 I got what you need right here. This is 200-year-old abstinence. If you drink too much of it, it's gonna have your hallucinates. So it's been five years since this group of friends has been together, but now it's time to leak up again. My name is Brennan Keith-Avery and this is just my opinion. Girls Trip, Girls Trip, Girls Trip is the latest movie that is surfing around the movie theaters starring an all-black cast of women. We got Queen Latifa, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish. And to be honest with you, when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I wasn't that turned on. I was just kind of like, you know, hey, what's going on? I don't like, you know, these women being portrayed this way. But when I started seeing more and more, you know, marketing material, I did become on board. I am a fan of all four of these women, even with Queen Latifa and Jada Pinkett Smith dating all the way back to set it off. I think that movie came out in like mid-90s. I can't remember exactly, but you know, I love them. You know, I used to watch Queen Latifa on, I'm about to say a living color. Not a living, not a living color, but a living single. Real big fan of Jada Pinkett Smith. Tiffany Haddish, she's new to me. I have seen some of her stand up before and she was funny. And I will get to her role especially here in a bit. And Regina Hall, I love her. She was, she's been in like the scary movie franchise. She was in the best man that came out of 1999. And that's also who is directing this movie. Malcolm D. Lee. Black Guy, he, you know, pretty much directs everything Black. One movie that he did last year that I was a fan of, what Ice Cube was, Barbershop 3 or Barbershop the Next Cut. I really did enjoy that. He also did, like I said, the best man. He did Undercover Brother, Soul Man, Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, The Best Man Holiday, Roll Bounce. He also did a few episodes that everybody hates Chris. So, you know, he's been working in this industry for a while and, you know, he knows what he's doing. And overall what this movie is about is, like I said in my intro, is that there's four friends. They've been, you know, friends, lifelong friends since they were, you know, young girls. And as they get older and they go to school and they get their careers and stuff, they just, you know, stop kicking it as much and they, you know, five years go by and it's the Essence Festival and they're like, you know, we got to link up, you know, I miss my homies. I miss my girls. You know, we need to have a great weekend of fun to catch up and reminisce all the crazy things that we did in the past. And as far as that's concerned in the past, I like how the movie gave us a lot of flashbacks, different points in the life coming up through grade school and college just to show how powerful and strong their bond really was. As far as the characters are concerned, I'm not going to name them by their movie names. I'm just going to name them by their real names. So I'm just going to be like Sanjada, Tiffany, Regina, and Queen or Queen Latifah. And my favorite character out of the whole bunch was Queen Latifah's character. And the reason why is at one point in the film, they addressed the fact that, you know, sometimes when you're friends, you know, you get into it with your friends, you argue, you fight, you bicker, whether it's a big problem or a little problem. What I liked, what I liked about it was is they said that when you are beefing with your friends, sometimes it's resolved and sometimes it isn't resolved. And, you know, sometimes if it is resolved, you know, people are lying to each other and they're just, you know, playing patty cake just to kind of pass the time, but they really don't mean it. They're not really sincere. You know, that's not the case with Queen Latifah. She was one of those friends that's going to be real with you all the time 100% no matter what. And I do appreciate that, you know, because I want people like that in my life. And, you know, she just wasn't, she just wasn't going to cut any corners. You know, she was a true friend and she cared about her girls. And if you really care about somebody, you're going to look out for them and you're going to be honest. And that is the relationship dynamic between her character and Regina Haas character. And I really like that. Jetta Pinkett's character, you know, she was kind of uptight, you know, and we all have people like that in our group that are kind of stuck up and, you know, just uptight and just like, dude, relax. You want to have a good time. You know, you know, you haven't, and thinking of movies, she hasn't had sex in like two years. So, you know, yeah, she really does need this. And Tiffany Haddish's character, I'm still going to get to that in just one moment. For the most part, I did like all the characters going over to Regina Haas character. Well, no, I don't want to talk about that right now. Something I do want to talk about is something else with the story and the whole moral, the moral behind the whole story is, is just kind of being yourself. Don't pretend, you know, don't act like, you know, everything that you have going on in your life is just all peachy and perfect. You know, sometimes a lot of people, not sometimes, a lot of times people are faking in the world like they have it all and have it all figured out in their life are just perfect. And are you killing yourself on the inside? You know, don't do that. Just own your truth, you know, be who you are. You