That dream was never for Melinda. Y'all saying she was mad for no reason bc you are all looking at the 10 mill. Look at the whole picture. She spent 20 years of her life catering to this man's dream. He did not focus on anything but fulfilling his own dreams. He barely worked, while she had 2 jobs. He was not affectionate. He did not consider what would make her happy in her own reality. He thought a pretty ring, a boat named "Mrs. Gayle", and a glamorous apartment would make her happy, but it's actually what HE wanted. Had this truly been for her, he wouldn't of been insensitive and gave it away to another woman. He had been promising HER this for 20 years. Yes he gave her 10 mill, which was nice. But try getting back 20 years of your life and your ability to have children. The very woman he cheated with in the beginning, and lead to her raging and losing her ability to have kids, was the same woman who got everything she had put in the years and tears for even a new baby on the way. Yes, she got everything back, but how do you erase 20 years of built up emotions and disappointment.
This Movie Really Got Under My Skin In So Many Ways !!!! I Loved Melinda ... And My Heart Was Breaking For Her...And I Also Loved Him ...They Were Both Deep Characters
She was by his side. She fought for him for 20 years. That is a very long time. I think she was just tired and wanted him to fight for her for once. It was a one sided relationship wherHe she made all the sacrifices and investments in. After 20 years of marriage, he should have fought for her. He knew she loved him, he could see the change in her from all that he put her through. He was selfish. Not in a monetary way, but in an emotional, needs and wants way. He was just focused on his dream and not the toll it was taking on their marriage. She only listened to her family at the end, because she was weak and tired. If you are in an emotionally draining relationship eventually you get tired enough where your walls come down and you get tired of pushing and fighting to stay with someone who is only with you for convenience. He was worried not about love, but companionship. He moved on with that female quickly and still gave her what HE wanted her to have. None of those things were either one of the women ideas. That was HIS fantasy. Yes, Melinda should have sought help and built her strength back, but he is just as at fault. They had absolutely no communication. Had he been honest with her and told her about his ex working at same facility he was applying for and having coffee to discuss potential employment, I feel it would of been less of a shock about that wallet. Melinda was a low point. Her reality, stemmed from that fantasy he had programmed in her head for all those years. After he didn't fight and gave her the divorce, she felt betrayed.
Ur so correct. She really put up with a lot for that long....she only got tired emotionally and physically. She was d soul provider in that house and yet he didn't care to be there for her emotionally, didn't fight for her either. Its a lesson for the younger women!
Gave her the divorce? No, she requested it to begin with. He asked her twice to reconsider and she told him no. Sometimes when you hurt someone so much, the right thing to do is let them go. He did right be her with the $10 million despite not legally owing her. Women do this thing were no means no and no means yes. Men don't speak that language and then get upset when you want me to know your language. He fought for her when she told him to get out in front of her family. Also when they were getting a divorce, he asked again. You expect him to keep asking and asking?
What I love about this movie is that it's not a black and white situation. Melinda loved Robert, spent her entire inheritance and worked two jobs to support both of them. All while Robert worked his dream. She had Borderline personality disorder, but I think Robert failed her 10 million dollars was nothing, for him to live the life he promised her with the same women he cheated on. Most importantly Robert loved the dream more than Melinda, I think she just needed him to be there for her and help her a little, but he projected his dream on her and made her miserable. Yet she is not justified to have thought it was her boat when she left him... At the end of the day it ain't a black and white situation, they all made mistakes, melinda and her sisters thinking he cheated and all... This is the most realistic movie I have watched.
You were just another delusional ass woman. Robert didn't owe her anything. Melinda should have been lucky that Robert let her get away with this shit she did. Melinda was the villain. Melinda was the bad guy and for women who always say the past doesn't matter. I guess that only matters when it comes to their past
No one really understands until they are in that situation.! But this character Melinda definitely lost her mind. She didn’t need to do all that and I feel like at some point she completely lost herself. When your so hurt and in a dark place I feel like the devil takes the wheel. In her case she even looked like she was possessed. Especially the scene where she put the red vale on the lamp and was dancing around and drinking it looked like she was worshiping something evil. I can definitely relate with this character cause I almost fell into that dark place and only Jesus got me out of that situation! Prayers and healing was definitely needed. Sometimes you just have to leave things to a higher Power and let Jesus fix it.
I didn't think it would be a part 2 to this wonderful movie. It was so darn sad. But I can't stop watching it. I loved the way they transformed from young to middle ages. Everybody. Now I have got to see what part two will bring. Excellent job Taraji. ❤ 2024
His dream was not for Melinda because he would have gone back for her instead of giving her money. His dream was for himself and for whoever happen to be in his life at that moment.
Sweetie Irie His dream was for them but she listened to those crazy voices in her head. I do feel like he should have gotten a job. Damn. He did love her.
When he came back to give her the money and keys to her mom's home Melinda already stated that she was not going to get back with him EVER, that was her fault, not Roberts
Sweetie Irie exactly my point .....she assumed which sealed her fate with getting back with robert.......she was acting too harshly towards him.....it's almost as if all the love she had for robert was gone or so she acted......What does he do know? Nothing but move on because she MADE him believe there was no chance for him to reconcile the marriage.
How can people blame Melinda! Robert literally sacrificed the only way to help keep there mothers house, just to deny Prescott's offer..on top of that the wallet with the other woman's face was in the car. It's like I get it...she made him leave, but it was just too too much at that point, only a fool would have continued to deal with Robert..no help at all, he just made things worst and worst and worst, now that he finally hit, it's given to someone else. If Robert was so passionately doing this for Melinda, just as driven as he was to make the battery hit, he would have been just as passionate to give it all to Melinda. And you know how passionate he can be because he waited 20 years to get his shit in Prescott office.
