I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 113
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 92
Chris Rock's comedic instincts are muted and the female characters are unsatisfactorily drawn in this uneven sex farce/domestic drama mashup.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 29
Chris Rock's comedic instincts are muted and the female characters are unsatisfactorily drawn in this uneven sex farce/domestic drama mashup.
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Actor/comedian Chris Rock directs and stars in this American remake of Eric Rohmer' s classic French comedy Chloe in the Afternoon. Richard Cooper (Rock) is a high-powered investment banker with a beautiful wife and two wonderful children. Though on the surface it would appear that Richard could want nothing more out of life, his thoughts always seem to drift toward sex. Whether it's during his daily commute into the city, his endless barrage of meetings, or even his downtime changing diapers at
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Cast
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Chris Rock
Richard Cooper -
Kerry Washington
Nikki Tru -
Gina Torres
Brenda Cooper -
Steve Buscemi
George -
Edward Herrmann
Mr. Landis -
Welker White
Mary -
Samantha Ivers
Tracy -
Michael K. Williams
Teddy -
Cassandra F. Freeman
Jennifer -
Stephen A. Smith
Allan -
Wendell Pierce
Sean -
Milan Howard
Kelly Cooper -
Roz Ryan
Landlady -
Christina Vidal
Candy -
Adam Le Fevre
Maitre'd -
Hazel Medina
Pam -
James Saito
Mr. Yuni -
Ron Nakahara
Mr. Yakamoto -
Divine Cox
Ron -
Eva Pigford
Hope
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Rock's breakthrough as a director -- a chance for him to grapple openly with his status as a maturing (but still ostensibly immature) comedian.
Top CriticRock's version is funnier, blacker, hipper, and sexier, but Rohmer's shows a little more skin.
Viagra jokes, I-have-a-headache rebuffs, a sequence devoted to the humiliation of buying condoms at a pharmacy...c'mon, Chris, you can do better than that.
I Think I Love My Wife is first and foremost a sex comedy. But Rock is sharp enough to set it in a world where people of all races share the same dreams and desires -- if not the same real estate.
Very little that's clever, romantic or witty in this formulaic romp.
Saddled with the weight of an unfocused, cliché-ridden script, a tiresome voice-over narration that drones on and on, and acting by Rock that's as wooden as Pinocchio, I Think I Love My Wife staggers in predictable circles for 94 long minutes.
Pootie Tang was spikier and funnier
Rock's so-so temptation comedy earns its R rating.
A roly-poly CBS sitcom, only with more liberal use of the f-word.
The DVD edition (August 2007) includes some deleted scenes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes look, but, alas, nothing can conceal the tedious and fraudulent nature of this very loose remake of Eric Rohmer's French classic.
So much of I Think I Love My Wife misses the mark that you spend more time contemplating the creative process - who thought this was funny/clever/heartfelt, and why - than getting involved with the individuals onscreen.
I think I hated this movie.
Buppie infidelity, marital boredom and female temptation on every street corner are the predicaments posed by this Chris Rock directed oddly unromantic fare.
I Think I Love My Wife doesn't seem to know which choice to embrace (comedy or drama) and ends up being a hit-and-miss affair.
Buppie infidelity, marital boredom and female temptation on every street corner are the predicaments posed by this Chris Rock directed oddly unromantic fare.
Until Rock is able to find a vehicle suitable for his unrestrained talent, there'll no doubt be more duds like this on the way
Rock's humor is once again in its diluted form here.
Here's a French sex comedy starring Chris Rock. Yes, really -- Chris Rock.
The big problem is, the movie is not funny.
One of the film's key revelations is that his resistance to having an affair comes as much from wishing to maintain his lifestyle (the high-paying job, the nice house, the kids) as from loyalty to his wife. Why sharp observations like that one would need
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The actress who plays Nikki is really attractive, you could sort of see how he got sucked in by her. I did almost take half a star off for the horrible singing at the end, however. Totally horrible, and would have been much more effective spoken.