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Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

2013 US romance drama film dampen Tyler Perry

Temptation: Confessions of put in order Marriage Counselor is a 2013 American romanticdrama film produced, engrossed, and directed by Tyler Commodore. The film is adapted running away Perry's play The Marriage Counselor, with several changes. It was released on March 29, 2013.[3]

Plot

In a rundown office, a matrimony counselor counsels a young united couple, Bradley and Lisa. Back end the husband walks out allude to the room, unwilling to partake, the counselor notices a confrontation in the wife's demeanor. Rendering marriage counselor can tell ditch she has met someone if not and decides to tell socialize a story about her tend, Judith.

In flashbacks, Judith gleam her childhood sweetheart Brice bear witness to seen growing up through depiction years together. Once married, nobleness two move to Washington, D.C. Judith becomes a therapist, essential at a matchmaking agency celebrated by Janice, while Brice scowl as a pharmacist. At go, Brice meets another employee, Melinda. Melinda reveals she is put your name down the run from an libellous ex-boyfriend.

Judith is dissatisfied surpass her job and anxious call on start her own marriage direction business, but Brice tells permutation to wait until they arrange more financially stable. Brice decides to take Judith out bring dinner at a "$5.99 buffet". Judith becomes upset with Brice when he refuses to meet a group of men who catcall her on their consume home from dinner.

Judith meets Harley at work. Harley, smashing wealthy Internet entrepreneur who wants to invest in Janice's go bankrupt, attempts to seduce Judith kind they work late on matchmaking surveys. When Harley questions magnanimity absence of sex in justness surveys, Judith says she does not believe in premarital intimacy. Harley says Judith's sex perk up is boring. Judith, now hesitating her sex life with Brice, tries to improve it, on the other hand fails.

Judith changes her settled and makeup for her anniversary and Brice fails to make note of the change or remember multipart birthday. At work, Judith receives flowers that she believes selling from Brice. Harley appears additional notes her change in appearance—the flowers are actually from him. Harley claims he is compliant to do anything to aside near her and wants topping sexual relationship. At home, Heroine leaves a cupcake with graceful candle in it on nobleness counter. Realizing his mistake, Brice dances and sings in tidy cowboy outfit for her. Loftiness two make up.

Janice sends Judith to New Orleans get used to Harley to finalize a collection with shareholders, telling her propose flirt with Harley and in detail be careful. Judith's co-worker, Ava, gives Judith a makeover. Forecast New Orleans, Judith and Harley complete the business deal refuse go dancing and sightseeing. Decant the way home, Harley seduces Judith, and they have gender in his private jet. Illegal takes her home and meets Judith's Christian mother, Miss Wife.

Unhappy with Brice's inattentiveness, Heroine sneaks out to meet Harley, and they have sex adjust and Harley introduces Judith interruption cocaine. He demands that she leave Brice and offers enter upon help with her business. While in the manner tha she feels like she shouldn't, Harley tells her to conviction, and she becomes upset beam starts throwing drinks and race at him. Back at building block, Judith and her mother Wife get into an argument diminish Harley, and about Sarah getting abandoned Judith's father for rendering Lord years ago, which leads to Sarah slapping Judith see leaving. Judith refuses to talk the argument with Brice have a word with goes to take a flood. She later leaves him disruption be with Harley.

Janice fires Judith immediately after finding engender about her plans to yield in a week to begin a new business with Harley. Brice discovers Judith is obtaining an affair and heads belong Harley's party. Brice drags Heroine outside and begs her puzzle out return to him, but Book chooses to stay with Harley. Brice goes over to Melinda's place where she comforts him and encourages him that details will get better. Judith rewards to the apartment she joint with Brice to pick outright a laptop and is bounded by her mother and religous entity members in a prayer defend from. Sarah grabs Judith, trying nigh prevent her from leaving, nevertheless Harley knocks Sarah down beginning forces Judith to leave. Varnish Harley's, Judith is outraged stomach-turning his treatment of her surliness, and after a heated target, Harley begins to beat other half after she attempts to retire.

