In case you're having trouble recalling this movie, Kevin's synopsis goes like this: Successful black man is stalked by crazy white b***h (Ali Larter) and threatens to ruin his marriage with his new wife (Beyonce). And I know what you're thinking... "Kevin, why would you even bother making a thread for this movie?" Well guys, this movie sucked in so many ways, I just couldn't stop myself (there will be spoilers, but let's not kid ourselves...if you haven't seen this movie, you probably won't care either way).
My main issue with the movie is that...the black guy was WAY too innocent. From scene one with the crazy white b***h (Larter), he was pretty indifferent toward her. He talked to her, but at no point did he really lead her on. He wasn't even tempted by her in the slightest despite her constantly throwing herself at him...which is kinda crazy cause it's Ali ******** Larter...and she looked damn good in the movie (granted, she was crazy...but still).
Then they get to the "climax" of the movie...where the wife (Beyonce) finds out about the white b***h's exploits. Now granted, I guess she had a right to be pissed cause the loyal husband/successful black man never told her about it, though he never did anything. But she went overboard...cause, you know...she's the new wife and she's jealous of the crazy b***h for some reason. So she throws him out of the house, but then decides to give him an opportunity to prove himself by letting him take her out for his birthday (I'd say that doesn't make sense, but I imagine that's exactly what married life is like...).
And from the "reveal" to here, he is trying to explain to her the true story. And I have to stop here just to say that from all that's happened so far...it's easy to tell a lot about the guy who wrote the story. I'm going to say...black guy...probably was unfaithful towards his significant other at one point...most likely with a white b***h...and he got caught and he tried to explain it. He then took his explanation a step further by turning it into a movie script...cause that's how the whole thing reads. "Nah, baby. That b***h came on to me! I would never cheat on you baby...You like Beyonce to me, boo!" I'm sure if you saw it, you'd think the same.
Then they get to the home stretch where new wife gets a little ghetto towards crazy white b***h, threatening to beat her a**...then the finale where the two have a stand off...and you get this as the end of their fight (which takes place in the attic):
-New wife leads crazy white b***h to part of floor that's weak.
-NW knocks CWB through the floor, but CWB grabs onto railing
-NW has change of heart, tries to save CWB
-CWB, cause she's crazy, tries to pull NW down with her
-NW releases her grip, CWB falls to death....er, near death until chandelier falls on her
Scene...The new wife killed the crazy white b***h...the cops show up...but no one questions this. Even if she claimed self-defense (which would be very flimsy considering how the fight went down) she would have to be questioned. The only thing resembling any sort of concern was the inept white female cop (I could have just said female cop, as every one in the film besides the black couple is white...and inept) asks her what happens, and the new wife says "you know what happened".....No...No she doesn't. She wasn't there. I mean, you can surmise she fell through the whole in your ceiling, but still...questions must be asked.
And if you're wondering why I keep using their character types instead of names, it's not because I don't remember them (well, that's part of it)....It's because that's how they acted in the movie...as a "character". They were all one dimensional...probably cause that's how the story was written. Everything Larter did was crazy because she was playing crazy. Everything Beyonce did screamed new (black) wife cause she was a new (black) wife...her entire world revolved around her being married to a successful black man (and then she got ghetto at the end). I guess the loyal husband/successful black man was actually two dimensional, but he acted one way toward his wife, and another toward the crazy white b***h.
To surmise, shitty doesn't begin to describe this film. It was like a Tyler Perry movie, only not funny...so pretty much, exactly like a Tyler Perry movie. In fact, this is probably one of those movies that's so bad that you can watch it to laugh at, meaning it would be much funnier than a Tyler Perry movie...
