Not Easily Broken (2009)

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Church Trio: Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson star in Not Easily Broken

If you've ponied up 10 bucks to see The Brothers or The Best Man, you'll know what you're in for with Not Easily Broken, a churchy dramedy about a young African-American couple coping with a strained marriage. Morris Chestnut, a vet of both of those earlier films, aces the role of the put-upon husband. 
And Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button) adds a dash of 
 vinegar as the materialistic wife with a shrewish live-in mother. Laughter through tears is 
 director Bill Duke's M.O., and he hits the bull's-eye of that modest target. 
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