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  • čas přidán 17. 07. 2020
  • A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love in this compelling romantic drama starring Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan.
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Komentáře • 597

  • @SimplyAdiva
    @SimplyAdiva Před 3 lety +63

    This story hits different now that I'm grown. I was blindsided with a man like Franklin, fell in love with potential. I was successful and young, he struggled with being a provider. I had everything he wanted and he constantly got mad at me. Wish I had a little more guidance, I became pregnant treatment got worse. He destroyed my place and broke up most of things. I had a little girl and gave him chances to step up; he blamed me for everything wrong with his life. I don't know if he got it together but I'm happily married and my daughter is now 14.

    • @JSmedic1
      @JSmedic1 Před 2 lety +7

      @SimplyAdia ... I don't know you abs ah very proud of you and how you decided to improve and let the zero alone.
      Congratulations on your wonderful life!

    • @fee9971
      @fee9971 Před 2 lety +7

      So happy for you! I stayed married to this type of man for 8 yrs! Currently getting a divorce and I am soo looking forward to my freedom! I have and a 7yr old and a 7month old!!! Idc, I’m done!

    • @dempressglasgow5600
      @dempressglasgow5600 Před 2 lety +1

      I’m very proud of you. Thank you for sharing

  • @shainadfarrington
    @shainadfarrington Před 3 lety +62

    Oh man, I had this on VHS when I was about 19. A lot of this hits different after you've experienced life a little, lol.

  • @MrChicagoIllinois
    @MrChicagoIllinois Před 3 lety +108

    This movie just made 21 this year and STILL bangin'!

  • @empressdawnsomerville1101
    @empressdawnsomerville1101 Před 2 lety +20

    Dang …He caused her trouble, added struggle and stress to her life and cost her money from the very first encounter! Red flags from the word “Go.”

  • @Cherrybomb20048
    @Cherrybomb20048 Před 3 lety +165

    This movie is a prime example of how the wrong person can come into your life, and ruin it when discernment is not used.

    • @nicolejames6796
      @nicolejames6796 Před 3 lety +26

      not so much the wrong person because he did indeed love her he just wasn't right for her in the begining, he had a lot of work to do.

    • @ebazileyes1475
      @ebazileyes1475 Před 3 lety +16

      @@nicolejames6796 That's still make him the wrong person

    • @stacyming543
      @stacyming543 Před 3 lety +10

      He is home before her, he forgot to pick up his own child. She is washing the dishes and he wanted her to change the baby. Can't he change his child diaper?

    • @sylviabranch4201
      @sylviabranch4201 Před 3 lety +1

      True

    • @natinapowell6689
      @natinapowell6689 Před 3 lety +1

      EXACTLY

  • @howdyyall4352
    @howdyyall4352 Před 2 lety +85

    If you're a black woman in your forties you've had one of these struggle relationships. The Black movies from the 90's and early 00's had us thinking we can build a man even if we were destroying ourselves in the process. Thank God for deliverance!

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 Před 2 lety +4

      We know better know & wouldn't dare!!!

    • @ndb24
      @ndb24 Před 2 lety +2

      Amen to that!!!!!

    • @SetApartBeauty
      @SetApartBeauty Před 2 lety +4

      I'm in my mid-30s and ALMOST got caught up in one of these type of struggle love situations. Thank God I had the discernment to see it for what it was before I got in too deep!

    • @perfumep7730
      @perfumep7730 Před 2 lety +1

      Amen 🙏🏽……

    • @quatishajames42
      @quatishajames42 Před 2 lety +1

      That's why I only date Ballers!

  • @sharcam2010
    @sharcam2010 Před 3 lety +194

    This aint no love story boys and girls, this is a cautionary tale. Pay attention.

  • @ashleychamon6446
    @ashleychamon6446 Před 3 lety +135

    Franklin really wasn’t shit. He ain’t have nothing going for himself and had the nerve to be an asshole at times.. hell tf no!

    • @natinapowell6689
      @natinapowell6689 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes! He was just like half the dudes in my city

    • @scrubz.n.squatz2495
      @scrubz.n.squatz2495 Před 3 lety +9

      In the book he was even worse

    • @erikarepaja2543
      @erikarepaja2543 Před 2 lety +5

      I've read the book and I totally hate him!

    • @ashleychamon6446
      @ashleychamon6446 Před 2 lety +4

      @@erikarepaja2543 I need to read the book then!

    • @scrubz.n.squatz2495
      @scrubz.n.squatz2495 Před 2 lety +4

      @Joel Johnson it was real but at the same time it wasn’t because he didn’t really love her when she told him i love you. He hesitated when they were sitting on the stairs. Zora was desperate for a man and the only thing that kept him around was the dick. When he asked her why am i here? He looked at her like u using me for my dick . It comes a time when a woman wants more than a big dick and good sex. That’s what his ex wife told him, she said well tell her to call me I’ll tell her girl a big dick and worth all this stress.
      That’s on period ….

  • @gijoni100
    @gijoni100 Před 3 lety +111

    Black Struggle Love is for the birds!

    • @yjontiiaalfred5243
      @yjontiiaalfred5243 Před 3 lety +15

      THANKYOU.!!! PREACH.! Honey.!! ☝️🙏 Let the Church Say AMEN.!!

    • @carlagiselle3194
      @carlagiselle3194 Před 2 lety +12

      YES IT IS and I want NO parts of it!!!

    • @carolborela407
      @carolborela407 Před 2 lety +9

      Wisdom Speaks . Your speaking WISDOM .