Dondrell Spencer I agree, had the dream been for her he would have continue to try get her back instead of bringing flowers. It's quite clear how fast he moved on.
Robert had a dream he was dedicated in fulfilling BEFORE he met and married Melinda. The marriage took a toll on them both but more on Melinda. Because she gave everything she had to Robert for the dream and regardless of the money and the house that Robert gave back, she was crushed mentally and emotionally, and it never was about money for Melinda. The error for Robert and most men in dream chasing is that they fail to recognize the effect it has on their lovers. The cheating again thing broke the chain for Melinda lol (especially it being the same woman) and Robert saw his wife didn’t believe in him anymore but after the success if Robert tied the knot with her again, everything would’ve been refunded because the shit she felt would’ve been worth it in the end and that would have been true love as well on Robert’s part unfortunately it didn’t end that way and her mental state sunk dramatically and literally. I don’t think the lady Rob ended up with in the end could’ve put up with what Melinda dealt with. All Melinda got was the darkside of the dream. The whole thing is extremely complicated, I don’t think Melinda or Robert, is wrong or right in this.
Listen to all these people in the comments talking about how Melinda should have not divorced him and done excetera excetera. If he really didn't do anything he would have fought a little bit harder. He meets up with his old flame and in a matter of months they're married and living the life he originally wanted to live with his wife who supported him for decades. Let's not forget that Melinda already thought he was cheating because they were not having sex. So you live at home with your man, he doesn't have a job, you work two jobs and you all aren't having sex.... mmmmm ok. I feel like he shouldn't have gotten back with Melinda the first time because he only felt bad about the accident. Thats really why he stayed. He wasnt calling her after the car she bought and the money she gave him. She should have left him and his battery alone then. And after he got the money the first thing she did was want to go back to her man. But the first thing he did was enjoy it with his new bitch. Im sure it wasnt just money issues but the runaround and humiliation she faced. She was tired and thought he cheated with the same woman! Clearly she was expecting him to call when she kicked him and lost the house but he didnt bother to check on her. Thats that hurt. She was still waiting....she said so. She physically moved on. He did in every way.
The actor in my opinion as a man didn’t take away the fact he loved his dream more then Melinda. I don’t think he was doing it for Melinda, if he did then he wouldn’t have gotten married to someone else.
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Say it!....Say that!✋Good come back Lyric. If she would have been able to recognize that, it would have saved her from feeling so much hurt and bitterness.
Just watched this movie and WOW...it was so freaking good! Not the typical “crazy black woman gets mad cause her man is an unfaithful lying son of a bitch”. Definitely a different story with amazing acting and real life emotions! Definitely loved. Just wish the ending was better, was my only critique
I feel so bad for her. All girls should watch this movie, men can always move on at anytime of their life. Some are saying he gave her money but what about the fact that she can't give birth anymore. I felt so bad for her : focus on your life if he wants to be with you he should work on his own and come and marry you as he did with the second wife. The first wife are always killing their dreams for a man - hmmmmm. We have a nice exemple as Barack and his wife but those cases are so rare.
Really, Malinda did for Robert what Prescott offered. She financed his prototype for the battery plus more. Prescott initially wanted to give him $800,000.00 for the battery. Melinda gave him $350,000.00, food, shelter, plus marital and emotional benefits. I think she should have gotten half of everything that the battery would have financially generated, because if it weren't for her help, he wouldn't have had the time to fully devote himself to his passion to build the battery. Maybe she wouldn't have been so angry about the sisters finding the wallet if there wasn't the history of him cheating with Diana before. There are a lot of intricate layers to the craziness in this movie. Malinda wasn't the only character that wasn't right in this movie. She was the only one that went off the deep end. Robert knew she was emotionally fragile when he first met her. And he used that to manipulate her from the beginning of the relationship. It's too bad Malinda couldn't see it and make the necessary adjustments in her life.
She would make a great therapist and a great TV host it seems to me like she has the right answers she knows exactly what to say very intelligent woman
There’s a lot of clueless people in these comments, I’m not gonna type a paragraph explaining of what the movie is trying to represent. Watch it again and look from an very emotional open perspective. Look at it from Melinda’s perspective.
but look at it from HIS perspective too , his dreams took extremely long to come true he put all his time into the battery and it ended up working then he banked some money which he gave 10 mil dollars of to mel voluntarily , once she divorced him.. then she came back when he was getting his life together..not saying i didn't feel for mel but he was hurt as well...
Melinda was right Robert didn't put up a fight when he was being divorced. For 20 years he didn't give up on his dream, he didn't give up on Prescott, kept sending videos and letters. but when he was being divorced he just gave in. he would at least be respectful of Melinda and not do for Diane the same things that he had promised to Melinda. He would've done different things for her, taken her to different places... Besides, you cannot just easily forget a person u've loved and been with for over 2 decades. you cannot just move on suddenly...it takes some time And... My fellow men, its dangerous to depend on a woman however rich she might be.
Thanks for this comment coming from a man he did not fight for her their marriage all those years of her support and just gave all that he had promise her to another in the same way. My heart breaks for her because that story is my life.
@@karenwest3890 I pray for your total healing and restoration to wholeness spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially. In The Name of Jesus Christ.
L❤VE Taraji's intensity in everything! Lyriq played it well. Enjoyed that the characters were flawed. They had strengths and all erred. You could see why Melinda's pain went so deep - because she still loved him and lost who she was. Under normal circumstances at the end, healthiest choice would've been to let go when he paid her back. But her demons ran too deep without help and spiritual guidance all those years ago. Masterful soundtrack, gripping story and layered plot though the wallet was the weakest part of the structure.
brilliant movie, 100% recommending over here....loved it , in fact when I realised Taraji was the main actor I knew it would be good....she is brilliant and never disappoints
This man really loved her but she never saw this. She listen to her sisters and may have felt to prove something to them. She bought him a car. Why I don't know. She wanted to carry the weight to show love but you can't buy a man. Many women do this. He should have helped her even though he was working on a dream. He should have gotten a job. All those thoughts in her head was crazy. I think she was infatuated with him but not in love. A lot of women get infactuated with the sex( thinking this saves the day) , looks, the way he smell. This was not love. I absolutely loved this movie.This movie made me cry because of his vulnerability. Men can love and all men are not dogs.
