Think Like A Man

Think Like a Man- 2012

Length: Approx. 2 hr. 2 min.
Genre: Comedy

Cast:
Kevin Hart                                                                  Meagan Good
Michael Ealy                                                               Gabrielle Union
Jerry Ferrara                                                               Regina Hall
Romany Malco                                                            Taraji P. Henson
Terrence Jenkins                                                          Jennifer Lewis
Steve Harvey

Grade: B+

Would I buy: Yes

Review:

Based on Steve Harvey's book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" the story of this film intertwines the story of multiple friends experiencing the trials of dating. There are 6 main men in the story who fit many different stereotypes of men: the happily married, the divorced, the dreamer, the mother's boy, the slacker, and the player. For the opposite the opposite team there is the single mother, the superficial woman, the accustomed to hurt, and the woman who is tired of complacently. Once an airing of an interview with Steve Harvey is made public about his new book, women have the power of the man's mind at their fingertips while reading this book. This book gives women insight to the way men think, what they really mean, their desires, and ultimately what they expect. The book gives women tips and advice on how to make their relationships more effective and to sort out the right guys from the fakes. This makes for a hilarious movie that kicks off the summer in the right directions for all comedies to come!

As well all are well aware, Kevin Hart is a comedic genius and in this film he does not disappoint. However what was truly surprising about this film was that the supporting cast was very funny as well.  This made this film much more pleasurable knowing that it could stand on it's own two feet without the presence of Kevin Hart on the screen. The character development in this movie was spot on as well making it very easy to relate to the characters and want them to succeed. Every character had about as much screen time as needed to tell their story and I felt that the script was very well written for the most part. What was very refreshing about this movie was that it was actually a comedy. So many times now a days we are seeing films portrayed as comedies in the trailer only to find out that we really payed to see a drama with spurts of laughs. This film stuck to what it said it was going to do and delivered many laughs while making you feel for the characters too which is something not many films recently have pulled off!

As stated earlier I felt the acting and the script were great for the most part, however one thing I thought that could have been better was the fact that at many times all of the stories were experiencing the same problems at the same time. It truly was like the same dialogue being spoken four times in a row and it got a little repetitive at times hearing the women asking the same questions and the men having the same answers. As different as all of the problems were in the movie, I felt that maybe the success should have been divided more and that the problems could have been slightly more diverse. Every movie is pretty predictable to an extent (except for a few recently that we have seen like...Inception), but it wasn't just the end that was predictable in this movie it was the negativity of ALL of the relationships after you found out ONE was having a problem.

Other than that I had a great time and I felt like it was a great way to start the summer! I recommend everyone to go see this movie soon!