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 Před 2 lety +4

      None at all sis. Wouldn't have looked twice!!

    • @mrsgretson6069
      @mrsgretson6069 Před 2 lety +2

      Q.: How about 'Struggle Love' in other colors? What kind of birds are those for?

  • @AuthorLHollingsworth
    @AuthorLHollingsworth Před 3 lety +34

    I haven't seen this movie in years. These types of movies dont exist anymore. Miss the early 2000's!

    • @nlee4566
      @nlee4566 Před 3 lety +1

      Yup! The tv movies back then were so good they could have been released in theaters.

  • @cherylthomas1268
    @cherylthomas1268 Před 3 lety +33

    I had to look at this movie a second time. Taught me a lesson or two: take time to know a man; never moved him into your place; listen to what he's not saying, and don't support him financially and no husband benefits.
    That man was trash. I felt her pain.

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 Před 2 lety

      Absolute basura

    • @MsTrueTy
      @MsTrueTy Před 2 lety +4

      @Joel Johnson It wasn't the goals that was the problem. He made alot of excuses for himself not realizing the world don't stop for nobody. And he just kept digging a deeper hole while dragging women and children down with him. Now she also had a role in that. Its okay to love someone but don't coddle them. He should of never moved in. And she should have allowed him time to get his stuff together. And if he real about wanting better he will be better. He definitely loved her but sadly love...is not enough sometimes.

  • @nicolejames6796
    @nicolejames6796 Před 3 lety +85

    A wise older woman told me once "if it starts off wrong, it won't end up right" that's what happens, they got together he was still married, and morally it was wrong for him to start another family before tying up the loose ends; the drinking on the job, etcetera. He had to get himself all the way together first in order for him to be the man he wanted to be and needed to be. I was so happy to see him come back as a better man.
    From experience it doesn't always happen this way for us women of color, sometimes they come back after the children are grown(as was in my case) and too much time has passed and far too much damage has been done(especially to our sons growing up without their fathers). I love Terry McMillen as an author who also gave us "Waiting to exhale" I enjoyed revisiting this film because it ends the way it began, with Love and Black Love is the Best Kind of Love!!! To All of my Black Men out there Stay Strong and just Hold on and Know that You Are So Loved!!

    • @jaysmith61
      @jaysmith61 Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks queen

    • @nlee4566
      @nlee4566 Před 3 lety +2

      Very well truthful.

    • @carolborela407
      @carolborela407 Před 2 lety +2

      Nicole James "WOW" my granddaughter told me the same thing everytime .

    • @sharita7270
      @sharita7270 Před 2 lety +1

      And that is why I’ve always loved sitting at the feet of older generations!!! Their wisdom far exceeds any book you read!!!

    • @nicolejames6796
      @nicolejames6796 Před 2 lety

      @@sharita7270 Yes ma'am, I truly miss the Matriarchs of my family, but I carry their invaluable words of wisdom with me Always. 😊💞

  • @cathystuart4942
    @cathystuart4942 Před 3 lety +63

    Women have to realize the business part of the relationship. If a man doesn’t bring anything good to bring to the table or he doesn’t have much to lose as you do, leave him alone.

    • @mandytaziva3750
      @mandytaziva3750 Před 2 lety +2

      I should have done tht, now 19 years in the marriage and still the breadwinner. At least wesly snipes was romantic. Life is not fair I tell you

  • @katbell436
    @katbell436 Před rokem +6

    This movie triggers me to no end. My face was drowned throughout the whole movie. Lol! I watched this at age 27 and now at 49 and I’m still pissed with Franklin. Ugh‼️🙄🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @Darrenthomas921
    @Darrenthomas921 Před 3 lety +107

    His baby mama was over it and not having it. She was fed up wit his bs🤣🤣🤣

    • @sunlight3844
      @sunlight3844 Před 3 lety +9

      Rightfully so!!

    • @EDifyer881
      @EDifyer881 Před 3 lety +9

      she really kicked pestley snipes to the curb lol

    • @sunlight3844
      @sunlight3844 Před 3 lety +8

      @@EDifyer881 not soon enough, apparently!!

  • @gloryglow346
    @gloryglow346 Před 3 lety +65

    It was so good they didn't interrupt with commercials

  • @me21464
    @me21464 Před 3 lety +40

    Watching in 2021...This movie needs to be added back into BET’s lineup!

  • @MzThang-if5lq
    @MzThang-if5lq Před 3 lety +109

    So many red flags from the beginning. That was some real life sh:+ & still does.
    Thank God for growth and knowing my worth and to teach other women (young up and coming). Them old ones 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @bremd2018
      @bremd2018 Před 3 lety +13

      I agree, this is a real life scenario. And people can learn from this as a cautionary tale.

  • @KritTeekDeZigns
    @KritTeekDeZigns Před 3 lety +74

    Where has this movie been hiding? I love love love loved this movie. Thank you for posting it. This leading lady never let you down in whatever movie she stars in. She has a way of making all of her roles come to life.

    • @nicolejames6796
      @nicolejames6796 Před 3 lety +8

      Sanaa Lathan is a Very Beautiful and Talented actress and I agree she does bring these characters to life. I can't wait to see her win an Oscar someday..

    • @nigerjenkins6372
      @nigerjenkins6372 Před 3 lety

      @@nicolejames6796 was that her singing Sanna

    • @marriejames01
      @marriejames01 Před 3 lety +6

      @@nigerjenkins6372 No that’s not her singing. I have the actual DVD (showing my age😳). It’s Melky Jean and Sedeck Jean singing, siblings of Wyclif Jean.