So you're saying she's all wrong and none of the blame goes to him? Am I the only one seeing how selfish and manipulative he was? He was always in survival mode. Never think about anything else but what he wanted
Nayo Haynes which makes. This movie 1 of Tyler Perry's best movies, even taraji said it about the character she was playing, all she had to do was hang on to her husband for a extra 5 minutes and she would have been on that boat not Diana
Honestly, Melinda was stupid and Diana was smart. Melinda decided to be miss bob the builder in hopes that she would one day get the promises that Robert said she would get. Diana did not do that but instead lived her own life and got with Robert once he became whole and didn't need Melinda anymore. Moral of the story, don't build anyone up or be anyone's second parent.
The dream was definitely for Melinda. I totally agree that Melinda sacrificed herself and in many ways allowed herself to pour out way more than she should have. The cheating accusation was a way pit for her. You have to remember she had moved on with someone else and when Robert came to see her with the check and to apologize, she reiterated that they were never getting back together. She didn't change her mind until he told her that his battery hit. I will say that both were to blame in this. They both were clearly too young to get married. He hadn't been taught how to be a man and a responsible adult and Melinda hadn't been taught how to think for herself and her anger issues were never addressed in the beginning. You have to dysfunctions and try to make it work and you have a recipe for disaster. He wasn't a bad guy, he was just not a good husband and it showed by how he drained her without thought and she allowed it. I do believe that the minute he saw that she wanted to get back together he should have tried to reconcile especially after that whole speech about how she loved him and no other woman would have done so and how he loves her and always will. We also have to note that Melinda didn't want him back until she found out he was rich but I can understand that. She didn't want to struggle anymore with him. She didn't have anymore to give because she gave too much and he freely took it.
BUT she wouldn't listen to him when he was TRYING to tell her he was NOT cheating .She listened to her NOSEY, big mouth, miserable ass sister. Had she NOT listened to her sister things would've been different because he did NOT want to divorce her ..She let her sister and her anger get the best of her.
I say before any of this craziest part happened with how angry Mel was. The poor lady was just always in the wrong places at the wrong time. I hope everyone don't ignore the fact that, yes he told her over and over that he loved her watching the movie accept for the night he got caught cheating because I believe the two days he didn't call her, he was cheating. He did between the lines also use her. And she let him piss her off way too many times and Mel did stand by his side Dang how human can you not be? She was almost like a person without feelings for herself. She let him take her for all she had. ❤ Then she still stuck to his plans but he would disappoint her enough. The thing is we can't get mad at her because she didn't know that Diana helped him out and he didn't cheat with her . She didn't know if it wasn't for her getting that account and taking him in when she threw him out that was the reason that brought them together. Now if she had known that it might have just been regret and not revenge. They should have left town. I don't think she would have followed them . Plus she really needed to know the truth that Diana didn't just jump on him because he got that deal. This is all she was thinking. Maybe she would have seen Diana deserved her spot. Robert still loved her but he should have told her if it wasn't for Diana bugging Mr. Prescott so much, he wouldn't have gotten that deal and even because she was first there for the 800 thousand dollars he would have gotten that too. So she was there until he got paid. He should have explained that to Mel. So now this done led to part two because Mel never knew the real story. 😢
if he loved Melinda he would have worked his ass off to provide and also make his dream come true. Instead, he used Melinda's youth and money to achieve his dreams and left her for a beautiful and young woman.
That's what nobody wanted to understand Robert cheated fine but he made things right by not doing it again Melinda on the other hand had sisters who were influencing her negatively.that dream was for both of them if it wasnt he wouldn't ve done what he did for her even after she left him in that manner.Robert did love Melinda
Prime example is Bernadette in Waiting to Exhale. She had a support network surrounding her. They weren't about to let her act a fool over a no good cheater.
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I think it was ok for her to act out like that because he didn't fight for her. She was hurt and didn't think ot through which led to her death. I feel that it is unfair to sacrifice everything for someone for years even your parents house and that moment when you had enough he doesn't fight to get you back instead, he gives all the things he promised you to another person. Money can't heal a heart break like that.
this perspective on it was truth/reality. Harsh but true. In order to evolve in life yoy must allow the Truth to set you free. By listening to your intuition, gut feelings, instinct as as as your Spirit within. It will lead and guide you on hiw to make right choices and decisions without causing major suffering in your life
Exactly that dream was never for Melinda because you can have a dream yes...but he was a dead beat not working or supporting her his whole life even if she was mad tired and frustrated who wouldn't be you dropped her to easily....anyway you already horn her with dianne as she bought you a car so dianne maybe was always your love
That is so true. When you listen to people and not your heart. Her sisters were negative and I think at some point unhappy. But his dream like he said was for Melinda as well. In the movie he did include her by saying this is for both of us baby.
If he loved her he would have fought for her more.been there for her emotionally like she needed and been a better husband but he was insanely selfish and only thought about himself. Of course she was going to listen to her sisters after years of disappointment
don't stay in struggle with a man for too long. It's one thing to help build a man who is honest and honorable and giving provision, it's another thing to be USED by a man. HONORABLE is not giving a woman's 20 years to someone who didn't work for it. If anything, Diana could have gotten a few million as commission for referral and not the other way round
My take away is that if someone is the type of person who lives for revenge, they'll only end up hurting and killing themselves. The whole movie, she destroyed her chance at having children permanantly. Allowed her homegirls to run her life for her. Destroyed her chances at staying with the man she was supposed to marry to death did them part. And then she killed herself at the end of the movie.
