Think Like A Man (2012)

Think Like A Man is a charming little romantic comedy based on the book Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man by Steve Harvey in which he lays down his beliefs and concepts on why some women have trouble in relationships and how to empower themselves by helping them understand the minds of men. I should note this is a real book for those of you who only know Steve Harvey as a 'King of Comedy'. He is also an actor, entertainer, radio personality and best-selling author.

In this movie several women come across Steve Harvey's new book (Steve Harvey playing himself) and individually make their way through a section of his 'playbook' which teaches them how to modify their behaviours in order to get the guys in their life to do the what they want. We are initially introduced to a group of guys who are friends and all adhere to particular labels like 'the player' or 'the momma's boy', 'the dreamer' and 'the non commiter'. Although still rather chick-flicky in that it caters to women, introducing the ideas through the male perspective and narrated by the hilarious Kevin Hart keeps it accessible to both sexes. And with cameo's from Ms Kelly Rowland and Chris Brown there's plenty of eye candy for all.

As soon as I heard Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey and Garbielle Union were going to be in this movie I knew I'd like it and with a plethora of other favourites of mine like Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Michael Ealy, Sherri Shepherd, Jenifer Lewis and many more faces you'll recognise, I wasn't wrong.

Having a lot of characters to explain always slows a movie down some but this is easy to follow and the individual battle of the sexes are literally titled. You have "The Mama's Boy" vs "The Single Mom", "The Non-Commiter" vs "The Girl Who Wants the Ring", "The The Dreamer vs The Woman Who Is Her Own Man" and "The Player vs The 90 Day Rule Girl". Labelled like this its not hard to imagine the hijinks and fun that's going to be poked at both genders here, the playing field level.

The verdict: This is clean, honest fun with much of the comedy supplied by Kevin Hart and an adorable, young Caleel Harris (look out for the character called Duke). You should definitely give it a watch ... made for rainy days when you need a warm feeling.

This film is like: Deliver Us From Eva (2003) meets Down With Love (2003)

                                     

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Think Like A Man UK release is June 2012

Finally, I will say this ... ladies, not all your relationship problems are gonna be solved with a book, nor does it always work out like it does in the movies. This doesn't mean there's something wrong with you or all the men out there, just means you live in the real world.

And guys, there is a reason why your girlfriend probably loves all these kinds of movies... pay attention & maybe get a clue fella's ;-p

Enjoy the movie and let me know what you thought of it x

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