[Writer/director Tina Gordon Chism is ] good at low-key, observational humor, and the all-around excellent cast swings with aplomb from silly to sweet.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 17, 2013

Pleasant, if inane - helped along by a likable cast that's clearly having fun.

| May 13, 2013

Saves itself from a complete belly flop by its good-natured charm.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | May 11, 2013

Writer-director Tina Gordon Chism implies that people should accept each other for who they are, but with no genuine insight to back up this moral, it feels hollow.

| May 10, 2013

The slapstick is often clunky, but Robinson has a sweet jester's disposition that keeps many of the gags from collapsing.

| Original Score: C+ | May 10, 2013

Robinson and Washington make a likable couple, and it's nice to see her playing comedy for a change.

| May 10, 2013

It's often rote and by-the-numbers, but writer-director Tina Gordon Chism injects the proceedings with enough smart chat, clever situations and spot-on casting choices to make this well-traveled road feel a little less stale.

| May 10, 2013

Even the bouncy score sounds like it was lifted from an old Three's Company episode; that is when they're not all belting out a song about where it's not cool to pee.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 10, 2013

A bland, quickly disposable romantic comedy.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 10, 2013

Robinson deserves a movie that's polished where this one is haphazard, but he needs to be able to cut loose instead of being reduced to the confusion and blanching he is often called upon to do in this one.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 10, 2013

The movie's clichs would be more acceptable if the characters were better drawn, but there's not a memorable one in the bunch.

| Original Score: C- | May 10, 2013

Chism doesn't know when to step on the gas and just go for belly laughs.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 10, 2013

The material is beyond stale, but it's made significantly fresher by Robinson and a very enthusiastic cast.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 9, 2013

This pleasing ensemble comedy, while manifesting Perry trademarks, is very much Ms. Chism's own. And that is to its benefit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 9, 2013

The humor is often crude and silly, but it is so good-hearted and the performers are so appealing that it might win your heart.

| Original Score: B- | May 9, 2013

An infectious, warm comedy of family and communication and a promising debut as writer-director for Chism. These "Peeples" are people one should be happy to meet.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 9, 2013

Tina Gordon Chism's debut feature does point out the hypocrisy grown-ups are capable of - hiding secrets, hiding their feelings, even hiding valuable property from one another.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 9, 2013

"Peeples" gets off to a hobbling start, wraps up with the usual bromides, and is pretty much anodyne throughout ...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 9, 2013

A predictable domestic comedy with some inspired comic touches.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 9, 2013

"Peeples" is a just-this-side-of-legal knockoff of "Meet the Parents," altered only by minor script details and an African-American cast.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 9, 2013