The 1-star reviewers are missing a very important point...

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2014)

I was quite surprised to see so many people bashing this movie and even bashing other people for liking this movie. It seems like most of the negative reviews are from people spotting "holes" in the plot and calling the entire movie unbelievable. Well, I'm sorry, but you're missing the point entirely.
A huge theme throughout the movie is this: facts are not as important as the perception of those facts. Why are there no court scenes in the movie? Because their trial is the Media, with Ellon Abbot presiding as judge and America as the jury. Tyler Perry's character is not being paid to be Nick's lawyer in court. He's his "lawyer of the media", a PR consultant. Why does Nick have to practice putting on a certain face whenever he talks to media? Or why Tyler Perry's character urges Nick to come forward publicly with his "secret" before anyone else does? Because the Media decides who is innocent and who is guilty.
Are there "holes" in the plot? Absolutely. But the holes don't matter in the movie because America makes their judgments from what the Media has told them. The capstone to this point is when the detective starts rattling off holes in Amy's story, ironically just as the negative reviewers here on IMDb are doing as well. And why did the FBI agent react so negatively to the detective's questioning, which was mere due diligence on her part? The answer to that question is the point.
It's a shame so many people missed this.
Overall, this movie is well acted and very well directed. 9/10.