Nobody's Fool

The movie is bad in all the ways Perry's movies are usually bad - it's haphazardly paced, riddled with plot holes, and thuddingly overstated in its moralizing - but that doesn't matter whenever Haddish is onscreen.

You feel like you're the victim of a cruel bait-and-switch, lured into thinking Nobody's Fool would be a crappy but nevertheless entertaining Tiffany Haddish movie, only to have it turn out to be a crappy but nevertheless crappy Tyler Perry movie.

It's something like five movies in one. Or maybe it's five movies in two. Or six movies in three. It's a mess, whatever it is, but it's not without its charms.

Too much of "Nobody's Fool" makes do with well-worn exchanges and contrived, overheard conversations.

Once again, Perry puts a good cast into a muddy story that lacks a clear premise, plot or theme.

Even with all of Haddish's hard work, she still can't clean up the mess she's landed in.

Perry needs to let Nobodys Fool be his last journey into crass comedy.

It's quite funny if you're a Tiffany Haddish fan.

There's no excuse for staging and editing so bad that they preclude both drama and comedy.

Perry knows his audience and plays to them throughout. He is 'Nobody's Fool' and he knows what packs them into theaters.