    • @roseroycegold7115
      @roseroycegold7115 Před 3 lety

      don't like her

    • @misshunter9213
      @misshunter9213 Před 3 lety +1

      Inspiration since 2006 💛

  • @bjb860
    @bjb860 Před 3 lety +29

    Wesley Snipes really popped up at her crib unannounced 😂.that’s a Sucker move in the beginning stages

    • @jaysmith61
      @jaysmith61 Před 3 lety

      ?

    • @jazzy4sure583
      @jazzy4sure583 Před 2 lety +2

      💯💯💯

    • @BlckgalAnointed
      @BlckgalAnointed Před 2 lety +1

      Periodt

    • @YungNic
      @YungNic Před 3 měsíci +1

      Even tho he was toxic, u can't really blame him for that one lol I mean, they didn't have social media or cell phones back then, so it's not like he could holla at her any other way 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @shaylawashington3639
    @shaylawashington3639 Před 3 lety +30

    This was truly a good movie

  • @marfialennox2642
    @marfialennox2642 Před 3 lety +40

    'On a lonely night in Brooklyn,' I think its the prettiest song I've heard in decades.

  • @r5ndom551
    @r5ndom551 Před 3 lety +23

    We'll do anything to NOT BE ALONE 😩 I LOVE MY OWN COMPANY, When we realize this, it becomes a I want you there or I don't. Either way, we good with it.

    • @GiveHerFlowers
      @GiveHerFlowers Před 3 lety +2

      Yes! It took me years to come to that realization. So glad I did

  • @robertlewis9467
    @robertlewis9467 Před 3 lety +135

    Popping up at someone's house unannounced is very disrespectful.

  • @Lioness417
    @Lioness417 Před 2 lety +11

    Sanaa Lathan is a rare pure beauty 💕

  • @darklovely2431
    @darklovely2431 Před 2 lety +24

    I showed my daughter this movie as a guide of what not to do! No struggle love over here

    • @teri_p
      @teri_p Před 2 lety +1

      I don't blame you! I'm over here dying laughing but I don't blame you.

  • @destined2begreat605
    @destined2begreat605 Před 2 lety +14

    There was three critcal errors she made ....#1 She slept with him on the second night #2 She gave him a key to her apartment and #3 She had a baby by him now let that sink in...

  • @lolitabridges1974
    @lolitabridges1974 Před 2 lety +26

    I feel for everybody's situation. Men can really mess up their lives and women accept far too much. Franklin wasn't a bad guy, but he made bad decisions (drinking on the job, not getting his divorce). Zora did too (accepting his excuses). They didn't help each other in the beginning, just made each others' situations harder. A man has no business stepping to a woman with nothing to offer and a woman has no business letting him. Separate what you know from how you feel ladies (and gentlemen).

    • @Misskitty550
      @Misskitty550 Před 2 lety +1

      Amen

    • @JSmedic1
      @JSmedic1 Před 2 lety +1

      He was a bad man. Not really a man at all, by misusing those women's energy, love, and time. He was a big, charming, inefficient child.

    • @jerryirick8953
      @jerryirick8953 Před 2 lety +5

      He told her in the beginning he didn’t had much to offer and she accepted him anyway. She just didn’t know he was so irresponsible. Sex can cloud your judgment.

    • @sharita7270
      @sharita7270 Před 2 lety +1

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.....Amen and Amen

  • @sharondahunter9182
    @sharondahunter9182 Před 3 lety +33

    19:32 when the refrigerator lost its innocence

    • @samanthadaniels2991
      @samanthadaniels2991 Před 3 lety

      Ha ha ha ha. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 girl u r funny

    • @r5ndom551
      @r5ndom551 Před 3 lety +2

      Now it's 5 yrs of therapy and a mental condition 😂

    • @BlckgalAnointed
      @BlckgalAnointed Před 2 lety

      Just unsanitary, I wish I would have my naked ass booty in my fridge. I'll beat my own ass for that nasty shit 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏿‍♀️

  • @shelocsher2396
    @shelocsher2396 Před 3 lety +128

    This story was mesmerizing to me when my sneaky behind read it as a kid. Now that I’m grown ...No.

  • @auntie9077
    @auntie9077 Před 3 lety +38

    I haven't seen this movie since the 1990's.....Love the acting....salute to brother Snipes....still kicking it in 'Coming Two America 2' :D

    • @nicolejames6796
      @nicolejames6796 Před 3 lety +6

      He looks like a Pharoah in this film doesn't he, very handsome and Royal.

    • @auntie9077
      @auntie9077 Před 2 lety +1

      @Joel Johnson UMMM ok :D

  • @Stacie_for_real
    @Stacie_for_real Před 3 lety +66

    I loved this movie. It’s so interesting to see how he motivated her and she inspired him. In the end they found each other again he became that successful contractor and she a song writer. She gave him a second chance to put her family back together because she never stopped loving him and he still loved her

    • @keshahunt1476
      @keshahunt1476 Před 3 lety +6

      All the reasons why it's one of my favorite movies

    • @jg3865
      @jg3865 Před 3 lety +18

      This is a NO

    • @ladya6803
      @ladya6803 Před 3 lety

      Exactly

    • @alberthurt7652
      @alberthurt7652 Před 3 lety

      That's true

    • @jg3865
      @jg3865 Před 2 lety +6

      @Joel Johnson Thank you Joel...No struggle dust love for me!

