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How to Be a Player (1997)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:1
Rotten:6
Average Rating:3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Silky smooth MTV veejay Bellamy turns up the unctuous charm as a "player" whose casual dalliances with multiple women come up to bite him when his right-thinking sister invites his entire... Silky smooth MTV veejay Bellamy turns up the unctuous charm as a "player" whose casual dalliances with multiple women come up to bite him when his right-thinking sister invites his entire unsuspecting menagerie to a Malibu party. Look for a fun bit from blaxploitation superstud Max Julien ("The Mack"). [More]
Starring: Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle, Lark Voorhies, Mari Morrow
Starring: Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle, Lark Voorhies, Mari Morrow, Pierre Edwards, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Gilbert Gottfried, A.J. Johnson, Max Julien, Beverly Johnson, Bernie Mac, Stacii Jae Johnson, Elise Neal, J. Anthony Brown, Amber Smith, Devika Parikh, Bebe Drake, Gillian Iliana Waters
Director: Lionel C. Martin
Director: Lionel C. Martin
Screenwriter: Mark Brown, Demetria Johnson
Story: Mark Brown
Producer: Todd R. Baker, Mark Burg, Preston L. Holmes, Russell Simmons
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Reviews for How to Be a Player
I watched the whole movie and am still not a "player." Therefore the film is a failure. Plus it's also pretty awful.
Riddled with misogyny, glorifying slovenliness and brutish behavior, Def Jam's How to Be a Player doesn't even begin to come up with the nasty laughs of a Booty Call or Sprung.
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