Black Hollywood’s Most Dramatic Love Stories

A Family That Preys

Adding Tyler Perry on the list again (remember his films are synonymous with drama), in his film that surprised some movie-goers because of its diverse cast.

The film chronicles the inner workings of two families—one upper-crust and the other working class—that become inextricably linked by scandal. Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her close friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children, played by Sanaa Lathan and Rockmond Dunbar, began having extramarital affairs and a dark paternity secret threatens to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved.

With Sanaa Lathan’s character being both ‘bitchy and blinded,’ the movie was an intense drama-filled movie by Perry.