She was right you know he loved Melinda but he loves his dream more because if he really loved her he would have gotten back to her no matter the hurtful words. No matter what
I think Melinda felt betrayal. Sure, Robert seemed to be a loser at times. Sure, he was a mess. BUT that was HER loser HER mess. Its a mindset like "Sure, its a pile of shit, but that's MY pile of shit. When it came to the success of the battery he should have split EVERYTHING 50 50. Idc about the new wife or the baby, he still had plenty of money to support them. 20 yrs is a long time. Its not all about the money, its the heartache the disappointment the yrs of struggle. That counts too. Ok, she divorced him, she deserves half of what their life together manifested.
that dream was not for Melinda. That dream was for him and his ego. By going away and give everything he promised Melinda to another woman, a woman he cheated on her with at that proves, he just wanted o do the things he knewwwww would stroke his ego when he became rich. He just had to find the right woman I guess to replace Melinda - Melinda was not easily replaceable, but finding a woman that would fit his picture was easy...
He promised all those things to his wife and he delivered. It was Melinda who chose not to be his wife, yet he still gave her the means to have all those things just not with him. He cheated on her and she tried to kill him along with an innocent woman who had no idea she even existed at the time. I think we can call it even. Yet for all his narcissism she wanted him back when he had money. Guess that makes her a gold digger.
All that work I just watch it literally I noticed he never made a effort to run baths,romantic dinners etc no he never love her he Luvv her what she did for him big difference.
Man she lame as hell because she didn’t believe in that man !!Dude said he never cheated after the 1rst time an he was in gang violence he couldn’t hardly get a job that’s why he said he’d try!!she was crazy in the end..the real her came out I bet he wish he never met her!Plus they was young as hell
He told her about his dream when they first meet so she was along for the ride and should of stuck it out instead if listening to her sister and the 10 mill was for the name off his device
Basically in my opinion in the end it was a big misunderstanding. She thought he cheating again and going to meet her. He just offered a lady a ride and she left a wallet. Remember early he says when Prescott calls you, get there. He got to go. Afterwards she lost her mind
So you kick a brutha to the curb when you think hes trash and get mad when he hits it big? A case of fomo will make folks do some crazy ish! Melinda was completely out of order! LoL
I enjoyed the movie but as time passes, I find it odd how a man can write about how black women are and handle negativity. Melinda was wrong - I have never wanted to crash my own vehicle into a man’s RV. Once he repaid her all of that money, she should’ve stopped but that jealousy was too strong.
That dream was never for Melinda. Y'all saying she was mad for no reason bc you are all looking at the 10 mill. Look at the whole picture. She spent 20 years of her life catering to this man's dream. He did not focus on anything but fulfilling his own dreams. He barely worked, while she had 2 jobs. He was not affectionate. He did not consider what would make her happy in her own reality. He thought a pretty ring, a boat named "Mrs. Gayle", and a glamorous apartment would make her happy, but it's actually what HE wanted. Had this truly been for her, he wouldn't of been insensitive and gave it away to another woman. He had been promising HER this for 20 years. Yes he gave her 10 mill, which was nice. But try getting back 20 years of your life and your ability to have children. The very woman he cheated with in the beginning, and lead to her raging and losing her ability to have kids, was the same woman who got everything she had put in the years and tears for even a new baby on the way. Yes, she got everything back, but how do you erase 20 years of built up emotions and disappointment.
Audrea Brown exactly
110% facts
You do have a point. If they both had the same dream then it would of been worth it.
PREACH!!! 🙌🏽
Finally
I like how she said it because it's true "hurt people hurt people "
I felt that too
I love Taraji’s understanding and empathy for her character. That’s why she played the role so well.
I really enjoyed this movie and thought it was one of Tyler Perry's best.
It is his favorite
Coulda been classic but the ending...still like it doe
Shit I forgot it’s a Tyler Perry movie.😂
@@JMeez917 facts
Should've ended it letting us now how everything turned out
Same...great movie
This Movie Really Got Under My Skin In So Many Ways !!!! I Loved Melinda ... And My Heart Was Breaking For Her...And I Also Loved Him ...They Were Both Deep Characters
She was by his side. She fought for him for 20 years. That is a very long time. I think she was just tired and wanted him to fight for her for once. It was a one sided relationship wherHe she made all the sacrifices and investments in. After 20 years of marriage, he should have fought for her. He knew she loved him, he could see the change in her from all that he put her through. He was selfish. Not in a monetary way, but in an emotional, needs and wants way. He was just focused on his dream and not the toll it was taking on their marriage. She only listened to her family at the end, because she was weak and tired. If you are in an emotionally draining relationship eventually you get tired enough where your walls come down and you get tired of pushing and fighting to stay with someone who is only with you for convenience. He was worried not about love, but companionship. He moved on with that female quickly and still gave her what HE wanted her to have. None of those things were either one of the women ideas. That was HIS fantasy. Yes, Melinda should have sought help and built her strength back, but he is just as at fault. They had absolutely no communication. Had he been honest with her and told her about his ex working at same facility he was applying for and having coffee to discuss potential employment, I feel it would of been less of a shock about that wallet. Melinda was a low point. Her reality, stemmed from that fantasy he had programmed in her head for all those years. After he didn't fight and gave her the divorce, she felt betrayed.
Audrea Brown by divorcing him?
Audrea Brown I find it very odd that she
accidentally left her wallet in the van. That woman knew what she was doing. Set up🤔
Ur so correct. She really put up with a lot for that long....she only got tired emotionally and physically. She was d soul provider in that house and yet he didn't care to be there for her emotionally, didn't fight for her either. Its a lesson for the younger women!
