Why Did I Get Married? Page #6

Synopsis: Dr. Patricia Agnew, a psychologist, has written a best seller about marriage: hers and those of three other couples who together take a week's vacation each year to ask themselves, "Why did I get married?" It's time for one of those weeks, and all four relationships are strained: Patricia and her husband Gavin have the shadow of grief between them; Terry believes that Diane has abandoned him for her work; Angela, who's built a successful business, belittles her husband Marcus, who works for her; Mike is cruel to Sheila, his religious, overweight wife. During the week, each person's secret comes out. Will these marriages survive?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Tyler Perry
Production: Lionsgate Films
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
2007
113 min
$55,184,721
Website
7,586 Views


- I love her. Of course I do.

- Yes.

But I am not

having another baby.

There's no compromise in that.

Oh... I'm sorry, honey.

Is this difficult for you?

What? Oh, girl, please.

No. I'm fine.

Look at this.

This is cute on you.

We're talking about

you and Marcus.

- I'm gonna pray for y'all.

- Oh, no, honey.

We need to talk

about you and Mike.

Now, that's who needs prayer.

Mike is not so bad.

I just need to lose some weight,

and it'll get better for us.

- It's me. I know it's me.

- Shelia...

Shelia, don't blame

yourself like that.

- It is me.

- No!

I'm trying to lose weight

so that...

sometimes he looks at me

like I disgust him.

- Oh, Shelia.

- It'll get better.

Honey.

It'll get better.

I know it.

All right, Shelia, honey, look,

- I gotta tell you something...

- Angela.

What?

- What is it?

- Angie.

- Listen...

- Wait.

Shelia, look at what

I found in your size, girl.

Girl, Mike is gonna

love you in this.

Isn't this hot?

Did she just come?

Wait a minute. You know what?

Can y'all get her out of here.

- Angela, Angela.

- Angela!

- Angela!

- What?

Why do you have to be

so mean to her?

Shelia, I don't like her.

You don't even know her.

No. You don't know her.

You're trippin'.

All right, Dr. Agnew,

what you got to say about that?

- She's not ready.

- Oh, yeah.

You can say that again.

We don't keep cash in the store.

Wait a minute.

Did she just say that

- 'Cause we're black?

- Angie. Angie!

- Girl!

- I'm gonna have to deal with her.

- Angela.

- Excuse me.

Hey.

What the hell have you got on?

Trina said you might like it.

Trina lied.

Trina set you up.

You need to smack Trina.

You look like you're wearing

a damn tent.

You gotta tell me...

Mike, I want us to work.

Ooh, that's a good start, baby.

I love you.

I've always loved you.

What do I have to do

to make it work?

Well, you could lose

about 50 pounds.

Then I might be

somewhat attracted to you.

I might.

And, um, oh!

Something you can do now.

You can turn off the lamp.

You're beginning to glow.

Look like the cow that jumped

over the moon.

# Love of my life, my soul mate #

Trina.

- # You're my rest... #

- Oh, that girl's funny.

I tell you.

# Part of me... #

# Now half of me is left #

# I don't know anything at all #

# Who am I to say you love me? #

# I don't know anything at all #

# And who am I to say you need me? #

Are you ready

to talk about this?

Talk about what?

About you telling Monica

not to call me.

Dianne, if you don't

understand that,

there's nothing I need to say.

OK. What is this really about?

Dianne...

don't.

Why? What? Because this isn't about

just spending time together, is it?

I'm beginning to think

you're doing this on purpose.

What are you talking about?

You know I want more kids.

So... you fight with me every night

so we don't have to have sex.

We've been here two days, honey.

When do you think you'll be ready?

Heh. You know what, this is just...

good... good night.

Good night.

Hey, I just got off

the phone with the lab, man.

- You straight.

- Yeah!

Hey, hey, hey.

Don't sleep with Angela, man,

till that shot kicks in.

At least 4-5 days.

Not this week, OK?

Getting better and better.

Hey, you got to tell her.

