The premise grabs from the get-go: four married African-American couples meet up for their annual vacation, this time at a snowed in log cabin-style house in Colorado. Add in an extra girlfriend who turns out to be sleeping with one of the husbands, a couple still reeling from a family tragedy, another coping with a she-makes-way-more-than-him scenario, and yet another grappling with whether to start a family (he wants to, she doesn’t), and you get a close-up look at what makes some couples tick and others explode. Everyone has a secret, and they all unfold over the course of the film.

Jill Scott gives a heartbreaking performance as a plus-sized woman whose husband’s treatment of her makes you want to throw pointy-toed stilettos at him, and Tasha Smith is positively hysterical as the wife who is footing the bill for her slacker hubby. I still don’t see Janet Jackson as a brainy psychologist, but she was better in the role than I anticipated.

If this is still in your neck of the woods, grab some gal pals and go see it. If you missed it, it’ll make a great Ladies Night In on some cold winter’s evening.

Anyone else see it? Whaddya think?