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Not Easily Broken
January 9, 2009 by S David Acuff
Filed under Around the Web, Headlines
(JAN 09, 2009) A Variety Article by Robert Koehler about TD Jakes’ newest film, Not Easily Broken. The full article can be read at VARIETY.
(EXCERPT) The T.D. Jakes faith-based media empire expands even further into mainstream entertainment with “Not Easily Broken,” a contempo melodrama about a marriage under stress that, religious overtones and sheer artistic skill aside, isn’t too far from some similar-themed films of the ’50s by Douglas Sirk and Richard Quine.
Director Bill Duke, with screenwriter Brian Bird adapting Jakes’ novel, oversees a routine and formulaic project that could have reached considerably greater emotional and psychological depths. The Good Word of mouth among members of Jakes’ flock will deliver fine opening weekend numbers for this early January release.
TD Jakes’ newest film, Not Easily Broken, hits select theaters on Jan 9, 2009.
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