![]() Henson, Gabrielle Union, Michael Ealy and Romany Malco) doesn’t make much more of them. The characters are introduced as types - the Mama’s Boy, the Woman Who Acts Like a Man - and the appealing cast (including Taraji P. Newman, play out variations on the relationship war. The couples in “Think Like a Man,” written by Keith Merryman and David A. Starring: Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good. But the men in their lives are less than cooperative. They can also help men learn to want those things too. Four women set out to solve their relationship problems using advice from a best-selling book. That way women can get what they want: respect, steady relationships, rings. Harvey doesn’t really want women to think like men but to know how men think. But, gents, if they were secrets they wouldn’t be clichés. Harvey has thrown men under the bus by giving away their secrets. ![]() So what does Steve say? Mostly things you’ve heard before: Men need to be the providers (it’s in their DNA) men don’t like the words “we need to talk,” etc. And when the characters talk about relationships, they often begin like this: “Steve says.” Harvey appears in the movie dispensing advice. In “Think Like a Man” the camera lovingly and frequently frames copies of the book. If this is what thinking like a man entails, I’ll stick with my lady brain, thanks.Tim Story’s rom-com film isn’t just based on Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,” it’s also a two-hour advertisement for it. But like his character doing a “Risky Business” dance in his palatial Vegas villa, the guy’s all alone out there.Īt one point, Adam Brody’s character snaps a jokey bachelor’s-night ball and chain onto Michael’s ankle (“Black men don’t put chains on black men,” Cedric observes, in a rare moment of actual dark humor) - and this is the way most of the cast seemed to me, a talented group of actors shackled to a crappy, regressive script. The closest the film comes to funny is Hart sputtering indignantly at regular intervals, which he’s pretty good at. This book gives away secrets, the secret desires of men and how any woman can use what a man needs in order to get what she wants. Nothing really comes of it, other than Union’s character having an “a-ha” moment the next morning. Henson, Wendi McLendon-Covey) accidentally eat some strong marijuana - a lazy but effective setup for hallucinogenic antics. (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. The cast members of Think Like A Man have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be. The balance of power in four couples relationships is upset when the women (Gabrielle Union, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Taraji P. 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. His book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man explains how men think and what they want in relationships. 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. The balance of power in four couples relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harveys book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. Steve Harvey is a comedian and radio personality. 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).
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