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I Think I Love My Wife
EMAILPRINTFox Searchlight Pictures

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
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Based on 35 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by:
Chris Rock
Louis C.K.
Eric Rohmer (motion picture Chloe in the Afternoon)
Directed by: Chris Rock
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 16, 2007
DVD: August 7, 2007
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for pervasive language and some sexual content
Starring Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Steve Buscemi, Edward Herrmann, Welker White, Samantha Ivers, and Michael K. Williams
A sophisticated comedy about marriage and the temptation of new love. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
As uneven as I Think I Love My Wife often is, it still has an emotional resonance lacking in most films about relationships. By dealing with temptation in even a quasi-realistic way, it affirms that, like comedy, monogamy is hard.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
What is missing in depth and philosophical intent is compensated for with humor and humanization.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
The movie is hilarious...there's Rock's encounter with Viagra, which I can't describe but has to be one of the funniest scenes of the decade.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Though hampered at times by Rock's limitations as an actor and a director, I Think I Love My Wife stays faithful to the spirit of Rohmer's original, grappling honestly with the uncertainties of settling down and the temptations that lurk outside even the most stable marriages.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
For each joke that is fresh, there are at least three that fall thuddingly flat. Rock suffers a problem common to comedians moving from sketches to features; he hasn't quite been able to get his performance level above caricature. To his credit, he's made more of this than you'd expect from the lame premise.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The results fall short of the grown-up comedy about seven-year itches it could've been, asking the Hamlet-like question: to scratch or not to scratch?
Read Full Review >Premiere Glenn Kenny
Chris Rock's I Think I Love My Wife is less interesting, and less successful, as a remake of a much-bruited '70s art film than it is as a compendium of Rockian observations on the current state of the African-American bourgeoisie.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
The movie doesn't for a moment pretend to be subtle, and it has a sprawling, unfocused quality. But it's got some juice, and it's even faithful, in some surprising ways, to the essence of the original.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Despite the creakiness of the vehicle, there are some genuinely funny moments and observations.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
It wants to be both an art-film homage and a rollicking, outrageous sex farce, and it's not really enough of either to make an impression.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Mixing Rock with ooh-la-la turns out to be as appetizing as chalk and cheese.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
The movie, full of wan gags and tedious situations, is directed blandly by Rock.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A movie that provokes as many rueful sighs as it does bruising laughs.
Read Full Review >Variety Brian Lowry
The main drawback is that under director Rock, actor Rock doesn't possess quite the chops to pull off this character, and the humor and flights of fancy are simply too low-key.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
I Think I Love My Wife has got to be the unlikeliest French New Wave classic ever to be retrofitted by a famous African-American stand-up comedian best known for his stinging social commentary -- at least until Dave Chappelle remakes Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" as a hip-hop caper.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
Washington's take on the seductress is so saucy, so unapologetic, such a brash blend of insouciant charm and raw sex appeal, that she swipes the picture from right under its nominal star. The only problem is that her theft inadvertently tips the balance of the moral dilemma, shifting it seismically all the way from "He'd be a fool to succumb" to "He'd be a coward not to."
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Despite the nice touches at the corners, the center does not hold. In I Think I Love My Wife, there's too much emphasis on the Think.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The movie, instead, is a work of giddy self-sabotage that seems determined to matter and not matter at the same time.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Chris Rock probably has a solid writer/director effort in him. This isn't it.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Rick Kisonak
If you're looking for Rock's trademark smart-ass wit, you'll want to look somewhere else. Likewise when it comes to a movie with something fresh to say about the balancing act that is wedded bliss.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Toddy Burton
The movie becomes a weak rethinking of a quality film.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
The most shocking thing about I Think I Love My Wife isn't the language, the sex, or the racial humor. It's the fact that it's not a funny movie. At all.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
In I Think I Love My Wife, Chris Rock does something entirely unexpected. He isn't funny.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Attaching Chris Rock to I Think I Love My Wife is like chaining a Kentucky Derby winner to the merry-go-round in a petting zoo. His humor is hobbled, his personality dulled, his energy depleted. Who's responsible for this lapse in judgment? Chris Rock.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Forgetting that French New Wave directors often turned to Hollywood for inspiration, cinema snobs will doubtless be outraged that Hollywood would dare remake such a beloved Rohmer masterpiece, when in fact, tone aside, "Chloe In The Afternoon" isn't all that different from "The Seven Year Itch."
