Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writers:

Tyler Perry (screenplay)
Jordana David (staff writer)

Release Date:

2 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Marriage is an institution they're committed to.

Plot:

Four couples find themselves struggling to save their marriages once again on their annual marriage retreat, while each of them battle through financial, physical, mental, and emotional issues.

Plot Keywords:

Second Part | Sequel | Question In Title | Sequel To Remake | Writer Director

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Tyler Perry	...	Terry
Janet Jackson	...	Patricia
Jill Scott	...	Sheila
Sharon Leal	...	Dianne
Malik Yoba	...	Gavin
Richard T. Jones	...	Mike
Tasha Smith	...	Angela
Lamman Rucker	...	Troy
Michael Jai White	...	Marcus
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Porter
Cicely Tyson	...	Ola
Nia Iman Muhammad	...	Kenya Bobb
Tyson Gilmore	...	T.J.
Valarie Pettiford	...	Harriet
Marc Farley	...	Stage Manager
K Callan	...	Ms. Tannenbaum
Zoë Grace Hargrove	...	Daughter
Frank Roberts	...	Doctor
Richard Whiten	...	Philip
Yaniv Moyal	...	Alex
Jeff Warren	...	Man
Seth Powell	...	Marcus Jr.
Rodney Peete	...	Walter
Brian Daye	...	Technical Director
Chris Moses	...	Ross
Carra Patterson	...	Kelly
Victor Webster	...	Ray
Laveranues Coles	...	Sportscaster #1 (as Laveranues Coles Jr.)
Roger Lodge	...	Sportscaster #2
Sheri Mann Stewart	...	College Professor
Jonté Moaning	...	Cake Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Viviane Brazil	...	Airlines Attendant
Haji Abdullah	...	Diner Cook (uncredited)
Sidney Baxley	...	College Professor (uncredited)
Stephen Anthony Campbell	...	Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)
Lem Collins	...	Husband (uncredited)
Joseph Harold	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
James Harvley	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Keith Allen Hayes	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Roger Herrera	...	Airport Ground Crew Person (uncredited)
Stacy Jenkins	...	Airport Customer / Background (uncredited)
Dwayne Johnson	...	Patricia's Co-Worker (uncredited)
SiSi Kache	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Alphonse A. Lambert Jr.	...	Airport Traveler (uncredited)
Ebony Lewis	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Mista Martel	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Shakira Massiah	...	College Student (uncredited)
Lynn McArthur	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Deidre D. Mosely	...	Diner Patron (uncredited)
Katherine Neslund	...	Office Employee (uncredited)
Donald Norris Jr.	...	College Student (uncredited)
Mark Rudge	...	Airport Customer (uncredited)
Sapphire	...	Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)
Melany Sebastian	...	College Student (uncredited)
Jeanette Stout	...	Airline Passenger / Nurse (uncredited)
Jawad Talpur	...	Airline Ticket Counter Employee (uncredited)
Kenya Thomas	...	Airport Traveler Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Tyler Perry

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jordana David		staff writer
Tyler Perry		screenplay

Produced by
Tim Andrew	....	supervising producer
Roger M. Bobb	....	co-producer
Reuben Cannon	....	producer
David M. Garber	....	producer: main title sequence
Joseph P. Genier	....	co-producer
Karen Gorodetzky	....	line producer
Charisse Nesbit	....	development executive
Tyler Perry	....	executive producer
Tyler Perry	....	producer

Cinematography by
Toyomichi Kurita

Film Editing by
Maysie Hoy

Casting by
Alpha Tyler

Set Decoration by
Lance Totten

Costume Design by
Keith G. Lewis

Makeup Department
Vincent Gideon	....	hair stylist
T.A. Henderson	....	key hair stylist
Charles Gregory Ross	....	department head hair
Shunika Terry	....	hair stylist
Apryl Weech	....	makeup artist
Dionne Wynn	....	co-key makeup artist

Production Management
Heather Carey	....	production supervisor: Bahamas
Curtis A. Miller	....	production director (Lions Gate Films)
Carl Pedregal	....	post-production supervisor
Donna Sloan	....	executive in charge of production: Lions Gate Films

