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Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)

PG-13 | | Drama, Thriller | 29 March 2013 (USA)
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An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.

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Ava (as Kim Kardashian)
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Ms. Waco Chapman
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Alvin Aki ...
Client #4
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Client #2 (as Sid Baxley)
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Sarah's Church Sister #2
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Marriage Counselor
Stephanie Marie Douglas ...
Choir Singer #1
Timothy Scott Floyd ...
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An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.

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Seduction is the devil's playground. See more »

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Drama | Thriller

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Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content | See all certifications »

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The Marriage Counselor  »

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Opening Weekend USA:

$21,641,679, 31 March 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$51,975,354

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$53,125,354
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell played childhood friend "Denise" in 80's hit sitcom Full House. See more »

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Ava: Judith, we've being going at this for weeks. Look around this office. What do you see?
Judith: A bunch of women with hair from India?
Ava: Look at me, Judith. What you should see is people in this office care about what they look like. Unlike you. We have over a billion dollars walking in and out of these offices looking for love. We have a standard to uphold. This is not our standard.
Judith: Okay, Ava... I don't have to wear fancy dresses and fancy shoes to prove that I'm qualified to do my job.
Ava: Yes, you do.
Judith: No, ...
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Over You
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Temptation: A Seduction Plot Lacking Requisite Sexual Chemistry
30 March 2013 | by – See all my reviews

Temptation is a step up from Tyler Perry's previous ho-hum Alex Cross, but it still a far cry from being the kind film one would gush over. The two biggest draws in the film are Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Kim Kardashian. Smollett, who in her last film "The Great Debaters" (2007) gave an outstanding performance in great chemistry with stellar young ensemble, was not as bless with as high of a cast quality. Nevertheless, her acting as the seduced wife Judith was stretched in some new ways in "Temptation" and on the whole she doesn't do badly.

Kardashian, is irritating in her role as Ava, Judith's work colleague, but then again, that is what her character is suppose to be. As such -- many other critics' assessment notwithstanding, Kardashian's acting is neither good nor bad, but simply OK.

As for the plot, Tyler Perry(writer and director) puts forward an interesting treatment of the issues of spousal and professional dissatisfaction, and how that can be used in a seduction passion play. A decent directorial effort, but Perry is still struggling with some filmmaking fundamentals such as pacing, camera angle decisions, and very irritatingly, sound editing. There were points where the critical dialogue of protagonists seducer and seducee was too mumbled to be anything close to erotic.

The film's biggest failing is the sexual chemistry between Judith and Harley(played by Robbie Jones). It just doesn't seem like a credible attraction. Whether the actors, casting or direction is to blame, who knows? But any Perry movie these days has to be considered high profile -- if for no other reason than his large audience drawing -- and as such, anything short of smoking sexual chemistry represents a critical movie failure. I keep rooting for Perry, but this is typical of his best films -- mixed quality, mixed results.


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