Tyler Perry's Acrimony
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 30, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
6
Negative:
7
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63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMar 30, 2018
Stylistically, Acrimony has moments of genius — slow camera movements that push in on Melinda, emphasizing Henson’s performance and the building pressure — but it’s also hilariously cheesy, and slightly chintzy, which adds to its schmaltzy charm. Read full review
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TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 31, 2018
While Tyler Perry’s Acrimony doesn’t quite live up to its stylish trailer — that water-torture sound design promises a floodgate that will burst at any moment — it’s the kind of “women’s picture” that used to be Joan Crawford’s bread and butter, the sort that allows its star to glamorously lose her grip in a succession of great outfits. Read full review
58
The Film StageJohn FinkMar 30, 2018
Ambitious and deeply flawed, Acrimony may appeal to hardcore fans of The Room–it’s not every day a melodrama comes along that’s this fun precisely because it never takes itself seriously. Read full review
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Village VoiceOdie HendersonApr 5, 2018
Cut out thirty minutes, and this might have been a lean, mean Eighties-thriller throwback blessed with a killer lead performance. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyRuth KinaneMar 30, 2018
The 20 or so minutes we get of Henson’s rage are not enough to warrant the title or the ticket price. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubKatie RifeMar 30, 2018
So what was Tyler Perry going for here? Based on the sanctimonious streak that runs throughout his work, one might posit that he was trying to wrap a gleefully outrageous thriller around a lesson on marriage, like a slice of bacon around a particularly bitter pill. Except, at some point, the bacon got hopelessly overcooked. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 30, 2018
Ms. Henson does what she can with a role that keeps her anger at a low simmer until requiring her to go full banshee within basically one scene. You can’t accuse her or Acrimony of being boring, but the film falls short of a design for living. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreMar 31, 2018
And telling your story with endless pages of sarcastic, venomous narration? It doesn’t work and even Henson was bored with it, judging from her line-readings. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloMar 30, 2018
I’m not sure the movie knows what it wants to say. Perry’s maltreatment of his morally ambiguous character feels excessive, and if Melinda is mentally ill, then that treatment is cruel. Read full review
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ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerApr 3, 2018
That the film never fully gets to the heart of its savage commentaries is probably its greatest disappointment. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 30, 2018
Enduing a full 120 minutes of this sh*tstorm takes its toll. Bitterness, anger, malice, bad blood – that’s acrimony, baby. And that's what you'll feel if you blow the price of ticket on this hack job. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleDanielle WhiteApr 4, 2018
With this latest thriller (comedy? My fellow audience members were laughing at scenes I highly doubt were intended to be funny) Perry implies that not only does she belong there, but she forged every link in her chains. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 30, 2018
The film is so ridiculously overwrought that it makes the Madea films look subtle by comparison. Read full review
10
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 30, 2018
A ludicrously scattershot drama in which overwrought feminine rage, diary-of-a-mad-woman craziness, and inept filmmaking are all but inseparable. Read full review
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