Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain
The film is good for the vast majority. It's a rather mature critique of marriage that suggests perhaps marriage isn't for humans. Rock plays a hard working banker in a sexless marriage. The biggest problem here is his wife. She is neither attractive or friendly. I honestly can't see why Rock is with her. This makes it all the more frustrating when Rock meets Kerry Washington. She is so beautiful no man could resist her, especially in the final scenes. The ending is a real cop-out. It suggests that fidelity is almost a curse, but it's better than our protagonist being happy. The fact that the end realisation comes in the form of a very terrible song (WTF?) just makes it even more painful. Would have liked more from Buscemi's character, a man happily married for 17 years, despite his affairs and flings. Worth it just for Washington.
long-ford
This film was unfairly panned in my opinion, probably because most people were expecting a comedy. However, 'I Think I Love My Wife' is an effective drama based on Eric Rohmer's 'Chloe in the Afternoon'. Chris Rock successfully sheds his comic persona to play a suburban middle class executive who finds himself straying from his dull married life. Despite occasional missteps, the film uncannily captures a common male viewpoint and feels close to reality. It works as a gentle cautionary drama with some comic asides. Some of the humor is crass and the conclusion feels rushed. Still watchable.Overall 7/10
Roland E. Zwick
Richard Cooper (played by Chris Rock, who also co-wrote and directed the film) has everything a young, upwardly mobile investment banker could possibly want out of life: a good job, a beautiful wife, two adorable kids and a comfortable home in the suburbs. The only problem is that, after seven years of marriage, Richard and his wife don't have sex much anymore. This, along with a general sense of boredom and ennui, leads the formerly high-living playboy to consider straying with another woman, a fantasy that comes much closer to reality when a former flame of his, Nikki Tru (Kerry Washington), sashays back into his life after a long absence. Suddenly, Richard has to decide whether to remain faithful to his wife or take the plunge into full-fledged adultery with all its attendant pitfalls and problems."I Think I Love My Wife" is an Americanization of Eric Rohmer's arty and high-minded "Chloe in the Afternoon" (one of his "Six Moral Tales") from the early 1970's. As a study of adultery (or at least potential adultery), "I Think I Love My Wife" is actually a pretty dull affair, weighed down by leaden direction, foul-mouthed dialogue and a stiff performance by Rock in the main role. The film does provide a few valid insights into the seven-year-itch phenomenon and other marital issues, but the movie's lackluster pace and tone keep us from caring.
digital_bedouin
By far Rocks best film, he plays a married man who's become increasingly bored with married life and struggles not to cheat on his wife with an extremely beautiful old friend.This film wasn't boring, it had its comedic moments and what man wouldn't want to watch Kerry Washington, who played Nikki, for at least an hour.I am definitely not a fan of Chris Rock movies, but this one was a mature display and co inked by long time friend and Lucky Louie star Louis C.K.Along with Steve Buschemi to throw in some lines, the movie can be tolerated, is entertaining and not as bad as you would think..If you don't have anything to do, and have an hour or so to burn, then I think you should give it a chance.It's not comedic genius, its just a movie, not every single film should be a runner up for an academy, this one qualifies as an entertaining ride into Chris Rocks mind...
