CineTv Contest #142 || Acrimony (2018) || A Movie That's Too Much...
I thought hard on how to make a review of this movie. Many times, I have seen people engage in conversations surrounding this movie and it does turn out to be a heated one. With some people on the side of Robert Gayle and others on the side of Melinda Moore Gayle.
I believe we know this movie I am talking about. It is titled Acrimony.
Movie Plot
Acrimony follows the story of a psychotic wife, Melinda Moore (Taraji P. Henson) who stalks her ex-husband, Robert Gayle (Lyriq Bent) and his fiancee, Diana Wells (Crystal Stewart) nearly killing them because she wanted what she believes was hers after she spent her whole life supporting him before he became successful.
My Take On The Movie
There are some that believe in the end justifying the means. It's funny and also crazy how Melinda is being painted as the villain while letting off her husband, Robert Gayle. I mean everything should be fine since Robert paid Melinda off at the end so he should no longer have any business with her. Is that right?
She Never Believed In His Dreams
It's hypocritical to say she never believed in his dreams. She did believe in him from the start. She was the reason why he even made it that far with his project. If she never supported him from the start, maybe there wouldn't have been a million-dollar project to begin with.
But the problem was that there's only so much one could take. She snapped when it became too much for her and she could no longer take it. The toll of working multiple jobs while her husband sits at home. Maybe it would have been easier if her husband, Robert had supported her from the start instead of leaving the whole financial burden to her.
She Shouldn't Have Allowed Her Family Come Between Them
She never listened to her family from the start when they told her not to marry him. He was the reason why they were able to get into her head.
She became the villain because she was a woman scorned. There's only too much one could take. She supported him for 18 years while Robert didn't support her. He sat on his ass working on his battery prototype while she took multiple jobs, feeding him, clothing him, housing him.
She probably should have licked her wounds and moved on with the money he gave her. But what about the time she wasted with him? How could she love another when all her life she had loved Robert Gayle?
She should have been patient
Yes, she probably should. I mean she had been patient from the start, so why not wait a little longer?
But It's easier to dish out advice when we are not in her shoes. How would she have known how long she needed to wait more. How long is long enough?
Melinda Is Psychotic But Robert Is A Big Manipulator
I think Robert never loved her. He only loved what he could get from her, which was her money. She sold everything she had and poured it into him while he made promises.
I agree that she took it too far when she found out that another woman is now living her life. The life he promised her from the start. The same woman, Diana Wells, whom he cheated with that caused Melinda to become enraged to the point of ramming her car into his which caused an accident that rendered her infertile.
The mistake she made was not seeing Robert for the manipulator he was. He claimed to love her but took advantage of her when he slept with her after her mother's funeral. He claimed to love her but cheated on her afterwards. He claimed to love her but watched while she toiled day and night to feed and provide for them.
Look at how easy it was for him to move on? He was engaged to another woman while she was left with what? A check and flowers?
I think one of the important lessons here is that sometimes, it's best people don't start what they can't finish because when it doesn't turn out the way they want, it breeds anger, hatred and resentment.
Acrimony is a movie worth watching. Taraji P. Henson, an exceptional actress, performed her role perfectly.
Try watching this movie if you are yet to do so. I am giving it a rating of 8/10.
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My dear sis I have watched the movie o and I also agree hat or was too much. The psychosis displayed by Taraji was too much. It left is guessing whom root for.
Women should just be smarter. Never Hussle for a man who only brings promises to the table.
Thank you for the support.