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roger M. Bobb	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Calvin Ashford	....	assistant art director
Irie Bailey	....	props
Sarah Carter	....	set decoration production assistant
Cristina Lucia Cesari	....	buyer
Joe Connolly	....	property master
Justin C. Hosp	....	set dresser
Konrad Lewis	....	set dresser
Tanya B. Magidow	....	assistant property master
David H. Nash	....	gang boss
Taraja Ramsess	....	props
Taraja Ramsess	....	set dresser
Joey Sisson	....	props
Joey Sisson	....	set dresser
Mike Sullivan	....	scenic charge artist
Monika van Schellenbeck	....	buyer
John Weeks	....	carpenter
Shauna Williams	....	art assistant
Nichole Wleklinski	....	props assistant
Jay Womer	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound editor
Chris Durfy	....	sound mixer: second unit
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Phil Lee	....	re-recording recordist
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound editor
Jane McKeever	....	sound editor
Christopher Mills	....	efp sound
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Drew Ponder	....	boom operator
Paul Sorohan	....	sound utility
David Stanke	....	first assistant sound editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karen Vassar Triest	....	sound effects editor (as Karen Triest)
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
David Fletcher	....	special effects coordinator
Heath Hood	....	pyrotechnician (as G. Heath Hood)

Visual Effects by
Pharoah Barrett	....	3d artist
Cortney Haile	....	visual effects executive
Spencer Hecox	....	visual effects supervisor
Brian Holter	....	digital compositor
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Meltzer	....	digital compositor
Jesh Murthy	....	visual effects supervisor
Justin Pascal	....	digital compositor
Jason Sanford	....	visual effects producer
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Yuki Uehara	....	rotoscope artist
Ashley J. Ward	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Shellita Boxie	....	stunt double: Janet Jackson
Derrick Simmons	....	stunt double: Malik Yoba

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Bolton	....	grip
Quantrell D. Colbert	....	still photographer
Dan Cornwall	....	gaffer
Joe D'Alessandro	....	camera operator
Marc Dobiecki	....	camera operator
Jerome Fauci	....	camera operator
Jerome Fauci	....	steadicam operator
Michael Fedack	....	dolly grip
Dale Fowler	....	best boy electric
Dan Furst	....	video assist operator
Gary Holmes	....	rigging best boy electric
Matthew Horn	....	second assistant camera
Sherri Angela Leger	....	film loader
Burton Bj Lightbourne	....	grip
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Greg Magidow)
Christopher Mills	....	efp camera
Greg Morse	....	video playback
Ray Myers	....	electrician
Edward Nyankori	....	rigging electric
Pierre O'Halloran	....	grip
Gary Oldknow	....	grip
Glenn Ortman	....	electrician
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	key grip
Charles Praileau	....	rigging grip
Kerry Rawlins	....	grip
Brandon Sands	....	electrician
Gina Scagnelli	....	b dolly grip
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
Art Schultz	....	set lighting technician
Dean M. Simmon	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Atlanta
Louis Smith	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Greg Still	....	lighting technician
Cris Toebben	....	electrician: base camp
Shawn Torge	....	electrician
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Mike Tyson	....	rigging gaffer
Porter Versfelt III	....	epk camera operator
Jon Derek Wilson	....	electrician
Anthony Zibelli	....	first assistant camera: c camera
Anthony Zibelli	....	libra head technician

Casting Department
Brittany N. Grooms	....	extras casting assistant
Jade Moser	....	casting assistant
George Pierre	....	extras casting assistant
Iain Rodgers	....	extras casting director: Bahamas

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvia Akuchie	....	set costumer
Shilla Benning	....	costumer
Sekinah Brown	....	associate costume designer
Sarah Downer	....	additional set costumer
Rhonney Greene	....	key costumer
Lonnie McQuarters	....	costume shopper
Lonnie McQuarters	....	wardrobe assistant
Gertrude Moore	....	head tailor
Margaret Robbs	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Bryan Cantrall	....	on-line editor
Tricia Chiarenza	....	color timer
Marisa Clayton	....	manager (modern videofilm )
Tony Dustin	....	digital film colorist
Joe Finley	....	digital preview colorist
Joi McMillon	....	first assistant editor
Justin Powell	....	post-production assistant
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Kimberly Wilhoit	....	post-production assistant
Ariana Young	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Johnny Caruso	....	supervising music editor
George Doering	....	musician
Joel C. High	....	music supervisor
Scott Hosfeld	....	musician
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Rebecca Rienks	....	assistant music supervisor
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Michael Stern	....	music scoring mixer
Jesse Voccia	....	composer: electronic music
Dara Wedler	....	music coordinator
Dara Wedler	....	soundtrack coordinator
Sam Zeines	....	music editor

