Finally saw it. It's a decent enough movie, but ultimately, I was disappointed. I was hoping to be more engaged with the characters. Looking back at it, I found the trailers more effective than the movie itself. I blame the director. He failed to bring it alive for me. The one thing that saves it is the acting. It's brilliant. Gaby carries the whole thing and I love that she managed to keep me on her side the whole way through. There was a real danger of just being like, 'ok, we get it', sort of thing, but Gaby's performance was very real and touching. But I loved Mo'Nique even more. That was a fierce performance. I wanted the whole movie to be about her (though maybe then I'd be sick of her, lol). Seriously though, she was amazing. Brutal, scary, funny, sad, touching, etc. I've always liked her, but always as a comedienne, but she totally nailed this part too.