Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) is madly in love with girlfriend Grace Peeples (Kerry Washington) He wants to propose, but Grace is heading out for the annual Peeples reunion with her family. Wade is rather suspicious about things, and decides to crash the party. Wade immediately gets off on the wrong foot with Grace's dad (David Alan Grier)
Come on Tyler Perry, you're better than this. His films always have people divided in half, but this just screams unoriginality. I couldn't help but pine for Meet the Parents when watching this movie, which this movie blatantly tries to emulate. Craig Robinson is essentially Ben Stiller, while David Alain Grier is Robert DeNiro. Even the brother Simon Peeples (Tyler James Williams) is Jon Abrahams from Meet the Parents. I don't mind homage, or a tribute, but put some effort in! I didn't laugh once during this movie. It surprisingly refrains from crudity a lot of the time, but I was so appalled at the lack of originality. Meet the Parents wasn't perfect, but at least it was funny. Craig Robinson doesn't have enough charisma to get this movie over the hump. He isn't a good enough actor to be convincing in the emotional scenes, and he's not funny enough to command the attention of yours truly. I felt no sympathy for him what so ever. I know Craig has his fans, but to me he's just another unfunny comedic guy to make it big in Hollywood. Kerry Washington is much better than the material deserves. She's gorgeous, and a good actress to boot. David Alan Grier tries to do a DeNiro to no avail. He's very serious for most of the duration, with a few goofy scenes here and there. I didn't like him at all.
Final Thoughts: Watch Meet the Parents, and leave this one be. Those that think I'm being unfair by calling it a rip-off have every right to think that. But watch it for yourself. You can't help but notice it!
3/10
