A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

R

1996

1h 48m

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

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Ladies' man Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence) is used to getting his way with women. Although he is committed to marrying his longtime love, Mia (Regina King), he can't help himself when he meets the beautiful and standoffish Brandi (Lynn Whitfield). After bedding and then trying to ditch Brandi, Darnell is in for an unpleasant surprise: the unhinged Brandi is not about to let Darnell dump her, and she will do anything to exact revenge on him for tossing her aside.

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Brian Lowry

Variety

03/26/2009

Sluggishly paced and too seldom funny...

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

02/09/2006

The script lacks wit and depth, while Lawrence's direction is meandering and undramatic, full of showy, over-elaborate camera movements.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

05/20/2003

Too serious to be a comedy, too flippant to be a thriller, it often feels like a backhanded act of penance for the misogynist humor in the star's comedy act.

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

05/31/2022

Whitfield makes the movie interesting.

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TV Guide

08/12/2009

2.5/4

A thin line? Not in this case.

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Film4

08/12/2009

Tiresome stuff, bearable only if you can overlook the questionable premise and find something to like in Lawrence's Eddie Murphy-lite turn.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 22

Funny in 1 hour and 48 minutes.

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Rehan T

@RT81460504 05/07/2025

A good movie, worth a watch...

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alan g

@agenser 11/27/2024

The poster tells you everything. Martin Lowbrow can't act only mug and yell. Lynn Whitfield is beautiful.

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Godfrey D

@RT74548902 08/11/2024

Its a really good movie.

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Bulgantamir B

@RT36664197 08/10/2024

Good movie. Nice movie

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 08/10/2024

This movie has become a very interesting movie that has attracted the attention of the audience. The angle the director was able to see is amazing. The roles of the actors in the film were very special. I liked this movie very much.

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Ladies' man Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence) is used to getting his way with women. Although he is committed to marrying his longtime love, Mia (Regina King), he can't help himself when he meets the beautiful and standoffish Brandi (Lynn Whitfield). After bedding and then trying to ditch Brandi, Darnell is in for an unpleasant surprise: the unhinged Brandi is not about to let Darnell dump her, and she will do anything to exact revenge on him for tossing her aside.

Director: Martin Lawrence
Producer: Doug McHenry, George Jackson
Screenwriter: Martin Lawrence, Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford, Kim Bass
Production Co: Savoy Pictures, You Go Boy! Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.8M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)