6 Movies Starring Janet Jackson

Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-07-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (7960 Reviews)

Director:

John Singleton

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

After witnessing the murder of her first and only boyfriend, young Justice decides to forget about college and become a South Central Los Angeles hairdresser. Avoiding friends, the only way for her to cope with her depression is by composing beautiful poetry. On her way to a convention in Oakland, she is forced to ride with an independent-minded postal worker whom she has not gotten along with in the past. After various arguments between them and their friends, they start to discover that their thoughts on violence, socially and domestically, are the same. Justice may finally feel that she is not as alone as before.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-07-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (37140 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Segal

Cast:

Writer:

Jerry Lewis (characters)

Steve Oedekerk (story)

Barry W. Blaustein (story)

David Sheffield (story)

Barry W. Blaustein (screenplay)

David Sheffield (screenplay)

Paul Weitz (screenplay)

Chris Weitz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Professor Sherman Klump is getting married. And the Klump family could not be more delighted for him. But Buddy Love, his Mr. Hyde alter-ego from the first film, is back and trying to make it on his own. Buddy keeps resurfacing in untimely outbursts, and threatening the portly professor's marriage plans to colleague Denise Gaines. Utilizing Denise's cutting-edge DNA research, Sherman decides to rid himself of his monstrous nemesis -and his disruptive outbursts-once and for all by extracting Buddy's DNA from his system. But Buddy bursts full-bodied into Sherman's world and lays claim to the professor's astounding invention - a revolutionary youth serum. Desperate to keep it from Buddy, Sherman hides the serum in the Klump family home, thinking it will be safe. Buddy correctly divines where Sherman has placed the serum, but to get it, he has to deal with the entire Klump family first.

Dreamworlds II: Desire, Sex, Power in Music Video

Dreamworlds II: Desire, Sex, Power in Music Video

Basic Info:

Countries:

USA

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (58 Reviews)

Director:

Sut Jhally

Fullplot:

Why Did I Get Married?

Why Did I Get Married?

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (9262 Reviews)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Dr. Patricia Agnew, a psychologist, has written a best seller about marriage: hers and those of three other couples who together take a week's vacation each year to ask themselves, "Why did I get married?" It's time for one of those weeks, and all four relationships are strained: Patricia and her husband Gavin have the shadow of grief between them; Terry believes that Diane has abandoned him for her work; Angela, who's built a successful business, belittles her husband Marcus, who works for her; Mike is cruel to Sheila, his religious, overweight wife. During the week, each person's secret comes out. Will these marriages survive?

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (7230 Reviews)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Cast:

Writer:

Tyler Perry (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.

For Colored Girls

For Colored Girls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-11-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (5899 Reviews)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tyler Perry (screenplay)

Ntozake Shange (play)

Fullplot:

The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." Unlike the original play which featured only 7 women known by colors performing the collection of 20 poems, the movie has given each of the 20 characters names. Each of the poems deal with intense issues that particularly impact women in a thought-provoking commentary on what it means to be a female of color in the world.

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