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Tucked beneath all the melodrama, and trust me, Tyler Perry's Temptation could give any Lifetime production a major run for its money, there is a positive takeaway about how happy, healthy marriages don't happen by accident.

Unfortunately, anyone who's looking for guidance on how to love your spouse well or the secrets to making your relationship go the distance won't find much insight in Temptation. With dull, one-dimensional caricatures standing in for real characters and questionable theology where legalism (not a genuine relationship with Jesus) takes center stage, it's also a film so poorly plotted that it makes anything featuring Perry's obnoxious Madea seem downright genius in comparison. And considering Madea wore out her welcome, oh, about five movies ago, that's saying something.

The trouble with Temptation is there's little depth in what's supposed to be a cautionary tale about infidelity. Considering that Judith (TV actree Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Brice ("House of Payne" star Lance Gross) were childhood friends who met and married very young, it's not surprising they'd have problems. And after six years of wedded bliss, the union's cracks are beginning to show. For the second year in a row, Brice forgets his wife's birthday, and Judith is working too late these days to fulfill her "wifely duties," which apparently involve home-cooked meals and regular sex.

Things don't really get ugly, though, until Judith's very strict Christian mama (Ella Joyce, Our Family Wedding) shows up for a visit. Not surprisingly, Judith gets mad when Brice spills the beans that she's not going to church or cooking for him anymore. But before they have an opportunity to talk through what's been wrong in their relationship, the writing is pretty much already on the wall when Judith meets Harley (TV actor Robbie Jones), a potential new client at work.