Flat out, the first movie was better. The clothes, places, and people were beautiful as usual; however the story dragged at times and wasn't as funny or touched the heart like the first one. The response to Carrie's mistake was unbelieveable and I thought there would have been more conflict with each character like in the first one.
This movie was excellent! Mary J. Blidge did a great job singing, Madea was funny as usual, and Taraji did great as expected. I would recommend this movie to anybody.