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THINK LIKE A MAN
Think Like a Man is a glossy, but empty look at the New Millenium Battle of the Sexes where the primary weapon in the battle is a self-help book.
This 2012 romantic comedy looks at four very different relationships in four different stages: a commitment phobe (a newly slim Jerry Ferrera) is working hard to avoid proposing marriage to his girlfriend (Gabrielle Union); an unemployed prep cook (Michael Ealy) finds himself involved with a high-powered lady exec (Taraji P. Henson) who doesn't acknowledge men who make less than six figures and a guy (Terence Jenkins) a little too attached to his mother (Jenifer Lewis) wants a relationship with a woman (Regina Hall) who has a son; a player (Romany Malco) who is only into the chase finds himself attracted to a woman (Megan Good) who wants more.
Things become complicated for the guys when the gals all read a best selling book by Steve Harvey called "Act like a Woman, Think Like a Man" that teaches women how to get what they want out of their men. Coupled with a lot of bad advice from the guys' spiritual leader (Kevin Hart), who is going through a divorce himself, the guys make things worse when they get hold of the book and try to turn the tables on the ladies.
Steve Harvey actually did write this book, which was the basis of the screenplay here, which offers some sporadic moments of humor and sexy, but this story is rich with rampant predictability. We know 20 minutes in how this movie is going to end and there's no reason the journey to said conclusion should be 2 hours long.
The cast is pretty and Kevin Hart steals every scene he's in. I did have issues with some casting...Ferrera and Union had no chemistry at all and I never bought them as a couple and Jenifer Lewis was beyond annoying but the movie had its moments, it just goes on forever. The film features pointless cameos by Morris Chestnut, Chris Brown, Wendy Williams, and, of course, Harvey. In discovering this movie, I learned there is actually a sequel...can't imagine what else could be covered here.
Think Like a Man is a glossy, but empty look at the New Millenium Battle of the Sexes where the primary weapon in the battle is a self-help book.
This 2012 romantic comedy looks at four very different relationships in four different stages: a commitment phobe (a newly slim Jerry Ferrera) is working hard to avoid proposing marriage to his girlfriend (Gabrielle Union); an unemployed prep cook (Michael Ealy) finds himself involved with a high-powered lady exec (Taraji P. Henson) who doesn't acknowledge men who make less than six figures and a guy (Terence Jenkins) a little too attached to his mother (Jenifer Lewis) wants a relationship with a woman (Regina Hall) who has a son; a player (Romany Malco) who is only into the chase finds himself attracted to a woman (Megan Good) who wants more.
Things become complicated for the guys when the gals all read a best selling book by Steve Harvey called "Act like a Woman, Think Like a Man" that teaches women how to get what they want out of their men. Coupled with a lot of bad advice from the guys' spiritual leader (Kevin Hart), who is going through a divorce himself, the guys make things worse when they get hold of the book and try to turn the tables on the ladies.
Steve Harvey actually did write this book, which was the basis of the screenplay here, which offers some sporadic moments of humor and sexy, but this story is rich with rampant predictability. We know 20 minutes in how this movie is going to end and there's no reason the journey to said conclusion should be 2 hours long.
The cast is pretty and Kevin Hart steals every scene he's in. I did have issues with some casting...Ferrera and Union had no chemistry at all and I never bought them as a couple and Jenifer Lewis was beyond annoying but the movie had its moments, it just goes on forever. The film features pointless cameos by Morris Chestnut, Chris Brown, Wendy Williams, and, of course, Harvey. In discovering this movie, I learned there is actually a sequel...can't imagine what else could be covered here.