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I Think I Love My Wife
2007
Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE. Rock's film explores a married man's struggle with extramarital temptations. Richard Cooper (Rock) has it all: a beautiful wife, Brenda (Gina Torres); adorable kids; a successful investment banking career--and complete boredom! He has become obsessed with other .. Read more
| Starring | Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Chris Rock, Edward Herrmann |
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| Director | Chris Rock |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE. Rock's film explores a married man's struggle with extramarital temptations. Richard Cooper (Rock) has it all: a beautiful wife, Brenda (Gina Torres); adorable kids; a successful investment banking career--and complete boredom! He has become obsessed with other women, and a visit from an old friend's former flame, sexy and flirtatious Nikki (Kerry Washington), has him staring the possibility of infidelity in the face. Nikki pursues a friendship that provides Richard some much-needed excitement, but also lands him in all kinds of trouble. He jeopardises his reputation at work, causes fights at home, and rapidly loses sight of what he has built his life around. At some point he must choose between his affair-fantasy and remaining the faithful husband and father he's always been.
I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE provides an entertaining and at times thought-provoking modern version of a classic tale, injecting lighthearted humour into a sensitive and all-too-familiar subject that plagues the marriage culture. Rock perfectly channels the suburban, career-climbing family man, while Torres and Washington are convincing as the angel versus devil on his shoulders.
| Starring | Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Chris Rock, Edward Herrmann, Steve Buscemi, Eliza Coupe, Cassandra Freeman, Samantha Ivers, Adam Scher |
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| Director | Chris Rock |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | New releases |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Jun 2008 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Rock's second stint behind the camera results in a sophisticated look at the tedium of an old marriage and the temptation of a new love that marks a maturing of his humor without any attendant dulling of his cutting-edge causticity
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Mr. Rock has not only done his best work as a director and screenwriter but has also made an unusually insightful and funny mainstream American movie about the predicaments of modern marriage
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
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No story - Not funny
Chris Rock is mildly amusing three times, for three seconds a time, in this dull, predictable, tedius film. One plot, no sub plots and just goes on and on and on. Don't waste your time, unless you really, really have nothing better to do - like lick the road clean with your tongue!
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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I Think I Love My Wife
I have long been a fan of Chris Rock's stand up and writing, so was looking forward to 'I Think I Love My Wife' where Rock stars as Richard, a disillusioned husband of a boring wife, who's attention is drawn to his friend's ex Nikki when she appears in his office suddenly after many years. The storyline is fairly formulaic, and there is a lot about the plot that is illogical; you never really undertand WHY Nikki appears in the first place, and her repeated visits to Richard's office at seemly random times of day (wearing less and less appropriate clothing) doesn't make sense. Also, the fact that she constantly plays Richard for a fool - he seems fine resenting his wife for doing that, so why not Nikki, too?? Although there were a few laugh out loud moments, the film never really takes off in the way you expect it to, and I found myself willing Richard to stop being such a walkover with the women in his life - tell your wife to relax and tell Nikki to get a job that involves a pole and some $20 bills, and then maybe you'd all be happy.
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- Kitten from UK
- Posted 10 Jul 2008 11:36
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