The Single Moms Club (2014)

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This - according to the blurb, is a film about women coming together, formed by a bond of all being single mums. Unfortunately, it being a male writer and director, strong independent women aren't allowed to stay single for long, it seems, and all they really need to be happy and content is for a man to come into their lives EVERY SINGLE ONE of the five lead characters found the happiness they were missing in their lives when a new man comes along - i.e. being a single mom was an unempowering situation, and now they have a testosterone-fuelled bloke to look after them, everything is rosy. Really?!! Is this really what men think about female solidarity? That they're only doing it in lieu of having a man in their life? Really? I hoped we'd moved on from that a long time ago.

Well...I never wrote a review but this movie seems like i have to... I'm a single mom and this movie was amazing true life story told by different angles.5 moms met at strange occasions and become friends... They helped each other and supported themselves in a very difficult situations. The characters are very well played and the story is interesting till the end. What i loved about this movie is that all the moms are living in different circumstances and the point is that they are all the same-single moms.I recommend this move to all the single moms out there having a trouble dealing with problems and don't know how to move on. Very inspiring movie.

Review: I really thought that this was going to be a chick flick about a group of women who are totally against men, but I actually enjoyed the film because of its witty comedy and the interesting characters who all have there own personal problems, being single parents. I had total respect each of the women because they really brought to light, how difficult it is to bring up a child/children, by yourself. Like a lot of Tyler Perry's movie, it does get a bit serious halfway through the movie, when the kid goes missing, and I did think that the film could have done without that added element, but in all, I did find it funny and a joy to watch. The acting from each of the characters was believable and in some parts, quite emotional and it was good to see each of the individuals find there feet by the end. Watchable!Round-Up: My expectations wasn't that high for this film, after reading some bad reviews, but it's written and directed quite well. The somewhat large black lady and the business woman cracked me up, along with Terry Crews, who doesn't mind making a fool out of himself when he's on screen. Nia Long, who starred alongside her real son in the movie, really did bring some emotion to the film along with Amy Smart who played the timid single parent who was going through a difficult divorce. Anyway, the different characters and there completely different situations, keep the movie interesting and enjoyable.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $16millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there emotional comedy/dramas about 5 women who form a single parents club to help them through there tough situations. 5/10

You know when the funniest thing in your movie is Terry Crews, you have a problem. I have not seen a film considered a comedy drama make me groan so much at the comedy and laugh so much at the drama. Its a spectacular achievement for Tyler Perry and it makes me wonder if his other movies have also 'achieved' this.The story is a mess, it has no idea what its doing. One minute they focus on the Moms having to do a fund-raising thing (I think, I wasn't very interested)and then they just drop that all together and decide its going to be a fun comedy about 'The Single Moms Club', but then it drops that and decides to be a serious Drama with all the clichés that goes into those. Its insane how much this film jumps around and by the end you have no idea what you watched.The comedy is non existent. The jokes aren't quick, witty and to the point, they are long, drawn out shtick about sex. Its just awful, they dedicate about two minutes to a joke between one of the couples (I don't care who they are) and its basically two minutes of innuendo about him being able to 'pound' and he has loads of 'wood' ...hahahaha get it, because he's a contractor or something and it can also relate to sex, ha-ha its hilarious, no its not, its lazy humor and I wanted to stick pins in my ears because the sound of blood gushing would be funnier than this trash.The characters are the definition of one dimensional, I don't think I learned one thing about them besides their character traits and even then I have a hard time remembering them because they were so boring. The male leads are either made out to be evil, sweat or just try hards, they get about as much development as the womens handbags, one of the men isn't even developed with a trait, he's a name, he's in the movie then he's out and never mentioned again. Don't even get me started on the kids.The drama is just as horrible as the comedy. Its just a different cliché for each woman to go through, all are estranged from their kids, one cannot raise her own child because she's an idiot , ones an uptight businessman who doesn't have time for her kid, one is trying to keep her son from going to jail and blah blah blah, boring boring boring. It's just going through the motions of a drama without any build up or emotional connection, when you add the shaky plot and horrendous comedy, the drama becomes even more diluted in the mess.None of it makes any sense either. I never feel like one scene goes into the next, everything feels like A to B to C and it never feels like human beings are talking and any of what's going on is real, it feels fake. Relationships are started within seconds, ideas are started and then stopped and things seemed to be mentioned and then never mentioned again, as if everything that happens in a scene is confined to that one scene and nowhere else in the film.Overall, If you want a film that shows strong, funny women who have chemistry in a film with a coherent plot, watch Bridesmaids, don't give this film the time of day it doesn't deserve.