MOVIE REVIEW - Think Like A Man

The new Steve Harvey Comedy, Think Like A Man, makes a huge splash at the box office this opening weekend. Bringing in 33 million dollars.

TLAM is a "romantic comedy" of sorts, as about 6 couples "act out" portions of the real life book written by Harvey, Act Like A Lady, But Think Like A Man. And to be honest, this is pretty funny stuff. Harvey's book is handbook for single, dating women who are drawn to this self help book because it gives away all the secrets that single, dating men have. The men in our story look at Harvey as a traitor, while the women for the most part are hanging on every written word.

And the game is on. After our men friends find out that all of the women in their lives are reading this book, they grab copies and they read the book too, in order to play offense and defense at the same time. When the women find out the men are also reading the book and their motives are suspect, it causes big problems with our couples...and potential couples.

The very large ensemble cast is very good and do what they are asked to do. Show the modern relationships in all of their glory, the good and the bad, and let us have a laugh or two at our own expense. This is highly relatable to those new in a romance, or for someone married 20 years. Even though circumstances do change, the basic realities between the sexes do not, and it makes it pretty funny to laugh at ourselves.

Not all of this works. A couple of the characters are a bit fatiguing and wear out their welcome, and some of the writers didn't know when to quit at times. Also, this may be a bit too long, and here is a hugely horrible scene involving one of our couples at the very end. This scene comes dangerously close to ruining a pretty good movie, as it makes no sense at all. But because of this movies previous 100 decent minutes, it luckily gets a pass.

Think Like A Man. Pretty funny stuff, with some fresh faces, even if the subject matter is as old as the hills. Just told in a new way.