  • @jeanettedavis4240
    @jeanettedavis4240 Před 3 lety +28

    Haven't seen this movie in a long time, It's still a good movie

  • @athenajoy1455
    @athenajoy1455 Před 3 lety +52

    Tell her to Call me...id tell her the Big Dig aint Worth ALL Da STRESS!... Fr

  • @garyedwards1158
    @garyedwards1158 Před 2 lety +5

    WOW!! ALWAYS LOVED THIS MOVIE. MY DAUGHTER WAS SIX MONTHS OLD WHEN WE SAT ON THE SOFA WATCHING THIS MOVIE.TOGETHER. SHE IS NOW TWENTY ONE AND A SENIOR IN COLLEGE. MEMPHIS , TENNESSEE AUGUST 30, 2021 6:15am

  • @yvettelee2226
    @yvettelee2226 Před 3 lety +21

    All women need to watch this movie before they head out on a first date got to be more careful when dating guys that don't have their business together

  • @strawberrycheesecake7912
    @strawberrycheesecake7912 Před 3 lety +65

    I wouldve left the minute ge told me he is married

    • @lisahill6817
      @lisahill6817 Před 2 lety +3

      She should have never given them the keys to her apartment!!!

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 Před 2 lety +2

      Should have never given him the time of day!

    • @lolitabridges1974
      @lolitabridges1974 Před 2 lety +2

      Her feelings were already involved. You stay and try to make the situation what you want/need it to be because of feelings, not facts.

    • @dignifiedblackman4742
      @dignifiedblackman4742 Před 2 lety +2

      But she still wanted him after the fact

    • @SetApartBeauty
      @SetApartBeauty Před 2 lety +3

      @@dignifiedblackman4742 Because she was dumb and desperate.

  • @adebolaadeniyi3638
    @adebolaadeniyi3638 Před 3 lety +16

    I luv dis Film!!!! I’m not tired still watching it in 2021.

  • @marfialennox2642
    @marfialennox2642 Před 3 lety +73

    Weak male who blames and gets angry at everyone else for his failures. Girl, this is the perfect case of 'I can do bad all by myself.' No one is worth this much stress

    • @edger_rush4057
      @edger_rush4057 Před 3 lety +1

      Sound like your speaking from experience

    • @marfialennox2642
      @marfialennox2642 Před 3 lety +11

      @@edger_rush4057 No I am not! I would never waste my days with that type-I’ve wasted days with other types-but never a Franklyn Swift. I’m speaking from 57 yrs of observing human behavior and counseling others. I’m not a fan of any adult who blame others for their failures or take out that anger on others

    • @edger_rush4057
      @edger_rush4057 Před 3 lety

      @@marfialennox2642 I like that,thank you for reminding me that human beens are still on earth, I would love to get to know you are you single?

    • @marfialennox2642
      @marfialennox2642 Před 3 lety +1

      @@edger_rush4057 I’m unavailable, sir

    • @marriejames01
      @marriejames01 Před 3 lety +3

      @@marfialennox2642 😂💀💀💀

  • @TYP1970
    @TYP1970 Před 3 lety +32

    This was a heart warming and reality movie.

  • @glamsam6098
    @glamsam6098 Před 3 lety +36

    I must of read the book three or four times as it was that good. Really enjoyed the film too. Franklin was a dusty lol but came through in the end

    • @cilla7778
      @cilla7778 Před 3 lety +9

      He literally smashed up everything he done the flat out of spite 🙄 that is dusty logic for real

    • @cilla7778
      @cilla7778 Před 2 lety +3

      @Joel Johnson I know, but he spent a lot of time on that carpentry, just to go smash it up like that 😭

  • @laquindriaharris5454
    @laquindriaharris5454 Před 3 lety +152

    They were two good people just not good together. They both needed to get themselves together before they could have a successful relationship. The timing was just not right.

  • @ignaciogodoy7095
    @ignaciogodoy7095 Před 2 lety +7

    Destroying the apartment was the worse thing that the guy did, that's unforgettable

  • @PSLuvAshanti
    @PSLuvAshanti Před 3 lety +10

    Ugh and she played his mom in Blade 😍
    And that weight looked so good on Sanaa

  • @evelynj.amponsah8417
    @evelynj.amponsah8417 Před 3 lety +23

    One of Terry McMillan good book/film.

  • @iashahardesty3786
    @iashahardesty3786 Před 3 lety +9

    This movie is a life lesson..

  • @queenofparis3507
    @queenofparis3507 Před 3 lety +4

    I see the good & the bad. Lessons learned at the end, and not from the beginning. 💜 wonderful movie!

  • @mandytaziva3750
    @mandytaziva3750 Před 2 lety +6

    Lord I pray tht none of my children will be in this kind of situation. Love shdnt be this hard. Too much struggling

  • @kymelieleonard6490
    @kymelieleonard6490 Před 3 lety +81

    2nd thought, he got lazy and didn't contribute at all to the relationship

    • @nigerjenkins6372
      @nigerjenkins6372 Před 3 lety +3

      Right

    • @delledaye2035
      @delledaye2035 Před 3 lety +20

      The minute that girl said.. all I want is you... He was like alright now and just went left 🙄

    • @cilla7778
      @cilla7778 Před 3 lety +3

      @@delledaye2035 Too needy and she was insecure

    • @keshahunt1476
      @keshahunt1476 Před 3 lety +12

      Well he did try to find a job, he just kept getting turned down so he played it like he wasnt doing shit and she should've have never tried to baby him in the first place by saying she got him when he told her he couldnt afford to stay with her, she should have said okay let me know when you get it together lol

    • @janahjill9803
      @janahjill9803 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah this movie is just promoting black struggle love

  • @vernellharris5278
    @vernellharris5278 Před 3 lety +8

    I'll always love this movie I also read the book years ago excellent. Not seeing movies and hearing soundtracks like these anymore breaks my heart!!

