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Not Easily Broken - Reviews

Opened: Jan 09, 2009

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thisrealitybites

	Member Rating:		6
By thisrealitybites, Flixster Mar 21, 2010
the wife and mom irritated the crap out of me in this movie where a wife alienates her patient and long suffering husband by her attitude and accusations. She g... Read More

chosen718

	Member Rating:		5
By chosen718, Flixster Dec 31, 2009
A little preachy and cheesy at times but it's actually a decent film for the most part. Good performances by Chestnut and Henson. Kevin Hart was entertaining bu... Read More

majikhandzz

	Member Rating:		6
By majikhandzz, Flixster Dec 29, 2009
Happy ending and all, this was well done. The cast, Morris Chestnut, Taraij P. Henson, and Jenifer Lewis rocked. Powerful betrayal of a marriage. Read More

movietiffany

	Member Rating:		2
By movietiffany, Flixster Nov 29, 2009
This is an alright movie I suspose. I thought the acting was well done, but I did not care to much about the plot and I mostly found the whole thing way to pre... Read More

filmguy450

	Member Rating:		1
By filmguy450, Flixster Nov 26, 2009
Plodding, lifeless, and stupid. All the characters are so broad that the barely register and the message is so heavy-handed that it hurts. Read More

laditea

	Member Rating:		9
By laditea, Flixster Jul 02, 2009
Excellent movie that gives women insight on the male perspective. A lot of strong woman are gulity of behaving in this manner. I believe a lot of woman should w... Read More

svmainus

	Member Rating:		7
By svmainus, Flixster Jun 04, 2009
A chick-flick but a good one. A bit of a tear-jerker but a wise and lovely film. I wish we saw Morris Chestnut in more - he is such a good actor and his perfo... Read More

kalh7338

	Member Rating:		7
By kalh7338, Flixster May 24, 2009
I kept bypassing this movie to watch cause it seemed boring but I love the heartfelt message behind the entire movie and that it s a christian message. I think ... Read More

prtbrngrl

	Member Rating:		8
By prtbrngrl, Flixster May 23, 2009
Good movie even though I am not a fan of T.D. Jakes. It told a lot of truths about love, relationships, and how some of us view them and take them for granted. Read More

armybratgeo

	Member Rating:		8
By armybratgeo, Flixster May 09, 2009
This was a preety powerful betrayal of a marriage as most of them are. Good Lord I wanted to shoot her, lol. Unfortanetly most marriages are like that. You get ... Read More

ileo

	Member Rating:		8
By ileo, Flixster Apr 24, 2009
Here is an interesting movie that centralizes on love, faith, temptation, resentment, and estrangement. A husband and wife are sorely tested in this movie when ... Read More

USA Today	Critic Rating:	5
By Claudia Puig
Jul 07, 2010
Not Easily Broken is well-acted and involving, though this relationship drama may put some people off with its overt sentimentality and moralizing.
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Washington Post	Critic Rating:	8
By Ann Hornaday
Jul 07, 2010
Not Easily Broken exerts an unmistakable appeal, thanks to an absorbing story and fine performances from Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson.
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Chicago Reader	Critic Rating:	2
By Andrea Gronvall
Jul 07, 2010
A queasy mix of comedy, melodrama, and self-help spirituality.
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Hollywood Reporter	Critic Rating:	8
By Kirk Honeycutt
Jul 07, 2010
[It] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down.
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Los Angeles Times	Critic Rating:	6
By Glenn Whipp
Jul 07, 2010
Not Easily Broken isn't perfect, but it is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune	Critic Rating:	8
By Colin Covert
Jul 07, 2010
A well-crafted message picture disguised as soap opera.
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New York Post	Critic Rating:	4
By Kyle Smith
Jul 07, 2010
Why go for imitation Tyler Perry when the master is so industrious? Perry's next one should be along in about 10 minutes.
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Newsday	Critic Rating:	5
By Rafer Guzman
Jul 07, 2010
It turns out, though, that a woman can save any marriage with a little home cooking and extra sex.
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Entertainment Weekly	Critic Rating:	7
By Chris Nashawaty
Jan 14, 2009
Laughter through tears is director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target.
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San Francisco Chronicle	Critic Rating:	6
By Justin Berton
Jan 09, 2009
Like some marriages, it has its flaws, but perhaps it's the good stuff that's worth focusing on.
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EOnline	Critic Rating:	0
By EOnline
Jan 08, 2009
A good Christian man named Dave (Morris Chestnut) finds his marriage sorely tested when his shallow, materialistic wife, Clarice (Taraji P. Henson), has her leg broken in a car... © 2009 E! Entertainment Television, Inc. All rights reserved., http://www.eonline.com/about/copyright/index.jsp
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Variety	Critic Rating:	0
By Variety
Jan 08, 2009
Film Reviews: The T.D. Jakes faith-based media empire expands even further into mainstream entertainment with "Not Easily Broken," a contempo melodrama about a marriage under stress that, religious overtones and sheer artistic skill aside, isn't too far from some similar-themed films of the '50s by Douglas Sirk and Richard Quine. Copyright 2009, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For non-commercial use only.
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