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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasOne of the best products to roll off the prolific multihyphenate’s Atlanta-based assembly line, largely absent the pandering humor and finger-wagging moralism that have bedeviled many of Perry’s earlier (if undeniably popular) efforts.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyAs with most of his films (Madea-centric and otherwise), subtlety isn’t Perry’s strongest suit. He tends to hammer his audience over the head with canned sentimentality, lazy stereotypes, and easy uplift.
- 50USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigIt's an improvement on some of Perry's other films that strike a heavy-handed moralistic note. And it lacks the silly slapstick humor of his Madea movies.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerChicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerThis lame tale just falls completely flat.
- 33The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyPartway through the film, a viewer may begin to yearn for Perry’s usual schizoid shtick, the cacophony of screeches and sobs.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriThe problem here isn’t the writer-director’s politics, but his stifling lack of imagination, his complete refusal to even attempt narrative dexterity.
- 30The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinEven Tyler Perry seems bored and exhausted by his own shtick. To its credit or detriment, Single Moms Club cannot muster up the energy to be as insulting and offensive as Perry’s previous two films.
- 25McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MoorePerry has made better movies, and perhaps worse ones. But never one as dull as this.
- 20Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinTyler Perry's The Single Moms Club is a sitcom masquerading as a feature film... Too bad he didn't just spare us the awfulness of this flat and phony slices-of-life dramedy and go right to series, where half-hour bites might have helped mitigate the pain.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe only things left out of The Single Moms Club are genuine humor and emotion.