darkchaoschao This movie is classified as a "romance" and a "comedy". I wouldn't call it a romantic movie because there were only little bits of romance in the movie, romance you can find in many movies not considered romantic. Anyway, this movie is about a guy named Wade (Craig Robinson) who wants to propose to his girlfriend Grace (Kerry Washington), so he randomly shows up at her families house... which is the setting of the most of the movie. Basically Grace has never introduced Wade to her parents, and well... she has actually never mentioned Wade to her family - so when he pops in and introduced himself as "Wade", they are oblivious to who he is. Grace's father is very "high class" and what I would consider an adult-snob... whereas the other family members are more laid-back and chill. So throughout the movie Wade is trying to figure out when the best time to propose to Grace is... and of course problems and events occur throughout the movie. So that's the basic plot.Was the movie funny? There were a few funny moments, but it wasn't like I was bursting out laughing throughout the movie... nonetheless, the movie was alright and fairly entertaining. There was little "romance" in the movie and a very minuscule amount of "drama". It's a very light- hearted movie as well. It was worth watching, although I wouldn't recommend the movie to my friends to watch.

Amari-Sali I avoided this movie because initial reviews were mixed and I let them get to me. Sadly, they were right. Despite Kerry Washington, who proves she will do her best to work with whatever script she has faith in; Craig Robinson, who is growing on me; and seeing S. Epatha Merkerson, Tyler James Williams, David Alan Grier and Diahann Carroll, they really didn't/couldn't make the script work. They certainly gave it their best efforts, but in the end it felt cheesy and like an utter disappointment.To begin, all of the Peeples family, maybe sans Merkerson's character, all have quite the grandeur jobs which immediately make you think the film is going for a Cosby Show type family dynamic. The dad Virgil (played by David Alan Grier) is a federal judge; Daphne (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) is a one album singer who gave up her life for family; their daughter Grace (played by Kerry Washington) is a lawyer at the United Nations; her sister Gloria (played by Kali Hawk) is a journalist; and their little brother Simon (played by Tyler James Williams) is a high school kid with a penchant for math to the point he got a perfect score on the math portion of the SATs. Thing is, unlike The Cosby Show, the family doesn't have a lot of chemistry with one another and their secrets, which drive the story, are glazed on top of them like some oily lotion. Meanwhile, Wade (played by Craig Robinson) is just this guy who does children shows about expressing themselves rather than pissing on themselves.As the story goes, Wade is in love with Grace, but she has basically been keeping Wade a secret from her high achieving family. So, when she goes off for "Moby Dick Day," he follows her and shows up at her father's lake house home. From there, Wade learns no one knows anything about him, but everyone, except Virgil, ends up accepting him with open arms. The reason why Virgil doesn't like Wade? Well, mostly patriarchy, but also because of a complex seemingly passed down from his father. So, the story is filled with family issues dealing with secrets and issues which could have been really compelling, but the film refuses to ever get serious.But, despite the tone of this review, it did have some funny moments. Robinson delivers a few good lines and in total I laughed about 10 times; but considering this movie tries to be a straight comedy, that isn't a good thing. Also, I did find myself enjoying the film in the beginning, it was just as time went on I felt like I walked into a film where there wasn't clear direction on what was the goal, sort of speak.What I mean by this is, the film has a few interesting topics which I felt deserved more effort in terms of writing. One character is dealing with coming out to their parents; another with trying to deal with identifying as Black, while trying to meet the ideals of a White society; and there are a slew of other secrets and issues which get glossed over for the sake of weak comedy. To me, it would have been nice for this to be a dramedy or something similar, but instead it gives us such potentially interesting characters who have decent actors playing them, and all that potential is pushed aside for bad jokes and situational comedy. Add onto the issues, this film really points out, despite her work on Scandal, that Kerry Washington does not have the type of versatility to handle comedy. She can have her moments, but in a straight up comedy film she seems like she tries, and tries so much that it becomes her trying to convince you of something she is not, one of which she is not funny.Overall: Skip ItFilms like these are the ones which make you feel like they are hoping a slew of famous names and the fact the cast is Black will at least get a Black audience to support it and make it profitable. Add on Tyler Perry's stamp and it makes you almost want to throw blame at him, but with his films actually facing the characters' issues, I can't even throw him under the bus. Peeples is simply one of those films which seem good on paper. It has a great cast, could have a decent story, but somewhere down the line something went wrong and with Washington being on Scandal and Robinson having This is The End, I guess they were hoping to cash in on their names and get themselves a hit. Instead, all that was made was another disappointing feature which fuels the reason not many casts have this many African-Americans working in them at one time.

lil_dude6666 Was very shocked to see such a low IMDb rating for this movie. Having just watched it and can say it put a massive smile on my face and had me laughing at exactly the right moments. It does go to prove that IMDb ratings me nothing..... Please do not be put off by the rating as it is definitely worth taking a peek at this wonderful movie. There are excellent performances from all cast members making this an exceptional movie for everyone,the filming locations also make this a great movie also. If anyone knows anything about IMDb please do not listen or take any notice whatsoever of the ratings, hope you all enjoy this movie as much as i did .

Ms. Review Last I could not help but notice a post that read "Peeples" should be rated R for "lesbian situations." Exactly what is that supposed to mean? What if I said it should be rated R for heterosexual situations? Does that make any sense? It sounds weird. I wonder if this person goes around throwing the rated R sticker on movies just because they have lesbian characters. That is bigoted. Same-sex attraction is not just an adult thing and there is nothing wrong or inappropriate about being a lesbian.Now to my review: Wade (Craig Robinson) is trying to find the perfect time to propose to his girlfriend Grace (Kerry Washington) but has no luck. When Grace visits her family in the Hamptons, Wade decides to show up by surprise and meet the family himself.I enjoyed seeing Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington in the movie "Peeples". I thought it was funny. I took my mom to see the movie on Mother's Day and she loved it. One of my favorite scenes was when Grace tried to introduce Wade to her parents.I believe the PG-13 rating fits the movie. I notice some people on here would beg to differ.There are no nudity or sex scenes included. There is this one scene where Wade has Grace over his lap and he is spanking her, but that's about it. This movie does a perfectly good job at binding everything together to form a family comedy to enjoy. I plan to see this movie again.(Ms. Review is a 25 year old female who writes short stories on her free time.)