    • @amircollins8065
      @amircollins8065 Před 3 lety +1

      It’s sad. My brother is a 16 yr old aspiring actor and he is sad that the “everyday black movie” isnt made anymore. 😟. There ain’t movies like Boyz in the hood, Baby Boy, or Love Jones being made. I love these types of films man

  • @mgmassey174
    @mgmassey174 Před 3 lety +15

    Sweet, real movie.
    Terry Mcmillan ...great writer

  • @janahjill9803
    @janahjill9803 Před 3 lety +68

    Unpopular opinion: This is not a romantic movie . It is a typical struggle movie that get promoted to BW to accept any treatment as long as you got a “man”.
    He purposely did not tell her till she basically fell in love with him all of his problems. She is in a situation where she is paying majority of the bills, working, cooking, cleaning,trying to jumpstart a music career, and has epilepsy. All he brings her is no high school diploma, two kids he can’t take care of, and a wife that he still is married to . Then he basically tries to guilt trip her into keeping his baby when they are both already horribly struggling especially her since she is carrying 80 percent of the weight . He can’t keep a job to save his life .Then he has the audacity to make a comment insinuating that she should be grateful she has man . Once the baby comes, he can’t even remember to pick HIS child up and does not change diapers . When he gets upset, he messes up the furniture that her and HIS a child will have to live in.
    Unfortunately, this is the reality of many BW who are in relationships. They get gaslighted and treated like mules. A slim amount of intimacy from a man is enough for some women to accept this treatment .
    I would never thank god.

    • @victorialake9474
      @victorialake9474 Před 3 lety +21

      Thank you. I agree with you 100%. This movie is the same propaganda that is promoted to Black women over and over again to keep us in these struggle relationships and single parents. We are told to settle for not even the bare minimum that other races of women are taught to expect from a man. This is why Terri McMillan books are popular. I’m happy for her success, but all her books and movies are just like Tyler Perry movies. Black woman you are a mule, be happy that any Black man breathed near you, sacrifice your life for everyone but yourself. This movie is what not to do and what not to settle for in relationships and life.

    • @janahjill9803
      @janahjill9803 Před 3 lety +10

      @@victorialake9474 yes I agree especially in the Tyler Perry movies . They all have to struggle in some way to get love.

    • @kamila927
      @kamila927 Před 3 lety +4

      Agree

    • @MercedesB771
      @MercedesB771 Před 3 lety +5

      You are on point this is so true he is not a Godly man his life was not in order she had a promising career before he gave her his life now she can’t keep a Job or money she missable like him

    • @mspierre10100
      @mspierre10100 Před 3 lety +7

      You spoke nothing but Facts 💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @dimples5257
    @dimples5257 Před 3 lety +57

    It's so crazy my mother name was terry mcmillan (married name)🥰 I miss her so much

    • @francinewilliams1703
      @francinewilliams1703 Před 3 lety +3

      🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @sandraturner3838
      @sandraturner3838 Před 3 lety +4

      Yes I miss my beloved Momm 😢 💔
      She will be gone 1 year this May 25th
      It has been so hard 😫 😪 😢 and I can't
      Believe she's not with me anymore
      But I will never ever forget her !!

    • @dimples5257
      @dimples5257 Před 3 lety +3

      @@sandraturner3838 my mom passed October 8th 2015 and the pain still the same and her bday is October 11th 😭 I can't say it'll get better the pain never go away and yes she is watching you always so make her proud

    • @dimples5257
      @dimples5257 Před 3 lety

      @Natasha Luo aman to that

    • @sandraturner3838
      @sandraturner3838 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dimples5257 Yes I will and I have friends that still have their Mom's and
      don't realize how blessed they are and
      don't know what's really in store for them
      Until their Mom's pass away and there's
      No true way to prepare for it because
      After the burial you have to force yourself. To get back in your daily routines and J have family but at the same time I feel
      Soo lonely and very sad 😥 like I was
      Left and she went on a trip without me
      And will return soon and everything will
      be back to normal but everything on
      Earth will never be the same because
      Nothing can replace her and she touched
      Many lives and I will never forget her and
      Keep her memories alive as much as
      Possible and she was a noble woman

  • @mswilliams7873
    @mswilliams7873 Před 3 lety +74

    What's so sad alot of black men are like this in real life lol

    • @Ariell848
      @Ariell848 Před 2 lety

      😓😅😅

    • @lisarosario429
      @lisarosario429 Před 2 lety +9

      I don't look at it as a Black man experience, more as a man thing- a life lesson if you will. Sometimes we as women ignore signals because we want love in our lives, passion, desire. To feel beautiful.

    • @noirefit5954
      @noirefit5954 Před 2 lety +2

      Sad but true!

  • @marylang4934
    @marylang4934 Před 3 lety +17

    This brings back so many memories. I remember when the book first came out and when the movie came out I fell in love with black love even more. I wanted to be in love all over again 😘 They both played their roles to the fullest. The concerns in relationships are still relevant today💯The soundtrack is all that and more. Thank you for posting 🔥🔥🔥

    • @tracyclark3634
      @tracyclark3634 Před 2 lety

      Mary,,
      I agree with you 💯 percent...
      Coming from a man's perspective franklin hopefully learned something....

