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I ordered this on OnDemand a few weeks ago and I wasn't at all impressed with the film. I was, however, impressed with Kimberly Elise's and Loretta Devine's performances. Those two women alone carry this mess of a film. The film is filled with clichés. And the way the story is presented is sort of mismatched and should've been shown in the proper order, from front to back, not from back to front (with the ending being first.) The film could've been a really great one if somebody touched up the screenplay and got a better director. With that all being said, the film has a powerful opening and two powerful performances from Kimberly Elise and Loretta Devine. It's sad how two actresses (both of whom are personal favorites of mine) are reduced to getting scraps like this for films. Their immense talent is wasted on awful, forgettable movies such as this when it should be used in good quality films that zip them off to the Oscars. It's sad that Hollywood has this bunch of actresses that they have no idea what to do with so the real talent is left to getting D-grade fair such as this. I wouldn't say that it's a black or white thing as far as actors/actresses getting good roles but Hollywood sure has a lot of underused talent with black actors. The mentioned Loretta Devine and Kimberly Elise come to mind, as well as Whoopi Goldberg. After The Color Purple all she got was those pathetic comedies (with only sister Act and Ghost rising to the occasion.) With that being said there are just as many white actors as there are black actors that Hollywood has no idea what to do with so I don't think it's a matter of Hollywood being racist anymore, just being stupid.

There are a lot of things in this movie that probably wouldn't turn out that way in real life. For example, Kimberly Elise would not murder Clifton Powell during the middle of a church service. I know he raped and molested Kimberly's character when she was young. But she had plenty of opportunities to murder him. Why couldn't she wait until after the church service to blow him away? And as for Loretta Devine's ignorant character, she should have left Clifton Powell's snake behind way before he raped Kimberly Elise's character. All mothers believe their own daughter before any man. In real life, TD Jakes would have never visited one of the members that went to his revival in jail. The movie ended in a cliffhanger. We don't know if Kimberly Elise was executed or not. But it is very very rare for a woman to be executed. This movie lost five of my stars because the plot was not realistic.

In this film, T.D. Jakes cites the statistic that a woman is "killed by a man who says he loves her" every 15 seconds. This is inaccurate. The statistic that he should have cited is that a woman is "battered" every 15 seconds. This was a major motion picture (and an enjoyable one at that)and so it is hard to believe facts like that were not vetted. If they were vetted, this would seem to be an intentional distortion. The movie was impressively shot and presented, and I came away at least impressed with Jakes' acting ability (though perhaps that sort of ability is requisite for his line of work). This statistic misrepresentation, however, raises questions about Jakes' reliability.

I have only just seen this movie and it really touched my heart because some of the things that Michelle went through I went through. The only difference was that her step-father was my step-mother and her mother was my father and the sexually abuse was physical and emotional abuse.(I didn't end up in prison though). Some parents, for some strange reason, think that their happiness comes before their children. I don't understand that. I think that a parent must always believe their child until they find out they are lying, not the other way around. When you have a child you pledge your life to providing for and being there for that child no matter what. There should be no compromise because that child is in the world because of your choice. I think that this movie gives hope to those who feel like they have none. It gave me some hope that my life doesn't have to be the endless black hole that my stepmother wanted it to be.

I have never cried so much in my lifetime. The characters in this movie were so close in name as well as in nature that I felt I needed to write and tell the world. I am Michelle and I created my own prison for myself by not forgiving, let alone knowing how to forgive. All I wanted was for my mother to believe what happened to me and do something about it instead of accusing me. Like Michelle, I also was not believed, but told not to say anything to anyone. I was killing myself by eating excessively, and not trusting or forgiving anyone. My drug was sleeping around to try to make myself feel better and feel accepted. And twenty+ years later, I still don't feel any better. I could not stop crying. Something deep inside me said get up and write this down so someone else could see that they are not the only ones going through something difficult. I can honestly say that I have not survived my past. I am still imprisoned. The house that Michelle built is the house that I still reside in (no doors). I must tell anyone who is reading this, that the situation alone will take away so much from you. I have lost the strong relationship that I could have had with my own daughter. I love my daughter, but find it hard to be close to her. I feel like I am a functioning zombie. What makes me strong is that I can talk about it now. It took someone very close to me to make me write it down. He said if you cant confront the person then write it down and it will make you feel like you have told the person. Afterwards, he said mail it or throw it away. For all that good advice that I was given that day, I wrote the letter and I still look at it from time to time. I sent it to my mother expressing my feelings, but like Michelle's mother - no "I'm sorry" or "I should have believed you". My dilemma is that I cant seem to get that door opened. I am tired of holding onto this pain. I will get the help that I need, but for today I feel good just being able to say that I still have the opportunity to get the help I need. One day, I will be able to forgive my mother and the rapist, but not today.

Great movie must see not a lot of press shows what can happen when blinded by love with the wrong person also how one can overcome drug use prostitution abuse through prayer and love felt like i was in revival good use of camera work showing people repenting for their sins reminded me of dead man walking good storyline of loss of innocence trust of the wrong person how prayer can changed life for you just a good movie good characters drug dealers pimps drug users church going folk loss of innocence very good movie if you liked dead man walking you will like this one to very good story line shocking ending as well as beginning michelle is great so is twana don't know relationship between the two sadie is blinded by love with a snake

I'm sorry, but I looked into it a little, and without any dislike to Catholics, I can't really see that T.D. or the Potter's House church is a Catholic church. I found the website and scanned it, and can't really see anything that says it's a Catholic ministry. Please correct me if I am wrong. Anyway, I thought this movie was great, I'd recommend it to anyone who want's to see a moving, message-filled movie for a change. I thought the acting was great and I read the book, it was simply a great job. Well done T.D., as well as everybody that worked on this film! .

How can a preacher make a movie that doesn't offer the Grace of God?? How can he show all that misery, that happens all the time in this town, but not show Who the Answer is? During the sequences of "revival", at no time is the scripture referenced. T.D.Jakes is only about self-help. He has made himself a bishop. He comes off as just another fraud in this movie. Now they want more lines. Michael Boatman was GREAT, as usual. He is one of the finest African-American actors we have today! Loretta Devine is also one of my favorites. I see everything she is in. She did a good job with a horrible role/script in this, hopefully last, attempt at movies by the so-called "bishop" Is this enough lines?