Clevercell
Very disappointing...
Verity Robins
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Dana
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
ashley-armstrong1989
I knew this movie would suck, because remakes never workout and only 2 cast members actually know how to act without being typed casted. The original cast did the movie justice, but after watching this movie for 5 minutes I shut it off.
smooth_op_85
Of course the original can't be improved upon and many ask why did they decide to touch a classic film...and why just do a "black version"? That aside, I decided to look at the film as its own instead of comparing it to the original while keeping tabs about it more as a companion film So, most of us know the characters from the original we loved so much. Six wonderful women and their lives. Casting here is amazing and Queen Latifah is an amazing M'Lynn. She plays the strong woman who has that moment of realness later in the movie and this one for me is great. I think she pulls it off well Phylicia Rashad's Clairee is just stellar, and Alfre Woodard's Ouisie is very funny...the two together are just great Rounding out the cast with Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad the latter 2 being young ladies they really did a great job as their respective characters. I liked Jill Scott as the very sweet woman who just wants her man's attentionAll in all, while it's nearly a spot for spot of the original I enjoyed it because they had women that I related to that could have been my sister, Mom or Grandma 8 out of 10 stars all its own
anotherweasley
I'm such a huge fan of the original film-so many strong actresses and it was SO funny...I was excited to see the remake. Less than 20 minutes into it, I was already disappointed. That's an under-statement. Not only were the choices for the lead actresses terrible, but some of the dialogue was VERBATIM from the original film! If you're trying to match it that closely, you'd better make sure that you SURPASS the original film. It just didn't happen. Not to mention that some of my favorite characters were not only not as funny as the original actresses, but they weren't funny AT ALL! The dialogue/lines may have been the same, but the delivery was an epic fail (Ouiser, for instance...originally played by Shirley Mclain-hilarious-in the remake-not even remotely funny, even though many of the lines were exactly the same.)I would say the ONLY scene that made the movie a little good/worth watching was the scene between M'Lynn and Shelby just before the transplant operation. It added something deeper to that whole part of the film to have M'Lynn say she was glad she could give life to Shelby more than once-that was a good addition.Other than that, don't bother. Watch the original twice instead.
cyn_is_in
This is one remake that should have never been considered, let alone done.First, the casting was all wrong. Why in the world would anyone, including Latifah, think she was the perfect choice to play the role Sallie Field's originated? Of those actresses, Phylicia Rashad would've played it best. Alfre Woodard would have been better playing Clarice and Jenifer Lewis would have been good as Ouiser. I like Jill Scott, I think she is a good actress, and she was good in her role. My issue was with her accent. She should not have attempted a southern accent. The other two actresses weren't bad in their parts. Their accents sucked too, but overall they were not that bad.The original is a classic. The remake is a travesty.
