Think Like a Man (2012)

Four friends conspire to turn the tables on their women when they discover the ladies have been using Steve Harvey's relationship advice against them.

Director:

Tim Story

Writers:

Keith Merryman (screenplay), David A. Newman (screenplay),

Stars:

Michael Ealy, Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union

14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Ealy	...	Dominic
Jerry Ferrara	...	Jeremy
Meagan Good	...	Mya
Regina Hall	...	Candace
Kevin Hart	...	Cedric
Taraji P. Henson	...	Lauren
Terrence Jenkins	...	Michael (as Terrence J)
Jenifer Lewis	...	Loretta
Romany Malco	...	Zeke
Gary Owen	...	Bennett
Gabrielle Union	...	Kristen
La La Anthony	...	Sonia
Chris Brown	...	Alex
Wendy Williams	...	Gail
Sherri Shepherd	...	Vicki

Storyline

Four women have given up on getting their men to do what they want until they find a how to book written by Steve Harvey. They start using his advice about relationships, and their men start falling in line, until the men discover what the women have been doing, then the war is on.

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Plot Keywords:

advice | group of friends | reading | woman with glasses | turning the tables | 

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Taglines:

Let the mind games begin.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, some crude humor, and brief drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$33,636,303 (USA) (20 April 2012)

Gross:

$91,547,205 (USA) (6 July 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Rainforest Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dominic (Michael Ealy) talks to the guys about the movie For Colored Girls and says the psycho drops his kids out of the window. Ealy played the character who did that in the movie.

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Goofs

When Kristen is talking about her relationship at the open house she compares herself to the character Frodo Baggins. When asked to explain who Frodo was she says "from The Hobbit". Frodo appeared in the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, not in the prequel story The Hobbit which focuses on the character Bilbo.

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Quotes

Cedric: What do you call the three rings of marriage? Engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.

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Connections

References For Colored Girls (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Think Like a Man"
Written by Al Sherrod Lambert, Courtney Harrell, Eric Bellinger, Harmony David Samuels, Ne-Yo (as Shaffer Smith) and Rick Ross (as William L. Roberts)
Performed by Jennifer Hudson and Ne-Yo featuring Rick Ross

User Reviews

Predicable but well executed.

There are ups and downs to this flick. The story is interesting and unique. The cast is beautiful, the emotions are spot-on all through the film. Another plus is the humor. Every character has a situation that we can all relate to. A momma's boy, a player, a divorcée... All characters that we have interacted with at one point.

Kevin Hart does an exceptional job and he stands above the rest of the cast. The downer is the last quarter of the movie. It gets too sappy for a dude. The resolutions of the relationships become way too predictable. I mean, it's predictable down to the actual words spoken by the couples.

That aside, this is a movie suitable for a night in with your girl, or a date. It will set your chic in the mood :-) A better than average movie, and still worth your money.