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Mea Culpa

R 2024 2h 0m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for List
17% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
When criminal defense attorney Mea Harper (Kelly Rowland) takes on the murder case of artist Zyair Malloy (Trevante Rhodes), the truth isn't as obvious as it seems. While she tries to determine the innocence or guilt of her cagy-yet-seductive client, it is uncovered that everyone is guilty of something. Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa explores what happens when burning desire takes hold and things get hot... and dangerous.
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Neither campy enough to qualify as a guilty pleasure nor exciting enough to hold up as a thriller, Mea Culpa is a sorry entry in the Tyler Perry filmography.

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Mea Culpa might keep you guessing for a while, but the real question is who's supposed to fall for this movie's unbelievable plot.

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Benjamin Lee Guardian While it might start out as an erotic thriller, it slows down to a damp relationship drama before meandering its way to a climax hinged on head-scratching twists that make little to zero sense. Rated: 2/5 Feb 23, 2024 Full Review Lisa Kennedy New York Times Is creating a guilty pleasure something a director can — or even should — aim for? That’s one of the questions wafting over the writer-director Tyler Perry’s willfully steamy thriller “Mea Culpa.” Feb 23, 2024 Full Review Archi Sengupta LeisureByte.com With frigid performances, terribly written characters, convenient plot twists and random storylines that come out of nowhere, Mea Culpa is not only forgettable but extremely stupid. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Tony Baker Tony Baker Comedy Ridiculous. Rated: 1.5/5 Mar 14, 2024 Full Review Dominic Griffin The Baltimore Beat No matter what new low Tyler Perry sinks to, an audience will always be willing to give it a shot for exactly the same reason we crane our necks when driving past car wrecks. Rated: 2/10 Mar 13, 2024 Full Review Nicholas Bell Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) The good news is, Tyler Perry has embraced AI as a writing tool. The bad news is his latest attempt at a schlocky erotic thriller is so offensively stupid he should be forced to issue a formal mea culpa. Rated: .5/5 Mar 12, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Juan R I saw several reviews and yet I watched it. Huge mistake. Terrible movie with a stilted script. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Margaret H The whole plot is so unbelievable. Why would a respectful lawyer allow her client to control her like that, and having an affair with him should get her disbarred. The acting was pretty bad, especially by Zyair; he hardly had any emotion in his flat tone. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Christian K Found myself at least entertained by this trashy and over the top romantic thriller schlock. The romantic chemistry between the 2 leads is as bad as i have ever seen. The dialogue is so awful its no surprise how stiff the delivery is. I did not even realize it was Kelly Rowland until after the movie when i was trying to figure out how the actress got the role. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Audience Member Everyone was frustrating in this movie. I couldn't relate to anyone. Between the stupid FL (and when i say stupid, shes the-first-one-to-die-in-a-horror-movie dumb), the dumb ass mama boy husband, the private investigator who does half of the job, the wacko brother- and mother-in-law. It's just so not realistic that I have nothing to say but that this movie is extremely bad. But truck-kun helped us in the end. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Luna N For every low review, I am absolutely shocked. This movie was beautiful. The approach Tyler Perry took with this movie is very different from the past when it comes to the color scheme, and artistic visuals. This was BEAUTIFULLY written, amazingly produced and shot. 10/10 absolutely amazing actors and props to Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Deontae D It's ok, great acting, But it wasn't all that, But Kelly Rowland is amazing in this movie, Close to the ending got really intense😮, And the movie is too long, 2.5/5 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When criminal defense attorney Mea Harper (Kelly Rowland) takes on the murder case of artist Zyair Malloy (Trevante Rhodes), the truth isn't as obvious as it seems. While she tries to determine the innocence or guilt of her cagy-yet-seductive client, it is uncovered that everyone is guilty of something. Tyler Perry's Mea Culpa explores what happens when burning desire takes hold and things get hot... and dangerous.
Director
Tyler Perry
Producer
Will Areu, Angi Bones, Tyler Perry, Kelly Rowland
Screenwriter
Tyler Perry
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Tyler Perry Studios
Rating
R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Some Violence|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 23, 2024
Runtime
2h 0m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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