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Summary: What's in a title?
Comment: I wonder why this movie wasn't more successful. I think that if the title was narrowed down to something a bit shorter that wouldn't take the complete DVD cover when translated into German might've been a better idea. A title centered on Kerry Washington, who plays Nikki -- the goddess/seductress and menace/heroine in Richard's (Chris Rock) boring life. How about Lingerie Wars or Tempted by Lust? Better yet: Maneater. That'll get people to see the movie, not Chris Rock. And that's just too bad, because C. Rock did a great job with this movie. I don't know if people are wary of his stand-up language, but the language is definitely not at the same level in this movie. While I didn't laugh hysterically throughout, I thought Chris nailed the role of a bored and frustrated husband with children, where he didn't appreciate what he really had -- a beautiful family. The temptations of a successful businessman (key word man) with the ultimate chick magnet (a wedding ring). I also thought this film nailed the direction a man's mind goes when he sees a beautiful woman. But it's not just the sexual tension, it's the boredom: Nikki is fun! Is he going to go for it? Is the grass greener on the other side, or is it even being watered? If you're married, divorced, or plan to be married...watch this movie. It's great.
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Summary: funny, realistic and insightful !!
Comment: I loved the movie! Chris Rock did a great job directing it. It was funny especially the viagra scene, everytime I watch it i laugh till I can't laugh no more!! It's so easy to relate to his character; although I'm female. Kerry Washington as nikki did a fantastic job!! charming sexy mischevious...just fun!! And of course Mr.Rock was funny as always but he didn't overdo it which sometimes comedians tend to do in their movies. It was perfect and i will recommend it to all my friends.
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Summary: Good Moral But Too Much Foul Language
Comment: I did like the moral of this movie, which is fidelity in a marriage is a choice. The main male character, Richard, is a good husband and father who is going about his normal life when an old fried (and hot woman) Nikki shows up at his work. She represents the question that all married people have to deal with at some point in marriage: is the grass greener on the other side? Brenda, his wife, isn't having sex with him (and I do feel sorry for him for that), but she is busy and tired at the end of the day (which I can relate to having four kids). So this movie is very realistic in terms of "Could this really happen?"
I don't think anyone goes into a marriage with the idea of cheating on their spouses so Richard isn't looking to be unfaithful, but temptation does arrive and this movie is about his decision to accept it or reject it. If the language hadn't been so foul, I would have given this movie five stars. It's worth watching at least once. Very well done, especially the scene when he is at the crossroads of whether or not to cheat. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone under 18.
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Summary: Your Take Will Depend on Your Experiences
Comment: First of all, I watch movies for entertainment and not to offer my personal approval for handing out Oscars OK? If 90 minutes are that critically important to you, then you should only watch what the professional critics tell you to watch...oh and in that case, get used to reading subtitles! Some of the best movies that I have seen more than once were not critically acclaimed (sometimes quite the contrary). Some of the worst movies that I have seen were critically acclaimed.
Being well into the second decade of my marriage, I could relate to a few aspects of the movie, even though not exactly by the script. What I got in this movie was a chance to confront and examine my own experiences by comparison with an extreme, and that if nothing else was a bit captivating. If you are married, were married, or ever plan to get married, watch the movie; at the very least, you'll get another reference point from some aspect of the movie which you'll probably relate to at some point to some degree. ***I say this only to the men reading this review.*** At the heart of this movie there are some perfectly natural male issues brought to light that not all women may digest in a healthy manner :-)
If you really feel the need to draw out a moral to the story scene by scene, then you could do that as well. Mid-life crises are real. Sexual temptation is real. Free-spirited people exist. "There are different strokes for different folks" is true (cheating isn't for everyone). "Why can't or shouldn't I do what I really want to do?" "What DO I really want" is another one. "You can't have your cake and eat it too." (Yada, Yada, Yada) Depending on your experiences, you might have a "I remember a similar encounter that could have gone down this road" moment.
My only point is that I enjoyed the movie and would/will probably watch it again. Be careful what you read in these reviews if you are trying to decide on whether to view this movie. I actually go in reverse order and read movie reviews after I've watched the movie. Reading the reviews I've seen here, I get the feeling that reviewers' life experiences (subject related or otherwise) outside of the 90 minutes spent watching this film are shining through their words (see "healthy manner" above).
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Summary: Should be required viewing for middle class American wives?
Comment: The Woman in Red tells you that this is a long term problem for people. The wife no longer wants to have sex
and the man still has his urges. Really successful men with no love or real morals, just ditch the dragging old lady and get a newer model.
That is why you have a lot of older women who really hate men?
Men never seem to grow out of sex; we need a little blue pill for women?
Chris Rock is a comic philosopher like Gene Wilder before him.
In this movie he uses it wisely!
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