@@sweetieirie5743
That's true.
Gave her the divorce? No, she requested it to begin with. He asked her twice to reconsider and she told him no. Sometimes when you hurt someone so much, the right thing to do is let them go. He did right be her with the $10 million despite not legally owing her. Women do this thing were no means no and no means yes. Men don't speak that language and then get upset when you want me to know your language. He fought for her when she told him to get out in front of her family. Also when they were getting a divorce, he asked again. You expect him to keep asking and asking?
What I love about this movie is that it's not a black and white situation. Melinda loved Robert, spent her entire inheritance and worked two jobs to support both of them. All while Robert worked his dream. She had Borderline personality disorder, but I think Robert failed her 10 million dollars was nothing, for him to live the life he promised her with the same women he cheated on. Most importantly Robert loved the dream more than Melinda, I think she just needed him to be there for her and help her a little, but he projected his dream on her and made her miserable. Yet she is not justified to have thought it was her boat when she left him... At the end of the day it ain't a black and white situation, they all made mistakes, melinda and her sisters thinking he cheated and all... This is the most realistic movie I have watched.
Please tell me you're not that dumb and oblivious
You were just another delusional ass woman. Robert didn't owe her anything. Melinda should have been lucky that Robert let her get away with this shit she did. Melinda was the villain. Melinda was the bad guy and for women who always say the past doesn't matter. I guess that only matters when it comes to their past
They weren't married when Robert fucked. Diane, but it's okay for women to suck and fuck 100 guys and then want to forget about their past
Just gotta be a part 2 to this movie.
Can’t coz Melinda died?
Can't prove that melinda died she went under Actually I was just watching that movie lollll
Right
My Favorite part is when the battery hit and he comes with his nice suit I love that !!
This movie helped me show all of my emotions and most of the bad ones
No one really understands until they are in that situation.! But this character Melinda definitely lost her mind. She didn’t need to do all that and I feel like at some point she completely lost herself. When your so hurt and in a dark place I feel like the devil takes the wheel. In her case she even looked like she was possessed. Especially the scene where she put the red vale on the lamp and was dancing around and drinking it looked like she was worshiping something evil. I can definitely relate with this character cause I almost fell into that dark place and only Jesus got me out of that situation! Prayers and healing was definitely needed. Sometimes you just have to leave things to a higher Power and let Jesus fix it.
I didn't think it would be a part 2 to this wonderful movie. It was so darn sad. But I can't stop watching it. I loved the way they transformed from young to middle ages. Everybody. Now I have got to see what part two will bring. Excellent job Taraji. ❤ 2024
His dream was not for Melinda because he would have gone back for her instead of giving her money. His dream was for himself and for whoever happen to be in his life at that moment.
Sweetie Irie His dream was for them but she listened to those crazy voices in her head. I do feel like he should have gotten a job. Damn. He did love her.
When he came back to give her the money and keys to her mom's home Melinda already stated that she was not going to get back with him EVER, that was her fault, not Roberts
that's because she thought he was coming back with his old tired self.
The Ntrovrt I still ain't feeling it. The other woman set him up. It was just a coincidence that she dropped her wallet in his car, REALLY!
Sweetie Irie exactly my point .....she assumed which sealed her fate with getting back with robert.......she was acting too harshly towards him.....it's almost as if all the love she had for robert was gone or so she acted......What does he do know? Nothing but move on because she MADE him believe there was no chance for him to reconcile the marriage.
"Say it!" . . . "Say that!" LOL!!
How can people blame Melinda! Robert literally sacrificed the only way to help keep there mothers house, just to deny Prescott's offer..on top of that the wallet with the other woman's face was in the car. It's like I get it...she made him leave, but it was just too too much at that point, only a fool would have continued to deal with Robert..no help at all, he just made things worst and worst and worst, now that he finally hit, it's given to someone else. If Robert was so passionately doing this for Melinda, just as driven as he was to make the battery hit, he would have been just as passionate to give it all to Melinda. And you know how passionate he can be because he waited 20 years to get his shit in Prescott office.
Dondrell Spencer I agree, had the dream been for her he would have continue to try get her back instead of bringing flowers. It's quite clear how fast he moved on.
Dondrell Spencer Most men don't do that. We move on. We very rarely do nostalgia. That's the truth.
Sweetie Irie not a fair assessment at all. We just have a different psychological makeup.
PERIOD
"He financially abused me, so im gonna kill him" sound fair to you? Not to me. I blame the older sister for being a real douchebag
Robert had a dream he was dedicated in fulfilling BEFORE he met and married Melinda. The marriage took a toll on them both but more on Melinda. Because she gave everything she had to Robert for the dream and regardless of the money and the house that Robert gave back, she was crushed mentally and emotionally, and it never was about money for Melinda. The error for Robert and most men in dream chasing is that they fail to recognize the effect it has on their lovers. The cheating again thing broke the chain for Melinda lol (especially it being the same woman) and Robert saw his wife didn’t believe in him anymore but after the success if Robert tied the knot with her again, everything would’ve been refunded because the shit she felt would’ve been worth it in the end and that would have been true love as well on Robert’s part unfortunately it didn’t end that way and her mental state sunk dramatically and literally. I don’t think the lady Rob ended up with in the end could’ve put up with what Melinda dealt with. All Melinda got was the darkside of the dream. The whole thing is extremely complicated, I don’t think Melinda or Robert, is wrong or right in this.
Christopher Telesford I like your comment.