What? Uh, I don't think so.

What the hell?

Hey, don't listen to this fool.

T- t-tell her.

Look, T. I'm gonna tell her,

you know what I'm saying?

I'll tell her.

Women don't know

as soon as men do.

Whoa. You just said

that he was good.

OK? There is no need to tell...

Listen, listen, man.

I keep trying to tell

you brothers about

the 80l20 rule.

- The what?

- The 80l20 rule.

In most cases, in marriage you're only

gonna get 80% of what you need.

That's it. No more, no less.

Most times, 80%.

Now, here comes

this woman offering 20%.

Now, 20% looks real good

when you ain't gettin' it.

But the problem is

you're gonna leave 80

thinking you're getting

something better,

and you end up with 20.

That makes perfect sense to me.

That's the dumbest thing

I've ever heard.

Marcus, do not tell this woman.

He's a idiot, that's what he is.

Why the hell you come

up here to be, just be a idiot?

Wait, wait, wait!

Wait. What was he saying?

Troy was telling me

that his parents

lived in this house for 30 years.

Wow.

They were married for 45.

Ooh, people don't stay

married that long no more.

Oh, I think Pat and Gavin will.

I hope so.

You're not sure?

Sounds like trouble in paradise?

There ain't no

trouble in paradise.

You know, you never

know what happens, you know.

Um, but you got to be

willing to do the work.

Yeah. We're not perfect.

You know, we have our days, but...

you know, we remember that

the bottom line is

we love each other.

And it's the love that gets us

through those tough days.

- Right, sweetie?

- Mm-hmm.

- To love.

- Love.

- Love.

- Love.

- Trina, you dropped your napkin.

- Oh. Thank you.

You're welcome.

So, um, you're the big-time sheriff

in this town, huh?

I wouldn't exactly say "big time. "

Well, this place is beautiful.

Thank you.

I think so, too.

I'd love to show you guys

around before you leave.

Mm. Thanks, um,

thanks but I can't do that.

We'd be up for that, yeah.

I'd love to, honey.

What time is good?

Anytime.

How about tomorrow? Early?

Sounds good to me.

I don't know if my wife will be able

to make it, though.

She probably has to check her

blackberry to see if she'll be available.

So, tell me, how much

a gig like that pay, huh?

Oh, my God. Mike.

- What?

- Forgive my husband, please.

No. I'm just saying

it can't be too much, that's all.

Well, Mike, I don't

do it for the money.

Some people do it for the enjoyment.

How about that?

Terry?

Mike do it for the "enjoyment. "

Oh, you must need

another drink, don't you?

And you need

some condoms, don't you?

Heh. Believe me. You don't want

to go down that road with me.

How about we go down

the ski slope skiing.

- Yes.

- Snowboarding.

You two snowboard, whatever.

Naw. Snowmobile.

I can't do that race stuff.

What's so funny?

You want to share with the table?

Mike, can you please

let these single people

- have a private moment?

- I agree.

Maybe after dinner you two

could go for a ride or something?

Oh, that sounds great.

So nice.

That sounds nice.

Fun.

Trina ain't going

nowhere with him.

- Why not?

- Yeah, Mike.

Why can't this single woman go out

with this single man?

Can we just drop this, please?

I'm so agreeing with

Dianne right now.

- Let him answer.

- Marcus, get your wife.

Come on, baby.

Give me that drink.

No. As matter of fact,

let me get another drink.

So Mike can tell us why

Trina can't go with Troy.

Angela...

really. It's no big deal.

Mike, can you please

let these single people

- have a private moment?

- I agree.

Maybe after dinner you two

could go for a ride or something?

Oh, that sounds great.

So nice.

That sounds nice.

Fun.

Trina ain't going

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Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million USD between May 2010 and 2011.Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Perry is estimated to have earned around US$75 million by 2008. Many of Perry's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. Perry has developed several television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21, 2006, to August 10, 2012. On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network. The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to the OWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area. Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network, The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful. The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as "one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations." more…

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