  • @tamarasmith9766
    @tamarasmith9766 Před 3 lety +9

    Black women are so beautiful and elegant period loved this movie for 2021

  • @ndb24
    @ndb24 Před 3 lety +6

    "A Bunch Of Bull#&!@"
    😂😂😂 The scene at the dinner table with her friend and the husband

    • @Chitownhomestead
      @Chitownhomestead Před 2 lety

      He was better in New Jack city.. he wasn't believable as this guy

  • @THEMOSTHIGHONLY
    @THEMOSTHIGHONLY Před 3 lety +10

    Best love story ever... I watched this at least 1000 times since it aired on HBO years ago

  • @RashidWilliamsR-MAN
    @RashidWilliamsR-MAN Před 2 lety

    What a Beautiful Movie,No Cursing,No Cheating,Very UPLIFTING!

  • @keasha3219
    @keasha3219 Před 3 lety +83

    This movie made me never look at refrigerator the same.😂😂😂😂😂

    • @shandas3662
      @shandas3662 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂

    • @claraharrison1509
      @claraharrison1509 Před 3 lety +6

      @SARA CTFU. Gurl! I got 2 beers that's been sitting in the fridge since this pandemic started. Damn.🤣

    • @laciena
      @laciena Před 3 lety

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nicki4905
      @nicki4905 Před 3 lety

      Rite ☺️

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 Před 3 lety +2

      That fridge just defrosted all by itself!🤣

  • @MrCySy
    @MrCySy Před 3 lety +5

    What a movie. ❤ it. Whew its very Realistic and Emotional. I'm getting this on DvD. Thanks for posting.

  • @kagisomotlhaapula6751
    @kagisomotlhaapula6751 Před 3 lety +4

    Classic, I nearly experienced this kinda tale. Its a beautiful movie...

  • @MrChicagoIllinois
    @MrChicagoIllinois Před 3 lety +7

    When I first saw this in 2002 I used to watch it everyday! I know this movie like the back of my hand.

  • @nichellenunya
    @nichellenunya Před 3 lety +17

    We accept a lot.

  • @hello_04
    @hello_04 Před 3 lety +64

    This movie just tells me to get a private investigator if I'm gonna date a black man. Got the nerve to act like he the prize choosing talmbout "she don't be just yapping like them other girls, she listens" like we dogs. Then gaslighting her to think she's in the wrong to not want the dudes Tyler Perry pushes on us to settle for....or for expecting truthfulness and responsibility. We stay having to raise these fools. Grow up before y'all date and waste black women's time.

    • @cilla7778
      @cilla7778 Před 3 lety +13

      I know for real, this movie has a lot of parallels to what BW are dealing with today,. Like he literally smashed up everything he built in her flat out spite, all because he was told that his lazy azz attitude will not be tolerated. 🙄. "I am not divorced, I am separated".... umm no 😒

    • @janahjill9803
      @janahjill9803 Před 3 lety +11

      This movie was not cute

    • @canwejustloveeachother2550
      @canwejustloveeachother2550 Před 3 lety +4

      Nail on the 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @canwejustloveeachother2550
      @canwejustloveeachother2550 Před 2 lety +3

      @Joel Johnson No, a man who strives to do good is not a fool. His erratic behavior and gaslighting is. He throws tantrums and wants to fix it with sex. He watched her struggle while he sat home without taking care of the house. Men don't need this explained to them. They're not angry about a comment section full of women who know better. They agree when they know their rightful places.

    • @SetApartBeauty
      @SetApartBeauty Před 2 lety +2

      @Joel Johnson No, dusty. Real love is having enough respect for yourself and a future partner to be at your best so that you have something of value to bring to the table instead of expecting someone to struggle with you and your toxic bullshit. If you are significantly struggling, especially financially, you shouldn't even be entertaining the thought of dating anyone. You should be so focused on getting your shit together so that you can be an asset to your future partner instead of a liability.

  • @sharonbell8895
    @sharonbell8895 Před 3 lety +19

    He was uncertain about his contribution She stayed true to course ..without being bitter because when he did come back he had made honest stride towards his real sense of belonging as a Father and worthy to earn her heart back Great movie !!!!

    • @canadamonroe6229
      @canadamonroe6229 Před 2 lety +3

      Stop promoting struggle love. No one would ever find this bs acceptable for a White woman.

    • @SetApartBeauty
      @SetApartBeauty Před 2 lety +2

      @@canadamonroe6229 Thank you for saying this!! Only black women are encouraged and even in some ways shamed into accepting struggle love, even by other black women. It's so sick!

  • @MyJwiz
    @MyJwiz Před 3 lety +30

    The first book i read in two days! I liked the book better though

  • @frankiphoenix8699
    @frankiphoenix8699 Před 3 lety +68

    I’m sorry but Franklin was a user and master manipulator. Good woman or not can’t nobody fix a grown ass man who don’t wanna change

    • @estherbeckley420
      @estherbeckley420 Před 3 lety +7

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @frankiphoenix8699
      @frankiphoenix8699 Před 3 lety +15

      @@estherbeckley420 I watched this as a kid and thought their love was sooo strong, growing up it’s shocking to realize how toxic they were to each other lol

    • @CK-yo7ub
      @CK-yo7ub Před 3 lety +29

      So many women mistake this for love. The Bible says that if a man doesn't feed his own family he's worse than a traitor.

    • @estherbeckley420
      @estherbeckley420 Před 3 lety +5

      @@frankiphoenix8699 Exactly! When I re-watch old movies I mostly have a different opinion.

    • @socialbutterfly114
      @socialbutterfly114 Před 3 lety

      True facts Franki much love to your comment!