Listen to all these people in the comments talking about how Melinda should have not divorced him and done excetera excetera. If he really didn't do anything he would have fought a little bit harder. He meets up with his old flame and in a matter of months they're married and living the life he originally wanted to live with his wife who supported him for decades. Let's not forget that Melinda already thought he was cheating because they were not having sex. So you live at home with your man, he doesn't have a job, you work two jobs and you all aren't having sex.... mmmmm ok. I feel like he shouldn't have gotten back with Melinda the first time because he only felt bad about the accident. Thats really why he stayed. He wasnt calling her after the car she bought and the money she gave him. She should have left him and his battery alone then. And after he got the money the first thing she did was want to go back to her man. But the first thing he did was enjoy it with his new bitch. Im sure it wasnt just money issues but the runaround and humiliation she faced. She was tired and thought he cheated with the same woman! Clearly she was expecting him to call when she kicked him and lost the house but he didnt bother to check on her. Thats that hurt. She was still waiting....she said so. She physically moved on. He did in every way.
The actor in my opinion as a man didn’t take away the fact he loved his dream more then Melinda. I don’t think he was doing it for Melinda, if he did then he wouldn’t have gotten married to someone else.
Yesssss, Taraji P. Henson! 👏👏👏👏 I've been doing this and saying this for years now! If I remove you myself, I don't have to anticipate you calling or trying to contact me!!!! 👍
I just saw this movie and imo, it's very sad. I think they both were wrong. This is an excellent warning of be careful in who you give your heart to.
Amen 👍
We need a part 2 whew 😩
Nah. Only with alternative story coz Melinda died with no chance for redemption or healing.
Say it!....Say that!✋Good come back Lyric. If she would have been able to recognize that, it would have saved her from feeling so much hurt and bitterness.
Just watched this movie and WOW...it was so freaking good! Not the typical “crazy black woman gets mad cause her man is an unfaithful lying son of a bitch”. Definitely a different story with amazing acting and real life emotions! Definitely loved. Just wish the ending was better, was my only critique
"Men hurt too" 0:45 ... every woman should understand this.
Ok and…. ?
This is one of the saddest movies I've seen in a long time...
She said "He loved the dream more than Melinda" He said, "But the dream was for Melinda" 😪
I feel so bad for her. All girls should watch this movie, men can always move on at anytime of their life. Some are saying he gave her money but what about the fact that she can't give birth anymore. I felt so bad for her : focus on your life if he wants to be with you he should work on his own and come and marry you as he did with the second wife. The first wife are always killing their dreams for a man - hmmmmm. We have a nice exemple as Barack and his wife but those cases are so rare.
Really, Malinda did for Robert what Prescott offered. She financed his prototype for the battery plus more. Prescott initially wanted to give him $800,000.00 for the battery. Melinda gave him $350,000.00, food, shelter, plus marital and emotional benefits. I think she should have gotten half of everything that the battery would have financially generated, because if it weren't for her help, he wouldn't have had the time to fully devote himself to his passion to build the battery. Maybe she wouldn't have been so angry about the sisters finding the wallet if there wasn't the history of him cheating with Diana before. There are a lot of intricate layers to the craziness in this movie. Malinda wasn't the only character that wasn't right in this movie. She was the only one that went off the deep end. Robert knew she was emotionally fragile when he first met her. And he used that to manipulate her from the beginning of the relationship. It's too bad Malinda couldn't see it and make the necessary adjustments in her life.
She would make a great therapist and a great TV host it seems to me like she has the right answers she knows exactly what to say very intelligent woman
There’s a lot of clueless people in these comments, I’m not gonna type a paragraph explaining of what the movie is trying to represent. Watch it again and look from an very emotional open perspective. Look at it from Melinda’s perspective.
The whole movie was from her perspective, but in life, a relationship takes two perspectives.
Cornell G - Oh please! He was dead wrong. Melinda had her issues but not as many as that man lol
but look at it from HIS perspective too , his dreams took extremely long to come true he put all his time into the battery and it ended up working then he banked some money which he gave 10 mil dollars of to mel voluntarily , once she divorced him.. then she came back when he was getting his life together..not saying i didn't feel for mel but he was hurt as well...
the whole movies was from melindas perspective.
Melinda was right Robert didn't put up a fight when he was being divorced. For 20 years he didn't give up on his dream, he didn't give up on Prescott, kept sending videos and letters. but when he was being divorced he just gave in. he would at least be respectful of Melinda and not do for Diane the same things that he had promised to Melinda. He would've done different things for her, taken her to different places...
Besides, you cannot just easily forget a person u've loved and been with for over 2 decades. you cannot just move on suddenly...it takes some time
And...
My fellow men, its dangerous to depend on a woman however rich she might be.
Thanks for this comment coming from a man he did not fight for her their marriage all those years of her support and just gave all that he had promise her to another in the same way. My heart breaks for her because that story is my life.
@@karenwest3890 Oh sorry West.
@@benjkisitu I appreciate your comment from a grown man's perspective.
@@mzyotruthnlove8263 thanks
@@karenwest3890 I pray for your total healing and restoration to wholeness spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially. In The Name of Jesus Christ.
L❤VE Taraji's intensity in everything! Lyriq played it well.
Enjoyed that the characters were flawed. They had strengths and all erred.
You could see why Melinda's pain went so deep - because she still loved him and lost who she was. Under normal circumstances at the end, healthiest choice would've been to let go when he paid her back. But her demons ran too deep without help and spiritual guidance all those years ago.
Masterful soundtrack, gripping story and layered plot though the wallet was the weakest part of the structure.
brilliant movie, 100% recommending over here....loved it , in fact when I realised Taraji was the main actor I knew it would be good....she is brilliant and never disappoints
I love the way
they keep fighting like they’re on the movie again ahahaha
This man really loved her but she never saw this. She listen to her sisters and may have felt to prove something to them. She bought him a car. Why I don't know. She wanted to carry the weight to show love but you can't buy a man. Many women do this. He should have helped her even though he was working on a dream. He should have gotten a job. All those thoughts in her head was crazy. I think she was infatuated with him but not in love. A lot of women get infactuated with the sex( thinking this saves the day) , looks, the way he smell. This was not love. I absolutely loved this movie.This movie made me cry because of his vulnerability. Men can love and all men are not dogs.