know, I know it can be, you know, change can be scary, but sometimes change is necessary. And one of the characters in this movie, well, Regina's character in this movie, that's something that she had to go through and accomplish or whatever, you know, she had to make to the next level. And that was just something that she really did struggle with. And I liked it because I know a lot of people in the real world that are going through what she's going through. And also, I also would have liked if they would have had, it was for a woman, also would have liked, I'm not, you know, hating on the movie for this, but I would have appreciated if at least one of the women out of the four had a successful relationship. But none of them did. Tiffany Hatters, his character, she was, you know, acting over the top extra extra promiscuous. Jetta Pinkett was divorced. Regina Hall was having problems with her relationship. And I believe Queen Latifah was single. On a positive note, all of them, you know, were very successful with their jobs and careers and had the rival's lives that way. But I would have appreciated if one of them would have been married. Something else about the movie that I want to talk about, and there is a lot of controversy about this in the black community, at least is, you know, the marketing behind this. And I will say that the movie is much better than the way it is marketed. If you look at the poster, which I'm throwing up right now, you know, it doesn't give, you know, the woman a good look. I like, you know, I kind of saying this myself, a lot of people saying this in the comment section in the black community, like, man, why would they take this role, you know, they're over sexualized, not women, look at the post that they look like some dick-sucking hoes, you know, and it does look like that from the poster, okay, from the poster. And there's nothing wrong with that, you know, there's nothing wrong with women wanting to have sex. That's normal. If they, you know, if that wasn't the case, none of us would be here. You know, I'm not one of those guys to where, you know, you know, they rum saying that women shouldn't be acting like that. No, that's normal. But I do have a problem. So if that's an issue for you, go ahead and throw that out the window, because other than like one little scene right here, you know, they were portrayed that way, but it's no big deal. I mean, they did that in other movies, they did that in Rough Night. They had one character going around talking about, yeah, we're gonna be swimming in dick. I mean, so, you know, I'm not trying to be a stickler, but one character in particular, that is Tiffany Haddish's character, I felt that they just took it too far to where it just became ridiculous and embarrassing and disgusting. I did not like her character at all. Tiffany Haddish, I haven't seen much of her work. She was in the car marker show, which got canceled. But I also did see some of her skin that stand up, and she was funny. But in this movie right here, I could not stand her. I hated her character. I mean, I don't understand why someone would act like this. It was just completely unrealistic. And I actually got into an argument with one of my friends about this, and she got mad and actually hung up on my face. And I, you know, I really didn't appreciate that because, you know, she was so passionate. She was like, Hey, did you just not like her character? Or did you just not like her character? Because she was a black woman, you know, being portrayed that way. And I actually said both. And right when I said that, you know, she just went off and started screaming at me and talking about, you know, all black women can play in all types of roles. And yes, that is true. But I like realistic characters. And I know I like unrealistic and over the top characters too, but it has to fit within the context of the film. And her character did not do that fit into the context of this film. And now I want to tell you why this is a comedy. Yes, for the most part. But it's not like a brice made stepbrothers level of comedy like that. It is a more serious comedy with women, you know, dealing with real world issues, where with women where they work very hard, busting their ass every day doing everything in their power to have a successful life and be a good wife. But you know, they still get cheated on and there's still infidelity. And no matter what group you are in, a lot of women go through that and it's like, damn, you know, what else do I do? Do I just want to destroy my family and throw everything away that I work hard for? No, that was like the true core plot point in this movie. And it was serious. And I had some funny moments. But then when you have a caricature, like Tiffany Haddish in this movie, it just kind of throws the whole thing off balance. I mean, there was one scene where she was bragging about having an STD. If you see and I hate to spoil things, but I have to just say this one thing right here to, you know, give my, you know, my point more credit is when you when you're in the when you're looking at the previews, you see this scene to where they're doing a skyline thing over the middle of the street where they, you know, like, what is it? I'm going to say beeline, you know, they hook up to the bungee core, but they like a skyline thing to hook up, you know, to the core and they swing from one balcony to the other. As you see in the trailers, you see that Jada Pinkett's character got stuck in the middle and then she urinated on the