  • @MrChicagoIllinois
    @MrChicagoIllinois Před 3 lety +27

    Both of them played in Blade.

  • @lunalea1250
    @lunalea1250 Před 3 lety +40

    I forgot how beautiful Wesley was, real love, black love is beautiful, Terry McMillan knows and values the importance of sister friends!🥳💚👏🏼

    • @nicolejames6796
      @nicolejames6796 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, she does, Love me some Terry McMillen.

    • @nigerjenkins6372
      @nigerjenkins6372 Před 3 lety

      Is that Sanna voice

    • @breadbutter4221
      @breadbutter4221 Před 3 lety +2

      No woman should settle for this type of love. A man who has two families and who doesn't do what it takes to support his children and is willing to see the women struggle and support his ass ain't sh!t. The worse part is that when he was leaving, he destroyed her apartment, without even considering that she has his child raising. That speaks volumes of a worthless piece of trash. That attitude can't be changed by education, and a contractor license

    • @breadbutter4221
      @breadbutter4221 Před 3 lety +1

      No woman should settle for this type of love. A man who has two families and who doesn't do what it takes to support his children and is willing to see the women struggle and support his ass ain't sh!t. The worse part is that when he was leaving, he destroyed her apartment, without even considering that she has his child raising. That speaks volumes of a worthless piece of trash. That attitude can't be changed by education, and a contractor license

    • @breadbutter4221
      @breadbutter4221 Před 2 lety

      @Joel Johnson If that's love, I really don't want it. Thank you. Too often as women maybe out of desperation or from a society that tells us we must have a man-any, so many women settle for toxic mediocre love. Well I will pass.

  • @stephaniehamlet2474
    @stephaniehamlet2474 Před 3 lety +32

    One of my favorite movies

  • @tracyclark3634
    @tracyclark3634 Před 2 lety +1

    Outstanding movie....
    From start to finish....
    Highly recommended......
    Upload is straight quality......
    Great sound track as well.....
    💯

  • @refinedqueen2260
    @refinedqueen2260 Před 3 lety +5

    This is my movie. I read the book before I watched the movie. I enjoyed both. Great acting.

  • @canwejustloveeachother2550
    @canwejustloveeachother2550 Před 3 lety +30

    Great for a storyline of what to stay away from. This is struggle love to the max. This movie kinda personifies how a lot of our men became. We empathized with their struggles, support them IN EVERY WAY, deal with that building boy phase and all. These days, many women are over it and the men are trying to get women back into this type of subjection. That's why KS is their voice. They are and have been bullying women into settling for them. The threat is "Well, you'll be alone." They get that from older women too. Explore you racial options. That doesn't mean any others are the holy grail. Still, explore to widen your pool. Its crazy because we can see brothers' pain and we really try to fill that void but we can't. That's why many give up on themselves. They need the Most High before being married and being in relationships. Healing to them and us

    • @GiveHerFlowers
      @GiveHerFlowers Před 3 lety +4

      Amen

    • @BlckgalAnointed
      @BlckgalAnointed Před 2 lety

      I date all, I refuse to put up with bullcrap just bc I'm trying to stay in my race category. Watched many great women in my life do it and saw firsthand how that affected them.

    • @Ariell848
      @Ariell848 Před rokem

      🙏🏽

  • @vinalove07
    @vinalove07 Před 3 lety +6

    Like the first time all over again!!! Now I can truly appreciate with age and wisdom

  • @atiashaunbaker3792
    @atiashaunbaker3792 Před 3 lety +51

    Franklin was selfish . And sadly she let this man knock her up. He was already unstable with two children from a previous relationship (marriage) that he was barely providing for. Girl, you should have RAN !!! 💨💨🏃🏾‍♀ faster than Hussein Bolt. Franklin was no good. Franklin( his character) represent how grimey NY dudes are, as he only wanted her for stability and to carry his seed. She would have faired well not meeting him.

    • @atiashaunbaker3792
      @atiashaunbaker3792 Před 3 lety +1

      @Tina Bless her star??? Are u talking about her singing career? And what about Jamaican men?

    • @atiashaunbaker3792
      @atiashaunbaker3792 Před 3 lety

      @Tina Bless oh I thought Jamaicans prided themselves on being hard working stand up people.

    • @mspierre10100
      @mspierre10100 Před 3 lety

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯💯💯

  • @AndreaTAndreaT
    @AndreaTAndreaT Před 3 lety +12

    I Love "A Song For You"!!!

  • @natinapowell6689
    @natinapowell6689 Před 3 lety +6

    These women haven't aged at all.

  • @seanlamar29
    @seanlamar29 Před 3 lety +14

    This proves if you good I'm bed some women will overlook and put up with almost anything

  • @freedomnotebuyers2601
    @freedomnotebuyers2601 Před 2 lety +5

    After he tore up her apartment absolutely NOT Would I speak to him again. No coming back from dat!

  • @acampbell5022
    @acampbell5022 Před 2 lety +8

    No matter how much somebody says "oh, I got this"
    Please pay your half.
    Nobody really wants to take care of another grown ass person. Love. In love.
    Good sex. Or other.
    Always pay your way!!!!

  • @nolidcreations
    @nolidcreations Před 3 lety +22

    Watched this movie so much... Know it word for word 😁💜

  • @rosathomas8672
    @rosathomas8672 Před 3 lety +24

    Wesley Sniped, Makes me want to just melt in his arms Lol.

