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50The relationship advice is all fairly boilerplate, much like the film itself, but these actors have made this a bankable romcom.
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Apr 22, 201220Screenwriters Keith Merryman and David A. Newman interweave four asinine, underdeveloped plot lines, and Tim Story's prosaic direction reduces their script to a shambolic nightmare.
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40It's not only shameless, it detracts from what this movie could have been, and still is when the self-promoting Harvey shuts up.
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Apr 20, 201280Think Like a Man is rowdy and funny and showcases an immensely likable ensemble cast it uses to delineate its war between the sexes.
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75Romantic charm and racy humor in a neatly arranged package anyone can appreciate.
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50If anything, Think Like a Man, the awkward but intermittently amusing black-centric ensemble film built out of comedian Steve Harvey's self-help bestseller "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" deserves a gold star for its generous portrayals of Caucasians.
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75Though it is funny - at times, laugh-out-loud funny - this comedy is by and for adults.
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75Despite the crass book promotion, the overlong film is harmless romantic fun that's well played.
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Apr 20, 201260It also helps that they've got actresses like Gabrielle Union and Taraji P. Henson doing the heavy lifting of trying to show real emotion while still keeping things light and on the comedy track.
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Apr 20, 201225Shove people into categories, then into a film like Think Like a Man, and it's a recipe for tedium.
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63An all-star revue of some of the most physically stunning actors working in Hollywood, Think Like a Man is a pleasure if only on a purely sensory level.
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50Occasionally funny, though its dirty riffs - most provided by Kevin Hart as the Happily Divorced Guy - are as formulaic as its earnest parts.
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63Even though Think Like a Man espouses something akin to the philosophy in Beyoncé's Single Ladies(Put a Ring on It), it makes manipulation more fun than it ought to be.
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Apr 19, 201270A winning cast and solid writing from screenwriters Keith Merryman and David A. Newman (Friends With Benefits) should appeal to men and women alike.
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65The director doesn't require - and doesn't really get - distinctive acting from his cast, but every once in a while, the company manages to wink broadly at the film's genre.
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63It's not much of a part for Henson. None of these characters makes real-world sense. They're walking chapter outlines.
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75Story and collaborators succeed in making a courtship comedy that will entertain women and amuse men.
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60If you can look past the annoying quirks, you'll probably have a good time. As Steve says, sometimes, it pays to compromise.
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75It's all about making everybody happy. If that's not grounds for a good relationship, then I don't know what is.
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60There's nothing profound going on here; the truisms don't blossom into life-enriching truths. It's more like the person you meet at a bar who, on second glance, is surprisingly attractive. Call Think Like a Man a perfectly satisfactory one-night stand at the movies.
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75Think Like a Man is what it is. But its hangout factor is considerable, because the actors' charms are considerable.
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25An insanely overlong infomercial for the book.
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50The result is a tiresome exercise that circles at great length through various prefabricated stories defined by the advice each couple needs (or doesn't need).
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Apr 18, 201240It recycles the same tired battle-of-the-sexes premise employed by every third romantic comedy that gets made.
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40Enduring a day-long session of couples' therapy is more fun (and flies by faster) than this film.
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Apr 17, 201260Surprisingly entertaining, thanks to the cast's collective chemistry and the film's balance of appealing elements for both sides of the gender divide.
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50Unfortunately, like so many women have prophesized regarding the weaker gender's lack of commitment, there's just not enough follow through.
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60As executed by an appealing ensemble of smooth operators, this adaptation often hits its amusing marks, but with a weighty running time of two hours, it often feels more like a lecture than an intended romp.
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67Think Like a Man is so busy tracking courtship as if it were a science project that the bite-size love stories lack spontaneity.
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40While the result deserves some credit for finding a creative way to bring the book to life, the overlapping storylines simply aren't compelling enough, despite the best efforts of a game and attractive cast.