The Single Moms Club

The Single Moms Club is a 2014 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry.[3] The film stars Nia Long, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Zulay Henao, Cocoa Brown, Amy Smart, Terry Crews, and Perry. The film was released on March 14, 2014. The film received negative reviews from critics. It grossed $16.4 million against a production budget of $8 million.

The Single Moms Club
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTyler Perry
Produced byTyler Perry
Ozzie Areu
Matt Moore
Written byTyler Perry
Starring
Music byChristopher Young
CinematographyAlexander Gruszynski
Edited byMaysie Hoy
Production
company
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Budget$8 million[1]
Box office$16.4 million[2]

Plot

Hillary (Amy Smart), a single mom with three kids ask for child support from her ex-husband, but refuse to give it to her because he gave her the house. Jan (Wendi McLendon-Covey) a single mom who is a part-time executive that is struggling to hold on to her stressful career in publishing. May (Nia Long), an aspiring writer with a drug-addict ex-husband and a teenage son who wants to know more about his dad. May meets up with Jan about publishing her book, but Jan refuses to publish it. Esperanza (Zulay Henao), a single mom who is hiding her new boyfriend Manny (William Levy) from her ex-husband Santos (Eddie Cibrian) because she fears he might take away his financial support. May's car won't start so she ask a guy to help her T.K. (Tyler Perry), but left her purse behind do to rushing for a school meeting. Lytia (Cocoa Brown), a sassy waitress (who is a single mom) trying to keep her youngest son from falling into a life of crime. She rushes out of the diner with her two kids to catch the bus, but misses it so Branson (Terry Crews), (a personal trainer who likes her) offers her a ride to the school meeting.

During the school meeting the principal tells the parents that their children vandalize the school. The board wanted to expell the kids, but the principal talked to the board and ask them to give the kids a probationary period and the principal also thought it would be a great idea for the parents to volunteer for the fundraiser and school dance. J.K. brought May back her purse and ask if he could take her out to dinner, but she decline. Esperanza went to her daughter's birthday, but her ex gave his daughter a cell phone for her birthday. Esperanza was mad because her ex undermines her when it comes to parenting.

Lytia decides to come early to Hillary's house to only see her distraught because her husband took everything during the divorce so she had to fire the maid. The ladies decided to start The Single Mom's Club to support single mom's everywhere. May picks her son up from school who is waiting for his father to come pick him up, but he didn't show. Jan didn't get the position because they gave it to someone else. Branson decides to bring Lytia a funeral reef because he liked her. T.K. decides to read May's book and he liked it.

The ladies decided to do the enchanted forest for the theme of the dance. May finally decides to have coffee with T.K. and they discuss her book. Hillary ask her neighbor, Perer (Ryan Eggold) could he build the forest for the school dance. The ladies decided to take turns watching each others kids. Esperanza goes to the restaurant where Manny works to take him to the movies with her and to meet her friends. May decides to hook up Jan with Tony (Sean Carrigan), a friend from May's job. While at the movies May's son decided to run away and May couldn't find him. T.K. stayed at May's house to comfort her. Her son finally came home and told her that he went to see his dad. He took the bus over there to see him and his dad robbed him while he was there. He told her that his dad is a drug addicted and wanted to know why she didn't tell him that he's a drug addicted. Esperanza went to her ex-husband car dealership to confront him about undermining her and threatening him by taking him to court for more money for child support . Hillary made up with her daughter, Jan made up with her daughter as well, Esperanza introduce her boyfriend to her daughter, and Lytia made up with her son. May finally decides to join the ladies at school dance and The Single Mom's Club is back on.

Cast

Filming

The Single Moms Club began filming on November 26, 2012, in the city of Avondale Estates, Georgia.[4][5]

Reception

The Single Moms Club received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 18% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Single Moms' Club finds Tyler Perry avoiding some of the pitfalls of his earlier work, but continuing to rely on heavy-handed melodrama at the expense of sensible characters or absorbing storylines."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 31 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]

Entertainment Weekly writer Chris Nashawaty rated the film a "C+" grade. He felt the female cast played "clichés cribbed from a booklet of screenwriting Mad Libs," and found Perry's filmmaking to be blunt and unsubtle with its "canned sentimentality, lazy stereotypes, and easy uplift."[8] Jordan Hoffman, writing for the New York Daily News, gave credit to the Jan and Lytia pairing for having "a nice mix of comedy and genuine race/class tension", but criticized the other women for being "soap opera clichés" and the abandonment of the single-working-mother empowerment theme in favor of coincidental and ludicrous relationships, calling it "a film about catharsis and camaraderie, not logic."[9] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap also found criticism in the movie's lazily-written, hard-working female characters and low entertainment value, saying "while it's frequently unintentionally hilarious, it's also crushingly dull."[10]

Stephen Schaefer of the Boston Herald saw the women as "one-dimensional" with superficial lives and contrived problems that come to an unearned conclusion, calling the film "a lackluster empowerment fantasy that veers between dull and embarrassing."[11] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a "D+" grade, commending Perry for delivering an "uncharacteristically low-key and charismatic" performance and backhandedly complimented him for creating "a conventionally well-made film", but said that "Perry's movies are rarely dull or repetitive. The Single Moms Club, meandering and schlock-free, is an exception in this regard."[12] Sheila O'Malley from RogerEbert.com found the script's romantic relationships "slapdash" and clashing with the film's overall theme but commended Perry for handling the multiple storylines and the actresses for being "sympathetic and engaging", singling out Nia Long for being "emotionally accessible and funny" and bringing "a fresh and natural presence" to her role.[13]

Television adaptation
Main article: If Loving You Is Wrong (TV series)

On January 9, 2014, it was announced that the Oprah Winfrey Network ordered a drama series based on film. The show premiered on September 9, 2014. Zulay Henao was the only actress from the film to reprise her role (Esperanza).[14]

References
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  9. Hoffman, Jordan (March 14, 2014). "Tyler Perry's 'The Single Moms Club': Movie review". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  10. Duralde, Alonso (March 14, 2014). "'The Single Moms Club' Review: Moviegoers — and Moms Especially — Deserve Better". TheWrap. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  11. Schaefer, Stephen (March 14, 2014). "'Moms' a bad-time story". Boston Herald. Digital First Media. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
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