whole crowd. That was funny. I laughed my ass off. It was funny in the trailer and it was funny in the movie. Everybody was laughing, you know, that's embarrassing. You know, it's just one of those moments to where you're like, oh my gosh, you know, I want to get away. That was very funny. What you don't see in the trailers will happen in the movie is right after that Tiffany Haddish's character. She was next up. So she jumps on the rope to and swings across and she knocks Jada Pinkett over to the other side. And for some idiotic reason, she just says, you know, hey, I didn't know you guys like golden showers and then proceeds to piss on the whole crowd up under her. Who the f does that? Okay, this is the type of character that Tiffany had. And I didn't like that. I mean, it was, I mean, there are scenes that she is doing things like that just over and over and over again. So it's like, dude, what are you doing? I mean, and my friend was like, you know, like over the top characters that are acting fun and she was the comic relief. But some of the things that she was not doing, some of the things that she was doing, it was just not funny at all. I didn't like it. It was completely over exaggerated. And like this wasn't like this wasn't a movie like a 40 year old virgin or stepbrothers where the whole movie is an exaggerated comedy. No, so we can fit things like they didn't know. This was a more serious comedy. And she everything about her was a sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex. Now, there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with a woman wanting to have sex all the time. And I'll tell you why another movie where it was a predominantly black ass, I believe it was to complete that game with Vivica Fox that came out either in the early 2000s or the late 90s. Monique, let me look this up real quick because I just want to make sure was a cursor in. Okay, I, you know, because I want to give you an example of a movie to work, it can't work. And in the movie tour, it can work. Two can play that game. I just want to make sure I'm looking up the right movie because, you know, there was a lot of is she in this Monique? Yes. Okay, this is the movie. And soon it can play that game. Monique's character in that movie was over sexualized. And I was perfectly fine with that because it wasn't over the top. It was realistic in that movie. I remember it was on scene. So what she was talking about her man, she was like, hey, I said to her, she was talking about, you know, when the man's penis gets erect, like, hey, you know, I feel that when it gets up, it's my job to knock it back down. Funny, I laughed in that movie, you know, I agree, I don't know, I'm saying I agree with her, but I liked her character in that movie. There was nothing wrong with her in that movie. She was talking about sex the whole time. And that's perfectly fine. Women want to have sex that's realistic. I'm not trying to throw women in a box and saying that you can't have sex or anything. That is a perfect example of a over sexualized character that worked in the movie. But the way they did it, the way they did it in Girls Trip with Tiffany Haddish's character, it was just crazy over the top, just dumb, like nobody in the real world acts like that. I mean, just it was, it was embarrassing and I didn't like it. And I just thought it was too much just just too much. It just didn't make any sense. But so her jokes didn't work in the film. All the other jokes did. There was one scene that you see in the trailers where they get real intoxicated and they're hallucinating. And I laughed about that. I laughed to the whole scene. It was very funny to me. I was chuckling back and forth just like everybody else was in the theater. And you know, all the other jokes they landed. It was funny. I did appreciate all of them. But Tiffany Haddish's role, I just could not get down with that. Overall, with the story, I did like it. And it does give a great example of woman empowerment and just believing in yourself and just doing what you have to do, you know, to accomplish your goals. And you know, I really liked the camaraderie between the women that had, you know, they got along, they got to fight. But at the end of the day, they were down for each other. And I really did appreciate that. If I had to give this movie a rating out of a one out of 10, I would give it a seven out of 10. Yes, a seven out of 10. But guys, that's just my opinion. What did you think about Girls Trip? Or have you seen it? Do you want to see it? Do you not want to see it? Have I turned you on? Have I turned you off? Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know in the comment section below. Let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing. If you liked this video, go ahead and give me the thumbs up. And if you don't like the video, that's fine. Just give me a comment. 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I'm a Black Iron Man movie comes out in Black History Moon. So if I could be on the red carpet with all the stars, that would just be an epic dream come true for me. Well, if I'm on the side with fans, that's fine as well. But I'd rather be on the red actual red carpet. This is a long shot. Yeah. But hey, you know, I'm going for it and you can help me get there by sharing this video 1000 times. And guys, I just want to thank you again for tuning in for my opinion slash review for girls trip. And before you go, don't forget that my name is Brennan Keith Avery. And that's just my opinion. Peace.