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(2014)

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Based on 16 critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com
60
One of the best products to roll off the prolific multihyphenate's Atlanta-based assembly line, largely absent the pandering humor and finger-wagging moralism that have bedeviled many of Perry's earlier (if undeniably popular) efforts.
58
As with most of his films (Madea-centric and otherwise), subtlety isn't Perry's strongest suit. He tends to hammer his audience over the head with canned sentimentality, lazy stereotypes, and easy uplift.
50
It's an improvement on some of Perry's other films that strike a heavy-handed moralistic note. And it lacks the silly slapstick humor of his Madea movies.
50
As ever, he has the last laugh. This is How Stella Got Her Groove Back, for the Pop-Tart crowd, a wish-fulfillment weepie that not only narrowly clears Perry's low bar, thanks mostly to McLendon-Covey and Brown, but has already sold the TV sitcom rights to Oprah.
50
The Single Moms Club is almost good.
40
The New York Times
Mr. Perry's latest film touches upon some recognizable and realistic challenges with efficient compassion, but there's probably more dramatic tension in a car pool than in this film's collection of predicaments.
40
This is a film about catharsis and camaraderie, not logic. For some, that - and a chance to see characters the movies often ignore - will be enough to join the club.
40
Never a filmmaker known for his subtlety, The Single Moms Club turns out to be one of Perry's most distinctive efforts.
38
This lame tale just falls completely flat.
33
Partway through the film, a viewer may begin to yearn for Perry's usual schizoid shtick, the cacophony of screeches and sobs.
30
The problem here isn't the writer-director's politics, but his stifling lack of imagination, his complete refusal to even attempt narrative dexterity.
30
Even Tyler Perry seems bored and exhausted by his own shtick. To its credit or detriment, Single Moms Club cannot muster up the energy to be as insulting and offensive as Perry's previous two films.
25
Perry has made better movies, and perhaps worse ones. But never one as dull as this.
10
The only things left out of The Single Moms Club are genuine humor and emotion.
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