Janet looks amazing! I say this everytime - but I do, because it's true. I'm still coming off an high from seeing her in For Colored Girls. I'm so proud of her performance. I'm not speaking as a stan either, she truly was impressive. The movie itself is a masterpiece! I expected it to be draining and depressing, but it had a great balance(humor, drama and in general, great artistic entertainment ). The entire cast was fantastic and worthy of winning Oscars (especially, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise and yes, Ms. Jackson). The story was very compelling and the overall meassage was very uplifting. It wasn't boring - and that made all the difference in the world! The reciting of poetry and the way it was fused into a script and continuously being pulled off by the cast as regular conversation in their interaction was awesome. This was something unique and surprisingly (these treasured writing's) are relevant and fitting for today's modern times, which probably wasn't easy because these poems were written in the '70's. I just fell in love with this movie. I think it's a movie everyone can enjoy. Tyler Perry's previous work may not gain him alot of respect , but this one certainly will. It was well done.