The Tyler Perry Collection: Why Did I Get Married?

Overview

Laugh along with Tyler Perry as the award-winning playwright examines the love, joy, faith, and trials of marriage in a hilarious and touching examination of the powerful bond shared between husband and wife. A marriage has been threatened by the advancements of a sexy and alluring young temptress, but just when it seems as if the familial bond may have finally withered so much that it can't withstand a little external pressure, the once close-knit family pulls together once again to re-examine their relationships and explore just what it means to devote your life to the one you love most.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2006
UPC:	0031398193296
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	NR
Source:	LIONS GATE
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:11:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;"Why Did I Get Married?" behind the scenes; Tyler Perry introduces Chandra Currelley "Love Songs"; Full screen version; English 2.0 Dolby Digital audio; Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital audio; English and Spanish subtitles; English closed captioning; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tyler Perry	Terry,Terry
Cheryl Riley	Performer,Performer
LaVan Davis	Performer,Performer
Donna Stewart	Performer,Performer
Cordell Moore	Performer,Performer
Greg Stewart	Actor,Actor
Anthony Grant	Performer,Performer
Demetria McKinney	Performer,Performer
Beverly Faulks	Performer,Performer

Technical Credits

Tyler Perry

Producer,Producer

Editorial Reviews

Tyler Perry is preaching to his choir with this matrimonial musical melodrama that unfolds during a family’s annual retreat. Terry (Greg Stewart) and “feisty” Diana (Donna Stewart) are happily married. Mike (Cordelle Moore) and Shelia (Cheryl Riley) are not. And “free spirit” Tray (Anthony Grant), Shelia’s unrequited crush, is bringing his “new girl,” none other than Trina (Demetria McKinney), a “tramp since the fourth grade.” Their host is Poppy (Lavan Davis), still mourning the loss of his beloved wife. Too bad Perry’s signature drag alter ego, Madea, wasn’t invited to the party, but Poppy, a boisterous, somewhat lascivious deacon (he speaks glowingly of plus-size daughter-in-law Diana’s “butt”) keeps the proceedings lively. Perry’s play, shot on videotape before a very vocal and appreciative audience, isn’t subtle, but it is effective in delivering Perry’s recurring themes of the importance of family, fidelity, self-respect, and worship (“God is the answer,” Poppy proclaims at play’s end). Why Did I Get Married? is perhaps not as accessible as one of Perry’s Madea plays (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea’s Family Reunion, Madea Goes to Prison), but it has all the soul-stirring, rafter-shaking uplift of a traveling salvation show. Acolytes old and new will want it on DVD, to have and to hold.