Not Easily Broken: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 69 reviews

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Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

Laughter through tears is director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target.
Full Review » 3 years ago
A.O. Scott New York Times (Top Critic)

60

Not Easily Broken is not easily dismissed. For one thing, the cast is excellent, and for another, its intentions are serious and generous.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

20

What should be easily broken is a large china vase over the head of everyone involved in this profoundly creepy, yucky, and chillingly reactionary relationship drama.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

Not Easily Broken is well-acted and involving, though this relationship drama may put some people off with its overt sentimentality and moralizing.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

Not Easily Broken exerts an unmistakable appeal, thanks to an absorbing story and fine performances from Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Boston Globe (Top Critic)

63

For most of Not Easily Broken, I wondered why the movie wasn't worse. Then I remembered it was directed by the veteran Bill Duke, who applies ample TLC.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

63

Remarkably the movie, like the couple at its center, isn't easily broken.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

A queasy mix of comedy, melodrama, and self-help spirituality.
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Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

A well-crafted message picture disguised as soap opera.
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Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)

The pigeonholed characters constrict Chestnut and the usually good Henson from portraying fully developed adults; the same dilemma hits most of the supporting cast.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

38

Why go for imitation Tyler Perry when the master is so industrious? Perry's next one should be along in about 10 minutes.
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Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

Not Easily Broken is a marriage-in-crisis melodrama baked from the Tyler Perry recipe.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Christine Champ Film.com (Top Critic)

34

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Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

[It] has the saving grace of a lively sense of humor that certainly helps the spiritual medicine go down.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

Not Easily Broken isn't perfect, but it is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save.
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Dave White Movies.com

40

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Clay Cane BET.com

50

The always immaculate, passionate and soulful Jenifer Lewis -- she could read the words in a phone book and make you feel it. The Hollywood veteran nearly saves the film.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Allan Hunter Daily Express

40

This is glossy, forgettable fare more at home as a TV matinee.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Ali Catterall Film4

40

It is unspeakably naff, unintentionally funny and unapologetically Christian. Judged on its own terms, it's a resounding success. But for non-believers it will likely prove a living purgatory.
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Ken McIntyre Total Film

20

Not Easily Broken is 99 long minutes worth of sobbing and hand wringing, with little insight and even less humour. Deadly stuff.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Wendy Ide Times [UK]

20

It has all the philosophical depth of a greetings card message but it's underscored with a nasty little edge of misogyny.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Matthew Turner ViewLondon

40

Well acted, but ultimately disappointing drama that's let down by a tedious script, sluggish direction, cloying sentimentality and an overwhelmingly sanctimonious central message.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Christopher Tookey Daily Mail [UK]

20

This is sermonising, not drama, and I suspect I won't be alone in finding it obnoxiously misogynistic.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Hank Sartin Time Out

34

That's a reasonable message, but it might feel more resonant if the script were a little fairer to both sexes.
Full Review » 3 years ago