Acrimony is a 2018 American psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Tyler Perry.

Melinda Moore bumps into engineering student Robert during college, goes into a rage and assaults him physically and verbally, revealing her abnormal tendencies.

Robert talks Melinda into mortgaging their house so he can build a prototype of a revolutionary self-charging battery he has been designing with hopes to sell to venture capitalist Prescott.

Melinda's family runs a catering business and offers Robert a job, warning him that if they miss out on delivering to a client, they will lose their truck contract.

Prescott later offers Robert a multi million-dollar deal while allowing him to keep the intellectual property, which he accepts.

As Melinda's behavior worsens, even her family turns on her as they advise the couple to hire bodyguards and install security measures in their house.

In moving to avoid the axe, Robert accidentally pushes the anchor release button with his foot.

[7][8] Tika Sumpter originally was cast as Diana Wells, but later left and Crystle Stewart took the role.

[4] In the United States and Canada, Acrimony was released alongside God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness and Ready Player One, and was projected to gross $10–15 million from 2,006 theaters in its opening weekend.

"[16] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally negative reviews".

[13] Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com gave the film a negative review, writing that "Taraji P. Henson deserves better.

"[18] Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times also gave the film a negative review, writing that "the moral of Acrimony seems to be: Leave a bad man, especially one who cheated on you before marriage and leeches off your financial resources — unless he has poured his life into the dream of inventing a self-recharging battery, in which case the bonds of matrimony are sacrosanct and no sacrifice is too great."