Transportation Department
K.C. Colebrooke	....	transportation coordinator
Daniel La Fave	....	driver: hair and makeup
Janet Perrotti	....	driver
Michael R. Purvis	....	cast trailer driver
Windi Robinson	....	construction driver
Antionne Rolle	....	driver: cast
Patricia Sammons	....	driver
Ralph Strickland	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Cesar Aguirre	....	stand-in: Alex
Coleen Aiello	....	first assistant accountant
Kevin Amick	....	medic
Ozzie Areu	....	president: Tyler Perry Studios
Will Areu	....	senior vice president: production and operations
Gaytra Arnold	....	production secretary
Alex C. Askew	....	production assistant
Khalilah Birdsong	....	studio manager
Ami Cohen	....	production department coordinator
Michelle Coppins	....	accounting clerk
Jeff Dash	....	production accountant
Mark Davies	....	shipping coordinator
Derron Delaney	....	medic
Derrick Doose	....	key set production assistant
John Findley	....	location manager (as John Findley III)
Tsedy Gebeyehu	....	travel coordinator
Liam Hearne	....	post production accountant
Bill Jacks	....	manager of business and legal affairs
Samuel Jerome Johnson	....	location assistant
Kim Ju	....	second assistant accountant
Rae Lockett	....	assistant to producer
Chasity Lowe	....	set medic
Paul Lowe	....	key set medic
Karen Marie Mason	....	assistant location manager
Robert M. Melnik	....	executive vice president of business affairs
Khanya Mkhize	....	adr voice group
Gary Ousdahl	....	executive assistant: Tyler Perry
John Fitzgerald Page	....	stand-in: Jeff Warren
Emily Rice	....	post production accountant
Alex Roman	....	office production assistant
Klein Santana	....	office production assistant
Jennifer Schoenherz	....	executive assistant to president
Cassius Allen Shuman	....	business & legal affairs: Lionsgate
Michelle Sneed	....	assistant travel coordinator
Amandla Stenberg	....	adr cast
Edwanna Tabb	....	assistant production office coordinator
Ryan Taylor	....	production assistant
Jason Underwood	....	assistant location manager
Shauna Brianne Wong	....	credits coordinator
Jack Wu	....	travel coordinator
Carole Wurst	....	executive assistant to director
'JZ' Jihad Ziyad	....	set production assistant
Chris Saharek	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Lionsgate
• Tyler Perry Company, The

Distributors

• Lionsgate (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ster-Kinekor Pictures (2010) (South Africa) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2010) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Lionsgate (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2013) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Happy Feet Foley  sound post-production (Foley Services)
• Harris Diversified  a/c & power rental
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Malaco Records  soundtrack
• Paskal Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system provided by
• Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd.  post production accounting
• Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd.  post-production accounting services
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Todd-AO Studios  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material including sexuality, language, drug references and some domestic violence

Runtime:

USA:121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45804) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | UK:12A | Malaysia:PG-13 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | Singapore:PG13 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Its opening weekend gross of $30.2 million makes it the third highest opening for a self-directed Tyler Perry film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Early on, when the four women go inside the house for margaritas, two of the four are wearing different dresses, the other two the same dresses as in the prior scene.

Quotes:

Dianne:How do you really know that you're spouse is cheating anyway? I mean really?
Sheila:If you think he's cheating, then he's cheating.
Dianne:Wait a second, just because you suspect, that doesn't mean it's truth... it just doesn't.
Angela:I disagree with that. Dianne, every time I caught Marcus cheating, I knew it before I found out. I know because I know how to listen to that voice on the inside of me, that tells me when a man is cheating.
Dianne:mmhmm, that voice...
Sheila:Yeah, but you smoked so much weed in college, baby, you might not want to listen to that voice in *your* head, It's probably *still* high.
[laughs]
Sheila:... Seriously, if you're always in a chemically induced state, you might want to reconsider everything that you're doing... and thinking too.
Angela:What is this, an intervention? That has absolutely nothing to do with it. I know how to tell. If your man, if he goes to work all day long and then comes home, smellin' like a fresh bar of soap, somethings up. I ain't got time to be sittin' around all day guessin'.
Sheila:Relationships are supposed to be about... trust.
[...]

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Soundtrack:

Gotta Find a Way

Why Did I Get Married Too? was my intro to Tyler Perry's work in its entirety

A few months after I saw this movie on Netflix, I still have some mixed feelings about this Tyler Perry film that was the first I saw in its entirety. I mean, I did like the parts about that woman still having some grudge against her abusive ex-husband who's only trying to redeem himself. And there was some amusements of that constantly jealous woman concerning her sportscaster husband though it did threaten to wear thin. And that brief scene of Louis Gossett, Jr. and Cicely Tyson on the beach when they shared their journey as husband and wife were worthy of the time. But after that with the Janet Jackson character suddenly unraveling after deciding to split from her husband seemed to be writer Perry's way of providing some kind of conflict to make for a more exciting drama but only made things seem more contrived than needed. And I can't believe that the person who cameoed at the end actually agreed to do it! Bottom line, Why Did I Get Married Too? was a very mixed bag of an intro to Mr. Perry's work for me but at least he wasn't playing Medea again so that's one positive.