    • @rosathomas8672
      @rosathomas8672 Před 3 lety +5

      @SARA Sorry You feel that way , Hope your stomach feels better Lol

    • @rosathomas8672
      @rosathomas8672 Před 3 lety +3

      @SARA I know You heard the terms, Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, That's me Laughing so hard, Have A Good Day Ok .

    • @larocnacion4085
      @larocnacion4085 Před 3 lety +1

      🤢🤮

    • @shante70sb
      @shante70sb Před 3 lety +2

      Wesley Snipes was hella fine back in his hey day. New Jack City era back When he was popular actor at the time.

    • @sharonhicks-jones5471
      @sharonhicks-jones5471 Před 2 lety +2

      Still fine

  • @scheenafarmer3979
    @scheenafarmer3979 Před 3 lety +2

    I have watched this movies so many times so that I have it in my mind when I see or hear the words Disappearing Acts

  • @brittneyrobinson2761
    @brittneyrobinson2761 Před 3 lety +4

    I find myself watching this movie very often.

  • @andreadaniel8792
    @andreadaniel8792 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for posting this. I’ve been wanting to see it for a long time.

  • @capricornqueen2.0tv
    @capricornqueen2.0tv Před 3 lety +2

    This was my first African American novel I ever read at age 13 I was hooked

  • @SouthSideLadyWright
    @SouthSideLadyWright Před 3 lety +10

    Mama was the first Terry McMillan book I read and Disappearing Acts the second book.

    • @vinalove07
      @vinalove07 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes I love the mama book!!!

    • @marriejames01
      @marriejames01 Před 3 lety +1

      “A Day Late And A Dollar Short” is floating around on YT.

    • @goodmeasure777
      @goodmeasure777 Před 3 lety +1

      @A cherished Gem, I remember a co worker back then, suggesting Disappearing Acts. I just don't remember reading Mama though. Dang I'll have to revisit it. I enjoy all Terri's book. I have all her hardcovers except those two. You know sometimes, you can just reread a book, because it's like there is always something new that you may not have picked up on before, or it's like you're visiting an old friend, or even transporting yourself, back to the first time your read it. Something very comforting about rereading good books.

    • @SouthSideLadyWright
      @SouthSideLadyWright Před 3 lety

      @@goodmeasure777 Mama is a very good book. The only 2 books I read twice was Jubilee by Margaret Walker and Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. Morning Glory is now a movie but the book is always better.

    • @sarahsimpkins1311
      @sarahsimpkins1311 Před 2 lety +1

      I read how stella got her groove back ALSO

  • @originallyme4life562
    @originallyme4life562 Před 3 lety +7

    Thanx for the upload!!! I loved the book
    and this movie!!

  • @blindbeautyblindgirlmagic3166

    OMG!this is my movie,thank you for uploading this💜

  • @cilla7778
    @cilla7778 Před 3 lety +24

    In today's world would Franklin be a High Value Man, Simp, Educated Lame or a Dusty 😉 Love the book, beautiful characters ❤️

  • @classytrashy8141
    @classytrashy8141 Před 3 lety +4

    I love this movie ... I looked for it this week ... thank you.

  • @shefiled2
    @shefiled2 Před 3 lety +3

    2021 and this is still my favorite movie.

  • @delledaye2035
    @delledaye2035 Před 3 lety +60

    Struggle Dusty... Man leaving another black woman a single parent to raise a male child... another male living off a female and not taking responsibility for his actions....Loved at the time tho.

    • @wb4190
      @wb4190 Před 3 lety +25

      Then had the nerve to break all that he did do and leave her house in shambles with his baby!

    • @delledaye2035
      @delledaye2035 Před 3 lety +9

      @@wb4190 entitled 🙄

    • @nigerjenkins6372
      @nigerjenkins6372 Před 3 lety +2

      Right

    • @nigerjenkins6372
      @nigerjenkins6372 Před 3 lety +10

      He should have told her the truth in the beginning

    • @delledaye2035
      @delledaye2035 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nigerjenkins6372 he did.. kinda

  • @goldenlady97
    @goldenlady97 Před 3 lety +9

    I have read the book so many times, I know it by heart.

  • @iamnicole303
    @iamnicole303 Před 3 lety +5

    So many red flags.

  • @KathyYvette
    @KathyYvette Před 2 lety +3

    This movies shows good and bad of how we as women love and choose men. Its good she so the greatness in him and what he could accomplish, but he should bring something ot the table like you and appreciate you as much as you do him, if not more. Women should uplift and encourage a man, but not when he's married. He didnt deserve her at that time. We are so giving and overlook alot of flaws when sex comes into the picture. It blinds us and some men think that solves everything. It doesn't. Men or women, fix your issues or at least come correct before you start a relationship. Franklin was a good man but you came to this beautiful sister raggedy (i.e full of excuses, lack of drive, married with children). That wasnt fair to her because she had a big heart. Like many of us, we just want to be loved and supported. Timing was bad like she said. How he came in the end was how he should of came in the beginning. Noone can fix us...they can encourage but we must do the work. If we are drained and broken, we have nothing to give.

  • @mslove7798
    @mslove7798 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks ❤️this one of my favorite movies 🍿

  • @xavierw7122
    @xavierw7122 Před 2 měsíci

    He got it together! That’s great. We all have different paths. They don’t make happy endings like this no more. Unfortunate events happened, some never recover. But I’m glad he did.

  • @silviam.leitegregory1604
    @silviam.leitegregory1604 Před 3 lety +26

    My first time watching this movie. I enjoyed.Real love with real struggles ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @marriejames01
      @marriejames01 Před 3 lety +8

      Yeah, it’s called struggle love. No thank you!