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The Girl’s Need to Take A Trip To A Seat. “Girl’s Trip”: Review

Girls Trip

          The nap I took while I was supposed to be watching "Girls Trip" was more powerful than any sleep I had since the college semester started. But, going to sleep periodically throughout the movie will not hinder this review. I was able to catch enough of the movie to ask a few questions. Was it overhyped, was it over sexualized, was it casted incorrectly, did the jokes fall flat? ABSOLUTELY. I could've saved my twelve dollar ticket for food that was less bland than the plot line of this movie. I still support the idea behind the movie which is black female empowerment. But I will not want to see this again. There was a few hit and misses with the concept of strong black feminism. Yet, due to my race and my gender I was supposed to be mentally in sync with each scene that was played out in "Girls Trip". Well I am not, so let me decline your inter-race/ sexist card you've decided to swipe on my site. 

“Girl’s Trip” is an r-rated black comedy movie that apparently forces the decomposition of boundaries and sexism. Throughout the movie there was a lot of skin being shown more or so from men, talks about sex, violence and drugs. Four women such as Regina Hall, Queen Latifa, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish reunite in New Orleans for Essence Fest and of course drama and laughter begins. But at the end of the roller coaster of a movie, friendships are rehashed and men are still trash.

“Girl’s Trip” was an okay movie, it can’t be fully torn apart. With an all star cast, an… okay-ish plot line, and a few good punch lines it’s clear so see why the movie was a box office and social favorite. I commend the all star cast for coming together as they did to form a movie that black women apparently needed. But honestly, I strongly believe that this cast was formed to carry the mediocre script.

The breakout star, Tiffany Haddish is who truly carried the movie along and made it somewhat interesting. Considering the role was practically made to fit her true self, she wasn’t afraid to let her true personality show through, while making the character come to life and also doing improv of her own. Hurray, the star character of the movie is an angry hyper-sexual, violent black woman. Yet, she was supposed to be seen as care free, right? I find it quite funny how society shames the women who actually happen to be carefree and unafraid to be themselves but they make this type of woman melodramatic in movies and profit most from their characters.

Regina Hall on the other hand, the lead role as Ryan Pearce, a successful business woman and unhappy wife was a disappointment. Hall was well known for her character Brenda in the “Scary Movie” series and her role in “Think Like A Man”. In this movie, Girl’s Trip, it wasn’t her fault that her character fell short it was the script’s fault; it was the casting director’s fault or the actual director. She wasn’t given the space to truly embrace who the character was and so her skills, her personality wasn’t able to shine through and hence forth, she fell flat. It seemed as if the only scene her acting skills were exceptional in is when she was about to fight the side chick played by Deborah Ayorinde or her husband played by Mike Colter, and any scene in which she was being “shady” towards Queen Latifa which had a complicated background with Hall’s character in the movie. So her best acting was when she was portrayed as being angry, the “B” word, submitting to a cheating husband, or simply not acknowledging the success of another black female. Yet, her character was supposed to be of empowerment, self worth and success; especially for women in the black community. I spy an excessively ironic plot/character flaw, don’t you?

           Anyways, I miss bald Jada Pinkett, who doesn’t? She was a lot more hardcore and about her business. She was always a powerful actor on the screen, so when she was caste for this soft hidden freak roll I was disappointed. Her role seemed very forced, like she was overacting. For instance, in the scene in which she was talking to her co-stars about casual sex or sex in general her face contorted in a way that made me uncomfortable to watch it up-close. In the movie, she had multiple kids so clearly she’s no stranger to sex. During the entire movie I wanted to say, “lol, sis relax.” Especially in the bathroom scene where Kofi Siriboe who plays her young boy toy Malik, whips out his package and tries to deliver it. “Move your arm”, she says seductively and proceeds to almost have an aneurysm. As a mother of multiple kids who was saved by religion after a rough past that consisted of a cheating husband and a very promiscuous and adventurous college life, you would think she would be mature enough to talk about sex. As a mother and a woman of religion she was suppose to be strong for her kids and be one of the most powerful members in the group. But she’s actions show similarities to the kids she takes care of. Was this a good representation of black motherhood to you? If so, okay girl....                        Queen Latifah should retire the straight roles she’s been playing before it’s too late. Oh, wait, it’s been too late. Anytime you look uncomfortable in the movie poster that shows you looking up at a naked man, maybe there’s no need for you to be caste in the movie. The entire time her character just seemed uncomfortable or confused. For instance, when her character was blamed by Hall for releasing her marriage scandal to TMZ or anytime straight sex appeared in the conversation, there was an uncertainty she displayed on camera. So, its a no for me dawg.                                                                                                                   Therefore, this movie had a powerful message behind it that seemed watered down with irony. Overall, i would give this movie an E for Effort. But the again, if something is made to bring light to the stride of black women, let’s not use the opportunity to make a mockery of them. Until next time, I’m Benishia.