Nappily Ever After is a movie that looks good on paper and tries very hard, but just misses the mark.

| Original Score: C | Mar 7, 2021

A pleasing fluff piece.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 5, 2019

Lathan convincingly brings a lot of depth to a role that could have easily been one-note in another performer's hands.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 10, 2019

Nappily Ever After can be seen as a comedy of entanglements and also as a social criticism. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 5, 2018

There is a strangely regressive feminism that drives Violet's journey, and almost mockingly critiques her behavior.

| Oct 20, 2018

Sticks too closely to romantic comedy cliches without being funny and fails to tackle the real obstacle to the main character's complete empowerment.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 6, 2018

Romantic dramedy with positive messages, language, sex.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2018

Bildungsroman disguised as rom-com, the refreshing script much more concerned with its heroine's emotional arc and personal growth than her ultimate relationship status.

| Oct 1, 2018

It's light and charming, an evergreen love story produced by an intelligent and thoughtful producer, Tracey Bing.

| Sep 27, 2018

The entirely-too-safe comedy doesn't entirely work in plotting or script, but the film still feels vital in its message.

| Sep 24, 2018

Unfortunately, instead of coming across as a warm throwback, Nappily Ever After is a romantic comedy saddled with a reductive understanding of black womanhood without enough cast chemistry or beauty to distract us.

| Sep 24, 2018

In the end, it's Lathan's show, and she carries it strongly, playing Violet's self-doubt and perfectionism as a symptom, not the disease.

| Sep 21, 2018

Nappily Ever After is as much a polemic as it is anything else.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 21, 2018

Nappily Ever After is a story that we may have seen before in one form or another - but is still one worth retelling in its own way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 20, 2018