So you're saying she's all wrong and none of the blame goes to him? Am I the only one seeing how selfish and manipulative he was? He was always in survival mode. Never think about anything else but what he wanted
Nayo Haynes which makes. This movie 1 of Tyler Perry's best movies, even taraji said it about the character she was playing, all she had to do was hang on to her husband for a extra 5 minutes and she would have been on that boat not Diana
The Ntrovrt facts
This is so true.
Honestly, Melinda was stupid and Diana was smart. Melinda decided to be miss bob the builder in hopes that she would one day get the promises that Robert said she would get. Diana did not do that but instead lived her own life and got with Robert once he became whole and didn't need Melinda anymore. Moral of the story, don't build anyone up or be anyone's second parent.
That's interesting perspective..
0:41
1:46 😂😂😂I’m gon f*** up the world .... ooopppp did I just say that “ 😂😂yes you didddd TJ
Good interview
Favorite Tyler Perry movie .. I have to find this now for a read
The dream was definitely for Melinda. I totally agree that Melinda sacrificed herself and in many ways allowed herself to pour out way more than she should have. The cheating accusation was a way pit for her. You have to remember she had moved on with someone else and when Robert came to see her with the check and to apologize, she reiterated that they were never getting back together. She didn't change her mind until he told her that his battery hit. I will say that both were to blame in this. They both were clearly too young to get married. He hadn't been taught how to be a man and a responsible adult and Melinda hadn't been taught how to think for herself and her anger issues were never addressed in the beginning. You have to dysfunctions and try to make it work and you have a recipe for disaster. He wasn't a bad guy, he was just not a good husband and it showed by how he drained her without thought and she allowed it. I do believe that the minute he saw that she wanted to get back together he should have tried to reconcile especially after that whole speech about how she loved him and no other woman would have done so and how he loves her and always will. We also have to note that Melinda didn't want him back until she found out he was rich but I can understand that. She didn't want to struggle anymore with him. She didn't have anymore to give because she gave too much and he freely took it.
Bottom line..she stayed too long and he didn't respect her purpose in his life.
She could have stayed longer
BUT she wouldn't listen to him when he was TRYING to tell her he was NOT cheating .She listened to her NOSEY, big mouth, miserable ass sister. Had she NOT listened to her sister things would've been different because he did NOT want to divorce her ..She let her sister and her anger get the best of her.
@@skipperstrange5816 hell no.
And she got paid for it.
10 million dollars outranks 1.2 million that she sacrificed during the marriage.
I say before any of this craziest part happened with how angry Mel was. The poor lady was just always in the wrong places at the wrong time.
I hope everyone don't ignore the fact that, yes he told her over and over that he loved her watching the movie accept for the night he got caught cheating because I believe the two days he didn't call her, he was cheating.
He did between the lines also use her. And she let him piss her off way too many times and Mel did stand by his side
Dang how human can you not be? She was almost like a person without feelings for herself.
She let him take her for all she had. ❤ Then she still stuck to his plans but he would disappoint her enough.
The thing is we can't get mad at her because she didn't know that Diana helped him out and he didn't cheat with her
. She didn't know if it wasn't for her getting that account and taking him in when she threw him out that was the reason that brought them together.
Now if she had known that it might have just been regret and not revenge.
They should have left town.
I don't think she would have followed them
. Plus she really needed to know the truth that Diana didn't just jump on him because he got that deal.
This is all she was thinking. Maybe she would have seen Diana deserved her spot.
Robert still loved her but he should have told her if it wasn't for Diana bugging Mr. Prescott so much, he wouldn't have gotten that deal and even because she was first there for the 800 thousand dollars he would have gotten that too.
So she was there until he got paid.
He should have explained that to Mel.
So now this done led to part two because Mel never knew the real story. 😢
Had to keep telling myself this is just a movie. It's so intense but real life 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I love this movie, because I know exactly how Melinda was feeling, I have watched this movie like 100 times 😂
if he loved Melinda he would have worked his ass off to provide and also make his dream come true. Instead, he used Melinda's youth and money to achieve his dreams and left her for a beautiful and young woman.
When seeking revenge dig two graves
Absolutely!!!!
I love ❤️ 💕❤️ this movie
I watched it so great
hi pretty
Taraji plays these roles TOO GOOD!!!!! Is that really how she is?! Even when she's talking about it
That's what nobody wanted to understand Robert cheated fine but he made things right by not doing it again Melinda on the other hand had sisters who were influencing her negatively.that dream was for both of them if it wasnt he wouldn't ve done what he did for her even after she left him in that manner.Robert did love Melinda
Lol cause her crazy made him scared of course
Taraji facial expressions kills me LOL!
Bad ass movie. I loved it!
Prime example is Bernadette in Waiting to Exhale. She had a support network surrounding her. They weren't about to let her act a fool over a no good cheater.
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous
right hand." ~ Isaiah 41:10" ❤️✝️ Turn to him❤️
Taraji's look in this....chefs kiss! But the movie was thought provoking.
I think it was ok for her to act out like that because he didn't fight for her. She was hurt and didn't think ot through which led to her death. I feel that it is unfair to sacrifice everything for someone for years even your parents house and that moment when you had enough he doesn't fight to get you back instead, he gives all the things he promised you to another person. Money can't heal a heart break like that.
this perspective on it was truth/reality. Harsh but true. In order to evolve in life yoy must allow the Truth to set you free. By listening to your intuition, gut feelings, instinct as as as your Spirit within. It will lead and guide you on hiw to make right choices and decisions without causing major suffering in your life
Dang i wanna see this movie i haven see this one yet someone told me it's a very good movie
Love this she was already living that life snap in a min about her ex husband 🥰
00:21 😍
Can we just appreciate all of the 😍 in this video?