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This may not be as ill considered as it sounds--some of the sharpest material in Rock's last concert special, "Never Scared," dealt with the eternal conflict between men and women--but his crowd-pleasing gags tend to clash with Rohmer's sly moral comedy.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nathan Lee
Rock capably directs a screenplay graced with one or two chuckles ("You stare at a soccer mom too long and they'll post your name on the Internet") and soured by a whole lot of misogyny.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Rock appears to have edited I Think I Love My Wife with a roulette wheel.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.8 (out of 10) based on 35 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chris S. gave it a10:
I gave this movie a 10 because it hits home. the truth is no one will understand this movie enless they are in the same position. I bet any man who is in a relationship for atleast 5 years will love this movie. I dont really belive it was meant to be a comedy. Perhaps it was more of a justification in social history. The only sad part is, it truly shows all women how the average man truly feels. Period.... on point like no other. You can hate all u want on the skills as a "film" and perhaps i just googled the wrong critic page.. the truth is, ive seen this movie with many people now, ive gotten extremely mixed reviews. But the bottom line is, this movie will either relate like no other, or just seem like a stupid asshole of a guy type of movie....but like i said, if you are a man in a relationship, probubly longer than 5 years, or have been in one like that, this one is gonnna hit home like no other, with a little Chris Rock twist to it.
Mike M gave it a4:
You'd think throwing Chris Rock into a life crisis about sex and adultery would be quite funny. You think it would be filled with his witty sarcasm, his class-act stand up material even, but what you get, is nothing near that. I Think I Love My Wife is not funny. The only time i smiled was when Steve Buscemi appeared on the screen, and thats just because Steve Buscemi is a wonderful actor. Why he agreed to this film, is beyond me. Chris Rock tells us the story about a man who whines, whines, and whines some more, and is set on a path to realize all that he has. Now, he throws himself off this course about 3 or 4 times, so he's not exactly a lesson learner, but throughout the film, you can't help but feel how clichee and how "well set" everything in this film is. Guys best friends girlfriend comes back, and not only is she as hot as his wife, but for whatever reason, shes really attracted to him and wants to use her sex appeal. Absurd. And sometimes absurd is good. Absurd would be especially good if you were making an outrageous comedy about the linkage between sex and marriage, and temptation. But when you settle for creating a drama, with a few scenes that are very broad reaches for comedy, absurd is not necessarily your best technique. Contrived story, lack of humor, and a plot that just doesnt seem to have enough in it to hold up for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Nearing the end, you start to realize the chain of events happening and your lack of interest rises. Now speaking for the ending musical number.........it's really.....really..just not needed. Chris Rock reached low on this one, and the movie shows.
[Anonymous] gave it a0:
This is the worst movie I've seen in a very long time. It was so boring, dumb, and painfully awful to watch, I could hardly get through it. I hate to say it, but it seemed like the plot and script had been written by an 11-year-old, they were so bad. Please spare yourself and stay away from this!
Jared C. gave it a10:
Not that Chris Rock did bad, just that he was kind of overacting and the story kind of was overwritten for him. But its a fascinating story about cheating on your own wife. But it sure ain't inspirational.
Razvy T gave it a7:
A so-so movie, good acting, predictable storyline and nice comedy.Chris Rock rules as always.
Brandon C. gave it a10:
This film rocks! One of the most comedic, insightful movies of the new year post-Oscars, I loved every aspect of it and how it brought us a dark, new gritty angle, albeit more of a comedy version. Hands down one of the best of the year, along with the 300.
Catherine gave it a2:
Boring and offensive; the brief moments of humor are overwhelmed by a static story that never moves forward. Couldn't get out of the theatre fast enough.
