Tyler Perry’s Finding Joy (Amazon Prime 2025)
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Cast: Shannon Thornton, Tosin Morohunfola, Aaron O’Connell
Director: Tyler Perry
Writer(s): Tyler Perry
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Shannon Thornton stars as Joy, a talented but overlooked New York fashion designer. Unlucky in love and career, Joy follows her crush to Colorado for a holiday getaway. When a shocking revelation leaves her stranded in a snowstorm, Joy finds unexpected solace in Ridge (Tosin Morohunfola). This chance encounter transforms her outlook on life and love, potentially changing her path forever.
Recap/Wine Thoughts
Tyler Perry’s Finding Joy starts at a fashion show, where the judgment is less focused on Pat-Treek, and more on the designer’s assistant, Joy. Pat-Treek has been stealing Joy’s designs and taking all the credit. Joy’s roommates, Ashley and Littia, remind Joy she isn’t in college anymore and needs to be her own woman.
Joy’s crush, a wominizer named Colton, invites her to come home with him for the holidays, and he teases that he has a question to ask her. Joy packs her bags and hops on his private jet. Littia warns Joy that she should watch her organs because it seems too good to be true.
In Colorado, Joy meets Colton’s sister Heather and his parents, Wynona and David. Colton wastes no time in popping the question. He asks her to be his best man in his wedding?!?!?! Heather is his sister and his BRIDE?!?!? (Or maybe I just assumed.) Joy says yes, and it is a good thing she does because she gets snowed in.
Joy calls her friends, and they try so hard not to say, “I told you so.” Joy doesn’t know what to do and is buggin out. She tries to sneak out into the storm with her luggage and makes it downtown.
Joy asks a handsome stranger for directions to the airport, and he gives her some handwarmers. At the airport, an overly smiling flight attendant tells her that all the flights are grounded and hotels are booked. Joy rents a car without Four Wheel Drive and tries to drive back. BUT THERE IS A STORM! Joy isn’t acting rationally.
Since Joy can’t drive in the snow and her GPS is broken, she ends up getting in an accident and falling through the ice. Joy wakes up in the middle of nowhere, wrapped in a fur blanket, and thinks she has been kidnapped. Joy hasn’t. A sexy mountain man named Ridge (Like Mountain Ridge?) rescued her, obviously.
For some reason, Ridge has an extra pair of lady boots for Joy to wear. She is rightfully suspicious and asks if Ridge is a serial killer. He says he isn’t and cooks her some rabbit stew. Joy tells him she is a vegetarian and is annoyed that she doesn’t have phone, wifi, or cable. (How’s he going to watch Tyler Perry movies?!?!) Joy cannot wrap her mind around this and refuses to use the outhouse.
Ridge is unimpressed with Joy’s attitude and lack of survival skills. Joy calls him a weirdo, and he has a full-blown emotional breakdown. He goes hunting to blow off steam. While he hunts, Joy goes to the outhouse and gets her heinie stuck to the toilet seat. (There is the Tyler Perry “humor”.) Ride helps her get unstuck, and they warm up by the fire. Ridge opens up about his dead mother, who owned the cabin. Joy’s problems are way less intense; she is just dealing with unrequited love.
Ashley and Liddia worry that Joy has gone MIA and try to call the police and Colton. They are worried something happened to their friend and plan to book the next flight to Colorado.
Joy rips a sentimental quilt that Ridge’s mother made and uses her fashun skills to fix it. He is very thankful and then takes a steamy sponge bath in the middle of the living room. He is washing his tidbits while having a “deep” conversation with Joy.
They pour up some booze and talk about Beyoncé’s country album. The talking goes on for quite a while, and they are falling in love, so that is fine. We eventually go into a montage of them falling in love. Ridge doesn’t want to hook up with Joy while they are drunk because he shouldn’t take advantage of her like that. She tells him she WANTS him to. It seems Tyler Perry needs some training on consent.
Joy gets back to civilization after the storm and leaves Ridge behind; he was too moody. Joy gets a call from Fashion Fashion magazine, because an email with Joy’s original designs was sent to them. Pat-Treek finds out and fires joy. Ridge shows up at the worst time, and Joy isn’t ready to talk to him. Ridge doesn’t get the memo, again, and keeps trying to win her over. He tells her that he is in love with him, but Joy isn’t interested!
Or she is? Joy tells Ridge that she liked their time at the cabin and wants to go back with him. She wants to put the city life behind her. They leave immediately. But before they do, Joy stops by work and gets an offer to be the lead designer for Fashion Fashion Magazine. Pat-Treek is out. Joy turns them down and plans to make quilts like Ridge’s mother.
Wait, Ridge tells Joy to stay and run the business her way. Then they get married—the end. (Would of loved it, if Colton was her best man, just saying!)
Side Note/Stray Thoughts
I would hardly classify this as a Christmas Movie. I think there was one streamer that said Merry Christmas.
The story dropped the ball on so many plot points
Overall rating
Pour it up
Put a Cork in It
Christmas Feels
🎄 (1 Christmas Tree)
Enjoyment Level: 🍷 (1 glass of wine.)
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