I have to come out a self-proclaimed hiatus to talk about this damn movie ‘Mea Culpa’. First off it is a Tyler Perry movie, expectations were low to say the very least. I don’t HATE TP movies but they are formulaic and just terrible most of the time in the best way possible; but they generally are a good time! **SPOILER ALERTS**
The premise of the movie is that a known artist has killed
his most recent lover (but you gotta say it like lovaaah) and the defense
lawyer, Mea, is the sister-in-law of the prosecuting attorney who is trying to
bring him down. Because he has killed
this woman, there are other women protesting the gallery where his art is
hanging. Now from the jump, Mea who is
married to this man who lost his job apparently because he got caught drinking
or using drugs (I can’t remember) and doesn’t want to tell his family, but I
had an instant dislike of him. AND then
the crazy white mother who raised 2 black sons but hates BOTH of their
wives. Mississippi from P-Valley is the
wife of the prosecuting attorney and she has a hard way to go in this movie too
(cause in P-Valley she has the white husband who basically beats the shit outta
her and when she had the chance to leave she fumbled it). I need for her to catch a break. Mea goes to the judge to ask for a special waiver
so that she could defend Zyair played by the usually sexy Trevante Rhodes, but
something was a lil off for me in this movie, maybe he didn’t smile enough or
something. Anyways the judge KNOWS they
are related but allows Mea to defend him. And then she goes to his studio to
talk to him and I guess prepare for the case.
*Side note, and I will do another review at some point, but
Donald Glover is freaking BUFF in this new show he is in ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’!! Like DUDE been in the gym!!!*
She is at the studio, it always seems to be dark and he is
trying to seduce her. There is another
man, Ronreaco, who is the private eye who is trying to find info on the slain
lover but can’t seem to find anything. I
actually thought the 2 of them, his name was Jimmy, had a lil fling but they
just have a good working relationship; it does seem odd though. Ok back to the crazy white mom… She actively
is trying to get her son another wife and invites a woman from his past to the
birthday dinner and sits her next to the husband, Kal. It was just mad disrespectful
the way the mother treated Mea, saying he shouldn’t have married her and just
so much hate for her, and Kal of course never checks his mom because she is
dying from cancer. I mean they slap a
scarf on her head and I know this is a movie, but it she is the healthiest
cancer patient I’ve ever seen. Mea keeps
‘working’ on the case and Zyair keeps trying to seduce her. Ok there were 2 sex scenes; the one with the
husband seemed very forced and I guess he got it, but Mea, not so much; and
then there was the paint scene naturally with Zyair because there is gonna be
infidelity and… I gotta go back. Jimmy has spied on Kal in the past and is
continuing to watch him. Jimmy saw that
Kal was in a hotel with some girl and told Mea about it and Mea who had just
left Zyair who was about to have some big sex with the neighbor and then Mea
comes in and not real sure what happened to the neighbor, but there was paint
pouring on the bodies and no showering of the already used peen, and booties
were shaking and yeah, the PAINT SEX SCENE!!!
The next day Kal and the brother and his wife took the crazy white mom
to a hotel and that is where Jimmy saw them.
Random thought, if you are having issues in your marriage the 1st
thing you think to do when your husband is cheating is to also cheat?!?! I mean
I GUESS, but not really. And then she
feels bad and the husband is mad naturally.
At some point Mea talks to the gallery owner who described the exact
seduction used on her the Zyair must use on all the ladies. He’s a freak, he gets AROUND!! Kal’s not
talking to Mea and then Mea goes to the Dominican Republic to clear her
head. She runs into a woman who looks
EXACTLY like the woman Zyair supposedly killed and then the woman runs away and
doesn’t know English alla sudden. Mea calls
the brother-in-law, his name is Ray (thank you IMDB!) and tells him Zyair is
innocent and to free Zyair. And this is
when the unhinged part begins. If I am
in the DR chilling, I’m not about to come home to talk to the family that
already pretty much hates me. We can
talk on the phone, hell we can even face time.
She lost the woman and her PI, Jimmy was trying to find her again. Ray
said he had an investigator on a plane and she should come home. No!! Anyway she goes home and goes to the
house. At the house is the crazy white mom, Mississippi and Ray, who is acting
real suspicious and Kal is not there. Ray
gave Mea a drink and she side eyes it as she should. Then ALL hell broke loose. Turns out the mother never had cancer, they
cooked up this whole plan because Ray was going to run for mayor and he would
have gotten sympathy votes for having a sick mom. They then were trying to kill Mea. Somehow Mississippi died. Ray got poked in the eye with a key and the
mother died too. Mea runs out to the
road, waves down Kal, who is then taking her back to the house. Now this fool supposedly calls 911, hangs up
and then 911 calls back. Wait… where
they do that at??!?!? He answered the
phone “Yes 911?” (LOL I rewound that one cause I was like WAIT does 911 call
people back?!?!) It was his brother saying Mea knows the whole plan and bring
her back to the house. Mea turned on the
Bluetooth and hears the last part of the conversation. She unbelts his seatbelt and there was an
oncoming 18 wheeler, yadda yadda yadda, Kal dies. Cut to later that morning, Ray is being
arrested and Zyair is vindicated and Mea is on the side of the building I guess
in disguise as Zyair thanks her. So now
she ain’t got no husband nor lover?!?!
Oh Tyler!! I just… where do you
come up with this. I forgot the twist
that Mississippi slept with Zyair first and the whole thing was a set-up to get
him in jail. But then Mea ALSO slept
with him, because as stated earlier, he’s a FREAK!! My final analysis, I was entertained!! It has
like maybe 4 stars on the IMDB but hey, it was a good time for me. I though Kelly Rowland did a great job! Is she
gonna win an Oscar off this? no… Nor an NAACP Image award, but I enjoyed it. There were just to many times where better
decisions could be made. That’s life!