Sexual Chocolate (Lyriq)💝
L. Michelle Jamaican Born actor 😍😘💖
Yasssss ooowweee
Say it !! Say that!!! 😂😂😂😂
Exactly that dream was never for Melinda because you can have a dream yes...but he was a dead beat not working or supporting her his whole life even if she was mad tired and frustrated who wouldn't be you dropped her to easily....anyway you already horn her with dianne as she bought you a car so dianne maybe was always your love
I really loved this movie and thought it was a great script!
If she still loved him, she should not have listened to her sisters.
That is so true. When you listen to people and not your heart. Her sisters were negative and I think at some point unhappy. But his dream like he said was for Melinda as well. In the movie he did include her by saying this is for both of us baby.
If he loved her he would have fought for her more.been there for her emotionally like she needed and been a better husband but he was insanely selfish and only thought about himself. Of course she was going to listen to her sisters after years of disappointment
I've always wanted to know why the mother left Melinda the house and the money? Did she not think about her other daughters?
Her mother didn’t believe in her and she took it to her graveyard.. Why she left everything to her
@@dollyjohnson5848 i guess
don't stay in struggle with a man for too long. It's one thing to help build a man who is honest and honorable and giving provision, it's another thing to be USED by a man. HONORABLE is not giving a woman's 20 years to someone who didn't work for it. If anything, Diana could have gotten a few million as commission for referral and not the other way round
Love this 🎥 man..
I love her 😂😂
great movie
Sooooooooo good
This movie was horrible but I promise you Taraji is a wonderful and powerful actress. She really shines
My take away is that if someone is the type of person who lives for revenge, they'll only end up hurting and killing themselves. The whole movie, she destroyed her chance at having children permanantly. Allowed her homegirls to run her life for her. Destroyed her chances at staying with the man she was supposed to marry to death did them part. And then she killed herself at the end of the movie.
She was right you know he loved Melinda but he loves his dream more because if he really loved her he would have gotten back to her no matter the hurtful words. No matter what
I'm angry that on my Caribbean cinemas they didn't put this movie. And I was waiting for it. But they never had it on.
Erika Freytes oh wow. We had it in Trinidad. Hope you get to see it though
Robert cool in real life and Taraji overwhelmingly Melinda in real life
This was a good movie 🎥
Block...let it go.
He didn't fought for Melinda as much as she did for him for years,he did her wrong .
I think Melinda felt betrayal. Sure, Robert seemed to be a loser at times. Sure, he was a mess. BUT that was HER loser HER mess. Its a mindset like "Sure, its a pile of shit, but that's MY pile of shit.
When it came to the success of the battery he should have split EVERYTHING 50 50. Idc about the new wife or the baby, he still had plenty of money to support them. 20 yrs is a long time. Its not all about the money, its the heartache the disappointment the yrs of struggle. That counts too. Ok, she divorced him, she deserves half of what their life together manifested.
He still loved her because on the boat at the end he reached for her when the chains pulled her in the ocean.
Best of Tyler Perry movie shem wow
that dream was not for Melinda. That dream was for him and his ego. By going away and give everything he promised Melinda to another woman, a woman he cheated on her with at that proves, he just wanted o do the things he knewwwww would stroke his ego when he became rich. He just had to find the right woman I guess to replace Melinda - Melinda was not easily replaceable, but finding a woman that would fit his picture was easy...
He promised all those things to his wife and he delivered. It was Melinda who chose not to be his wife, yet he still gave her the means to have all those things just not with him. He cheated on her and she tried to kill him along with an innocent woman who had no idea she even existed at the time. I think we can call it even. Yet for all his narcissism she wanted him back when he had money. Guess that makes her a gold digger.
My girlfriend and I both love this movie but we will forever be on opposite sides🤣 10 million is definitely worth 20 years of a failed marriage
im confused is robert dead or alive?
sexy sexy same thing I wanna know that ending was crazy
he was alive but badly hurt with an injured leg :)
The friend she needed was Jesus...
She didn't believe he didn't cheat and then divorced him , what did she expect ? He wasn't going to sit around and not live his life anymore !
I wanna know how they really feel about the movie.
All that work I just watch it literally I noticed he never made a effort to run baths,romantic dinners etc no he never love her he Luvv her what she did for him big difference.
Man she lame as hell because she didn’t believe in that man !!Dude said he never cheated after the 1rst time an he was in gang violence he couldn’t hardly get a job that’s why he said he’d try!!she was crazy in the end..the real her came out I bet he wish he never met her!Plus they was young as hell
Yall can't fix crazy people
He told her about his dream when they first meet so she was along for the ride and should of stuck it out instead if listening to her sister and the 10 mill was for the name off his device
Taraja P Henson look like she doesn’t like him for real I’m looking at her face expression
I feel scared for him still like in the movie after the divorce
Even in the studio she looks like she still wants the 150$ million
Basically in my opinion in the end it was a big misunderstanding. She thought he cheating again and going to meet her. He just offered a lady a ride and she left a wallet.
Remember early he says when Prescott calls you, get there. He got to go. Afterwards she lost her mind
Y'all should leave him alone. Terraji asked for a divorce before the battery hit. Another man wouldn't have given her a dime.
And a woman wouldn't have supported him for 20 years.
So you kick a brutha to the curb when you think hes trash and get mad when he hits it big? A case of fomo will make folks do some crazy ish! Melinda was completely out of order! LoL
I enjoyed the movie but as time passes, I find it odd how a man can write about how black women are and handle negativity. Melinda was wrong - I have never wanted to crash my own vehicle into a man’s RV. Once he repaid her all of that money, she should’ve stopped but that jealousy was too strong.
Sometimes I feel like Taraji is like Melinda for real!!