Tyler Perry co-wrote and directed this historical drama about Black female WACs during WWII. Despite blatant racist and misogynist prejudice, they managed to unravel the three-year backup of undelivered mail, improving the morale of the soldiers and their relatives back home. Lena Derriecott King plays a young enlistee who drives the personal story with Kerry Washington as the commander, whose main job is to boldly speechify. This is a fascinating true story about a remarkable troupe of women, but Perry leans heavily on melodramatic moments and personal drama, which drags down the momentum. It also leaves less time to appreciate the details of their accomplishment. If you just watch the first third and last third of the film, you’d get the compelling narrative without suffering thru the tears and trauma. 
(2.5 / 5)
