A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:3
Rotten:20
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An overt, fast-talking playboy gets his comeuppance when one of his conquests takes it personally and comes back for revenge in this "Fatal Attraction"-esque comic thriller. Martin Lawrence... [More]
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown
Director: Martin Lawrence
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Reviews for A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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 2.5/4 |
A thin line? Not in this case. Full Review |
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Tiresome stuff, bearable only if you can overlook the questionable premise and find something to like in Lawrence's Eddie Murphy-lite turn. Full Review |
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Sluggishly paced and too seldom funny... Full Review |
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The script lacks wit and depth, while Lawrence's direction is meandering and undramatic, full of showy, over-elaborate camera movements. Full Review |
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A ponderous vanity project that is unfunny and, worst of all, just plain boring. Full Review |
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Too serious to be a comedy, too flippant to be a thriller, it often feels like a backhanded act of penance for the misogynist humor in the star's comedy act. Full Review |
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[Lawrence is] a charming, gifted comic with a killer smile, but he's way out of his depth in this Fatal Attraction knockoff, which he also co-wrote and stars in. Full Review |
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In showing the importance of monogamy, the film is profound enough that it could lead couples to reevaluate themselves; women will look at their new men a bit more quizzically, and men will be less likely to say "I love you" unless they mean it. Full Review |
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Any movie with a bar called Chocolate City can't be all bad, right? Full Review |
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2/4 |
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate takes its name from the Persuaders 1971 hit that has been re-recorded by the Pretenders, Annie Lennox and H-Town. You could have just as much fun simply playing one of them and skipping the movie.
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[Lawrence] doesn't seem to know that his protagonist is a deceptive, frivolous, fast-talking and surprisingly stupid womanizer. Full Review |
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Lawrence the director should have pulled the reigns in on Lawrence the star, as his constant mugging is both out of character and ridiculously exaggerated. Full Review |
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Once it gets going, A Thin Line is moderately entertaining, but, oh my, that first hour... Full Review |
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