![]() ![]() (If this movie was a guy, he’d also be terrible in bed.)Įlsewhere, the bachelorette-party gals (Hall, Gabrielle Union, Meagan Good, Taraji P. Nearly every scene is performed as if there’s a big punch line coming, and there’s no payoff. Moreover, the scene embodies the main problem with “TLAM2.” It never just delivers the joke. Let me assure you, any woman who’s endured this much cinematic flaccidity is going to be mighty annoyed she was denied the sight of Ealy gyrating in a fireman’s outfit. After a promising pan through the group squirming into “Magic Mike” garb, their stage debut is thwarted by a brawl. Take, for example, the men (Hart, J, Jerry Ferrara, Michael Ealy, Romany Malco, Gary Owen) deciding they must enter a strip-club contest to pay off Cedric’s debt. Kevin Hart, center, as Cedric in a scene from “Think Like A Man Too.” AP The way this played out made me long for the subtle comic stylings of “The Hangover.” Part III. Overlaid by screechy narration from Kevin Hart’s comic-relief Cedric, the plot involves the genders dividing into opposing “teams” (because men and women are different, see?) competing to out-debauch each other the night before the nuptials. This sequel to the 2012 romantic comedy plucked from the wisdom of Steve Harvey’s dating manual sees the cast, and director Tim Story, reunited for the wedding of mama’s boy Michael (Terrence J) and single mom Candace (Regina Hall). If “Think Like a Man Too” was a man, he would be the world’s worst date: humorless, shrill, speaking primarily in clichés (“what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!”) and absolutely terrified of women. Rated PG-13 (drug use, suggestive language). Stars: Michael Ealy, Taraji P.Running time: 106 min. Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor and brief drug use But only after a lot of time, angst and the kind of embarrassingly public I-love-yous that only take place in the movies. Will Michael, The Mama’s Boy (Terrence J), finally snip those apron strings and find love with Candace, The Single Mom (Regina Hall)? Probably. Newman, who also wrote “Friends With Benefits,” is crammed with plot and gets bogged down with contrivances. And you have to give “Think Like a Man” credit for not only trying to serve as an alternative to Tyler Perry-style date-night fare, but for even going so far as to make fun of those movies for their soapy conventions.īut the script from Keith Merryman and David A. The banter between the male friends, who frequently meet to play basketball, provides a snappy energy as well as some amusing cameos. Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart is, unsurprisingly, a scene-stealer as the fast-talking, newly divorced guy of the bunch. (Besides serving as an extended ad for Harvey’s book, “Think Like a Man” also feels like a promotional tourism video for certain sections of Culver City, where Sony’s studios are located, as well as the LA Live entertainment complex downtown.)Įaly and Henson are insanely sexy together and, unlike the rest of the characters, they feel like actual grown-ups the scene in which he brings her breakfast in bed, shirtless, is sure to inspire audible gasps. Story has a way with a comic ensemble cast, having directed “Barbershop” he keeps things moving at a (mostly) lively clip and gives Los Angeles a glossy sheen. But hey, the source material is what it is, so what are you gonna do? I’m all for putting the best version of yourself out there and whatever happens, happens. Conversely, the men grow suspicious, find out that the book exists and turn its words back on the women as their own weapon to get what they want. Henson) Zeke, The Player (Romany Malco) and Mya, The 90-Day-Rule Girl (Meagan Good) and so on.īut the ladies involved are armed with the knowledge of male romantic peculiarities that they’ve gleaned from the book - Tim Story’s film makes it seem as if every woman in Los Angeles carries it around all day like a Bible - so every move they make is calculated and executed strategically to get what they want. There’s Dominic, The Dreamer (Michael Ealy) and Lauren, The Woman Who Is Her Own Man (Taraji P. Harvey’s best-seller “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” serves as the launching pad for four intertwined stories in which various types couple up and try to make a go of it. ![]() What is essentially a shameless and overlong infomercial for Steve Harvey’s dating advice book becomes more tolerable and even enjoyable at times with the help of an attractive, likable cast in “Think Like a Man.” ![]()
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