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I Think I Love My Wife (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 107 Fresh: 20  Rotten:87 Average Rating: 4.6/10
 
Consensus: Chris Rock's comedic instincts are muted and the female characters are unsatisfactorily drawn in this uneven sex farce/domestic drama mashup.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 16, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $12,441,752

Synopsis: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alum Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE. Rock's film is a remake of the 1972 Eric Rohmer film, CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON, which explores a married man's common struggle with extramarital temptations. Richard Cooper (Rock) has it all: a beautiful... SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alum Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE. Rock's film is a remake of the 1972 Eric Rohmer film, CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON, which explores a married man's common struggle with extramarital temptations. Richard Cooper (Rock) has it all: a beautiful wife, Brenda (Gina Torres); adorable kids; a successful investment banking career--and complete boredom! He has become obsessed with other women, and a visit from an old friend's former flame, sexy and flirtatious Nikki (Kerry Washington), has him staring the possibility of infidelity in the face. Nikki pursues a friendship that provides Richard some much-needed excitement, but also lands him in all kinds of trouble.  He jeopardizes his reputation at work, causes fights at home, and rapidly loses sight of what he has built his life around. At some point he must choose between his affair-fantasy and remaining the faithful husband and father he's always been. I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE provides an entertaining and at times thought-provoking modern version of a classic tale, injecting lighthearted humor into a sensitive and all-too-familiar subject that plagues the marriage culture. Rock perfectly channels the suburban, career-climbing family man, while Torres and Washington are convincing as the angel versus devil on his shoulders. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Chris Rock, Edward Herrman, Steve Buscemi

Director: Chris Rock
Screenwriter: Chris Rock, Louis C.K.
Producer: Lisa Stewart, Adam Brightman
Composer: Marcus Miller

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 4, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish, French
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - Chris Rock - Director/Star/Writer
  • Disc 1/Side A: I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE - Full Frame
  • Full Frame - 1.31

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes - Outtakes and Bloopers
  • Disc 1/Side B: I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE - Widescreen
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Additional Release Material:

  • Additional Footage - FX Movie Channel Premiere
  • Behind the Scenes - 1. "I Think I Love Making This Movie"
  • 2. FX Movie Channel Casting Session
  • Featurette - "What's a Man to Do"
  • Music Videos - The Brand New Heavies - "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)"
  • Trailers

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B-

The enlightening life lessons in this movie are few, but most important seems to be ... keep having sex during your marriage.

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03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
Daily Herald (IL)
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02/22/08
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Urban Cinefile
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5/10

A roly-poly CBS sitcom, only with more liberal use of the f-word.

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09/27/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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2.5/5

I Think I Love My Wife doesn't seem to know which choice to embrace (comedy or drama) and ends up being a hit-and-miss affair.

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06/25/07
Stax
IGN Movies
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4/6

Rock’s breakthrough as a director -- a chance for him to grapple openly with his status as a maturing (but still ostensibly immature) comedian.

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06/23/07
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
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Buppie infidelity, marital boredom and female temptation on every street corner are the predicaments posed by this Chris Rock directed oddly unromantic fare.

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05/15/07
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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Until Rock is able to find a vehicle suitable for his unrestrained talent, there'll no doubt be more duds like this on the way

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04/24/07
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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1.5/4

Rock's humor is once again in its diluted form here.

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04/22/07
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies
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3/4

Here's a French sex comedy starring Chris Rock. Yes, really -- Chris Rock.

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04/17/07
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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2/4

The big problem is, the movie is not funny.

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04/06/07
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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B-

One of the film's key revelations is that his resistance to having an affair comes as much from wishing to maintain his lifestyle (the high-paying job, the nice house, the kids) as from loyalty to his wife. Why sharp observations like that one would need

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04/05/07
Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club
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2/5

Neither stylistically innovative nor particularly entertaining.

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03/31/07
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle
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2/4

some witty social observations, but there are also some slapstick scenes that feel as if they were taken from a completely different movie.

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03/28/07
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy
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Rock's version is funnier, blacker, hipper, and sexier, but Rohmer's shows a little more skin.

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03/26/07
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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1.5/5

Perhaps some comedians aren't meant for the big screen.

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03/24/07
Bob Grimm
Reno News and Review
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2/5

The movie has overtones of misogyny that stick in the craw.

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03/23/07
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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2/4

I'm sure Rock meant well, but the next time he feels the urge to improve upon the French, he should try his hand at baguettes.

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03/22/07
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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D+

The problem with Chris Rock writing, directing, and starring in a film is that every character winds up talking just like Chris Rock.

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03/21/07
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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Too bad the central character is someone you wouldn't want to spend five minutes with, let alone an hour and a half.

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03/21/07
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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5/10

A crass mid-life crisis comedy that becomes an improbable, uneven rumination about love on the rocks.

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03/20/07
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com
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