtight designer dresses, and yelling at the lead character for not doingthe same. In a film of shallow characters, she's the shallowest.
In this film, Tyler Perry insults black people, white people, men,women, Christians, Southerners, drugstore employees, and anyone witheyeballs.
Over the weekend my wife and I decided to see this film because she's ahuge Tyler Perry fan and she's been wanting to see it badly. I reallywasn't to enthused about seeing this movie because I am not a TylerPerry fan.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, this movie was just as predictable as his others. Just likesome other Tyler Perry movies my wife and I saw together, I wascommentating some parts of the movie to her before it even happened.Now there was one part towards the end that did take me by surprise.
When ever I get the misfortune of watching a Tyler Perry film, I cansit through the entire movie and not crack one smile, but VanessaWilliams(Janice) and Renee Taylor(Chapman) had a couple of funny partsthat did make me chuckle a bit.
With all that being said, this movie was a little better than hisothers. Now I still wouldn't pay to see it in a theater or buy it onDVD. I would just wait till it got to RedBox and pay $1.31.
Temptation is a step up from Tyler Perry's previous ho-hum Alex Cross,but it still a far cry from being the kind film one would gush over.The two biggest draws in the film are Jurnee Smollett-Bell and KimKardashian. Smollett, who in her last film "The Great Debaters" (2007)gave an outstanding performance in great chemistry with stellar youngensemble, was not as bless with as high of a cast quality.Nevertheless, her acting as the seduced wife Judith was stretched insome new ways in "Temptation" and on the whole she doesn't do badly.
ReplyDeleteKardashian, is irritating in her role as Ava, Judith's work colleague,but then again, that is what her character is suppose to be. As such --many other critics' assessment notwithstanding, Kardashian's acting isneither good nor bad, but simply OK.
As for the plot, Tyler Perry(writer and director) puts forward aninteresting treatment of the issues of spousal and professionaldissatisfaction, and how that can be used in a seduction passion play.A decent directorial effort, but Perry is still struggling with somefilmmaking fundamentals such as pacing, camera angle decisions, andvery irritatingly, sound editing. There were points where the criticaldialogue of protagonists seducer and seducee was too mumbled to beanything close to erotic.
The film's biggest failing is the sexual chemistry between Judith andHarley(played by Robbie Jones). It just doesn't seem like a credibleattraction. Whether the actors, casting or direction is to blame, whoknows? But any Perry movie these days has to be considered high profile-- if for no other reason than his large audience drawing -- and assuch, anything short of smoking sexual chemistry represents a criticalmovie failure. I keep rooting for Perry, but this is typical of hisbest films -- mixed quality, mixed results.
I am fond of Tyler Perry, I like his work. But this one misses themark. In fact, it's no where close. I clicked on the "contains spoiler"box only because I really hope someone will read this and just avoidwasting 90 minutes of their life. The spoiler is this movie is a joke.Really. I found myself laughing, not because of the comedy (which isabsent from the movie), but laughing because of how bad it was.
ReplyDeleteAn extremely predictable plot laced with laughable acting make thismovie a complete waste of time...and money! Of course, any movie thatcasts Kim Kar-Trashian with more than 30 seconds of script is sure tobe as garbage as one may expect. Not that she ruined the movie, but itwas definitely an extra kick in the teeth to an already straight-to-DVDB-movie at best. This is a movie you get payback on one of your friendswith; but watch out, after watching this movie they may not be yourfriends anymore!
I guess it's official - if the name "Tyler Perry" is on a product, it'sas spoiled as old milk. I won't bore you with too many details. KimKardashian stars in this movie as an actress. If that doesn't say itall, nothing else will. Vanessa Williams can't do a French accent ifher life depended on it. And the story line... a preachy sermon thatlets us all know about how black people should act... or get punishedfor their haughty misdeeds. Wow. Tyler Perry should be punished forcharging money for this conceit of his. Pumping out garbage regularly,if his name is anywhere in the vicinity, get ready for made for TVnonsense and raunch if it doesn't have to confine itself to the rulesof the airwaves. Don't say you weren't warned - I just saved you$10-15.
ReplyDeletePlease i would like my money back. Tyler Perry movies one expects to beentertained have some laughs and go home smiling. Nothing serious ormind boggling deep rooted drama.
ReplyDeleteKim Kardashian ruins this experience like no other, talk about woodencant speak understandably nasals along lifeless and ruins the fun ofgoing to the movies.
Please there must be some consideration that for a family it is $80 atrip to the movies cost and than to get put this inability of acting onthe screen is pure fraud. I feel defrauded. do not go to see this it issimply not worth the price of a DVD.
trash pure trash thanks to the casting of Kim.
"Tyler Perry's Temptation"- Once again, an example of a non-Madea TylerPerry flick where he believes that a handsome face and a stellar smilecan make the film work! In this case, he couldn't be more wrong!Temptation delivers very little more than a ridiculously simple andpredictable plot, horrible acting, and as anti-climactic an ending asI've ever seen. I mean, honestly, there are two types of people in thisworld; Those that will think this movie is 'genius' JUST because TylerPerry wrote it and those who will actually use their brains to finallyrealize that the garbage he puts on not just the big screen, but cabletelevision as well is nothing more than stereotypical, melodramaticbullshit that characterizes Black people as oversexed animals with nomoral core and who love to participate in the drama that each of hisliterary pieces is based on. PLEASE, if you are one of those whoactually use their brains as mentioned above, RESIST THE "TEMPTATION"TO SEE THIS GARBAGE! 4.5/10
ReplyDeleteThere are many things to admire about Tyler Perry. His ascent in theentertainment industry is incredible, and he has used his powereffectively to give a voice to the African-American experience the sameway Woody Allen has for the Jewish experience. He gives opportunitiesto young African-Americans actors and veterans such as Cicely Tyson whowould struggle to find work elsewhere. Perry is a shrewd, powerfulbusinessman. But he's a horrible director and mediocre writer. Hislatest project "Temptation" is his worst to date. The premise not onlystraddles the lines of implausibility, it's downright ridiculous. Agirl-next-door-type (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) who is married to a man shehas known since they were both 6 years old suddenly decides to have anaffair with one of her clients. She also starts to snort cocaine andhang out in seedy nightclubs. A subplot involving actress/singer Brandyis also dumb, and the plot twist at the end is the icing on the cake tothis mess. When the credits began rolling, the reaction in my theaterfelt like a collective "Are you kidding me?" Perhaps it only makessense that Kim Kardashian is in this movie. Remember in algebra classwhen we learned that a negative and a positive always equal a negative?That's what the scenes between Kardashian and Smollett-Bell produce.One can act, one can't. You do the math. Perry also needs to stop withthe pointless close-up shots and phony eye-drop tears. Although withthis flop, it's the audience members who paid $10 who should be crying.
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