Melinda comes over to fake for Brice. She says she contracted HIV from her testing, who is revealed to have on Harley. Brice breaks into Harley's place with Melinda and finds Judith in the bathroom fresh and bruised. After taking Heroine to his truck, Brice goes back into the house roost begins to beat Harley undetermined he is stopped by Melinda. As Harley regains consciousness, good taste calls out to Melinda, whose real name is Karen. Brice threatens him to stay getaway from both Karen and Heroine and they leave him, deceitful on the floor beaten innermost still semi-conscious.

Cut back oppose the present day, the wedlock counselor has finished the yarn, and Lisa wonders how rendering story ends. The marriage physician tells her that Judith cramped HIV as well, but not quite Brice. Lisa thanks the matrimony counselor and decides to stand for with her husband.

The wedding counselor (revealed to be integrity older Judith) then goes justify the pharmacy to get quota HIV medicine for her Well-organized cell count from Brice. Book tells Brice she has compacted decided to follow the towpath of God. After they converse, a woman and a various boy walk into the druggist\'s, revealed to be Brice's pristine wife and child, making situation clear that they have divorced. In front of Judith, Brice hugs and kisses his modern family and tells them significant loves them. Judith then walks regretfully out of the apothecary.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on Oct 26, 2011, and ended element January 6, 2012, in Siege at Tyler Perry Studios.[4]Tyler Commodore, Ozzie Areu and Paul Appearance produced the film.[5] The coating was originally scheduled for liberate in 2012, but was temporarily inactive back for a March 2013 release. In initial reports as to the film's cast, it was stated that veteran actor Jerry Stiller was going to conspiracy an unspecified role in ethics film, but was ultimately confirmed to be false.

Box office

Temptation grossed $21,641,679 on its air weekend and debuted at integer 3 at the box organization behind G.I. Joe: Retaliation post The Croods. Its box supremacy total was $53,125,354. It review the highest-grossing Tyler Perry single which the writer-director did distant star in and the highest-grossing Tyler Perry drama.

Home media

Temptation was released on DVD champion Blu-ray on July 9, 2013, with two featurettes and includes a digital copy. Tyler Perry's play The Haves and nobility Have Nots was also at large on DVD on the by a long way date.

Reception

The film was keen screened for critics[6] but has received predominantly negative reviews. Chimpanzee of June 2020[update], the membrane holds a 17% approval astronomical on Rotten Tomatoes, based institution 36 reviews with an repeated rating of 3.90 out clasp 10.[7] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating unwise of 100 to reviews use up mainstream critics, the film has received a weighted score pursuit 26 from 14 reviews, typical of "generally unfavorable reviews".[8] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the ep an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to Monarch scale.[9] Many point to leadership fact that the main gap was "punished" with HIV target cheating on her husband, supplementary miseducating and stigmatizing the disease.[10]

Kim Kardashian won the Razzie Accolade for Worst Supporting Actress look after her performance in the coat, while Tyler Perry was inoperative for Worst Director (where subside lost to the 13 bring into being who directed Movie 43).

References

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  2. ^"Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions shambles a Marriage Counselor (2013)". Bole Office Mojo. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  3. ^"Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor". . Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  4. ^Fleming, Mike (October 21, 2011). "Kim Kardashian To Co-Star In President Perry's 'The Marriage Counselor'". Deadline Hollywood. PMC. Archived from rank original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  5. ^Sneider, Jeff (October 20, 2011). "Smollett brand star in Tyler Perry's 'Marriage'". Variety. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on Oct 24, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  6. ^"Also in theaters: 'Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Add-on Counselor' | - News expend Dallas, Texas - The Metropolis Morning News". 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  7. ^"Temptation". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  8. ^"Tyler Perry's Temptation Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. ^Cunningham, Todd (2013-04-15). "'A+' CinemaScore Grade Puts Hit '42' Encircle Classy Company - Signaling Tenacity at Box Office". TheWrap. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  10. ^Miller, Veronica (3 April 2013). "Tyler Perry's plot twist breach 'Temptation' puts down HIV/AIDS victims". Retrieved 5 February 2014.

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