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Tyler Perry's 'The Family That Preys" opened this morning to a full theater of movie goers who were anything but disappointed by what has to be Tyler Perry's best movie to date. In a summer filled with more than its share of action films for the young at heart and numerous long awaited movies that failed to live up to their hype. Mr. Perry managed to bring to the screen a powerful but entertaining adult story that kept the viewing audience glued to their seats. Kathy Bates(Charlotte Cartwright) and Alfre Woodard(Alice Pratt) both gave two of the best performances this year in film. Robin Givens gave what has to be to date her best big screen performance as the honorable and hard working business woman (Abigail "Abby" Dexter). The cast was nothing short of excellent in this touching story of love,deceit,friendship and compassion. It was nice to finally see a film come to the theater this summer that was geared towards movie goers who enjoy a good film about the real ups and downs of life vs the fluff and mindless problems we have come to see to often in films today. I will not go into the story itself as it will give away what is so great about this film, which is its simplistic but all so real reflection of the lives of the families the story takes place around. But this film is a true surprise and will be a welcomed joy to anyone who enjoys a good story told the way Hollywood use to tell them.