kuprescod This movie was really good. I have seen it on at least three occasions, and each time I am tearing up with laughter. I find it very easy to relate to, very real, and a good mix of serious story and good old fashioned comedy.The characters played by the various actors in the show were pretty much nailed, with Chris Rock, his wife, his best friend at work, the interested admirer, her ex ... they were all good.The interaction between the characters was really very well portrayed as well. It really is a good lesson for the young career man, how to conduct yourself when confronted with temptation, and the troubles you can find yourself in.Many of the quotes are priceless.Top stuff, a must watch. I can't wait to have an excuse to watch it again soon.

dunmore_ego Chris Rock is a powerful force. I love the guy. But in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE, this mighty black man looks mighty beige.Even in the lamest of his starring vehicles, Rock's individual voice and common sense messages shine through. But the character he plays in LOVE MY WIFE is a wishy-washy departure that demeans him, his fans and his perceptive observations on relationships.Rock has risen from an underprivileged racial comedian to the most energizing and insightful African-American/comedic voice since Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. Remember the furor over his hosting of the Academy Awards in 2005; how the producers quivered at his renegade image as much as the crowd quivered at his vital energy? In tilting at the mainstream with this dull, vapid "comedy" it will be awhile before there's any more quivering around Chris Rock.In I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE Rock is a "happily"-married ad exec who meets an old crush (Kerry Washington), who provides the laughs and sensuality that his wife (Gina Torres) doesn't. After being led along by the crush (and steadily pussified), he ends up breaking it off with her and staying with his boring wife, who suddenly, we presume, becomes unboring. Because the script says so.There is only one good line - and it bleeds of the Rock of old: "You can lose a lot of money chasing women, but you'll never lose women chasing money." The rest of this simplistic, clichéd and tired movie can be summed up in one word: pussy-whipped, hypocritical, ball-less, suffocating, stultifying, deceitful, frustrating, emasculating, sexually-demeaning, gutless, mundane. Take your pick.I'm terribly disappointed in him. He co-wrote, produced and directed LOVE MY WIFE, so full marks for designing the wheels, putting them on the vehicle and driving the vehicle - but if you're gonna drive into a tree, well... If he is satisfied being this unfunny and inoffensive and homogenized, he might as well be Julia Roberts.Before SNL's formative years and before NEW JACK CITY (1991) put him on the movie landscape, Rock appeared in a standup collection, COMEDY'S DIRTIEST DOZEN (1988), also featuring the far more professional raconteur Bill Hicks (1961-1994) and a young, grunting - and funny - Tim Allen. Rock was a rough-edged angry black kid back then, still honing his chops.But the grave lesson here is what happened to Tim Allen.The gods of mediocrity ate Allen alive, seemingly missing the fresh-faced naive black kid with the lion pacing and racism jokes, but they have now come knocking ominously at his door, "Mr. Rock, your time has come." The message that LOVE MY WIFE tries to convey is undermined by one of its very own characters: Steve Buscemi is Rock's friend, a married man and philanderer - yet portrayed as the most well-adjusted, likable, sensible, noble person in the film, despite the film saying that fidelity alone will make you all those things. If anything, Rock's forced, guilt-ridden fidelity drove him to become a soppy bitch who nearly ruined his family by almost losing his job.Rock narrates the film's contradictory syrup message, "You can't chose who you love - but you can chose HOW you love." After trying to figure out the mathematics behind that idiocy, we realize the film *has* shown us "how to love" - with Buscemi's character: compartmentalize. Love someone wholly, but don't deny your manly urges on occasional fluff. After all, your woman was attracted to your manly urges - she didn't want a eunuch! - how can she demand that you quell those urges and then turn them on at her behest? Isn't that a form of psychological terrorism? Rock narrates, "I want a woman who'll go to war with me and drag me and the kids out alive!" Sounds good - but metaphysical JUNK! Means nothing after Rock has established his marriage is sexless. You want a marriage or a Special Forces operative? Like a sycophantic Jell-O mold, Rock apologizes to his wife - even though he never did anything adulterous (even though he was thinking it, but was too gutless to act on it or even admit to thinking it - but that's another self-deceit encyclopedia) - and, we presume, lives out his days in obedient sexual frustration. Seems to be the only person quivering over Chris Rock in this movie is Chris Rock.--Review by Poffy The Cucumber (for Poffy's Movie Mania).

Claudio Carvalho The suburban middle class investment banker and family man Richard Cooper (Chris Rock) has been married for eight years with his wife Brenda (Gina Torres) and they have two children. Their marriage is in crisis due to the lack of sex, and Richard is feeling completely bored and dreaming on having sex everywhere with other women. When his sexy single friend Nikki Tru (Kerry Washington) that he has not seen since he was single stumbles in his office in Manhattan asking for a recommendation letter for a job, Chris has lots of fun with her, but he omits her visit to Brenda. Nikki visits Richard on the next afternoons, jeopardizing his position and making Richard rethink about his choices in life."I Think I Love My Wife" is an entertaining movie about a universal situation – the change of the sexual life between couples after years of marriage. Kerry Washington is extremely sexy and is perfect in the role of the smart single girl that uses her friendship seeking for fun. It is very pleasant to see the scenes with this gorgeous actress. Chris Rock plays a silly suburban character that fights for not cheating his wife. However the situations are inconsistent since Richard does not have sex with his wife and has daydreams with women; and when he meets a woman like Nikki he does not have sex with her? Brenda, performed by Gina Torres, is an unpleasant character with her denial of having sex. The moralist conclusion, with Richard and Brenda singing, is simply awful. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Acho Que Amo Minha Mulher" ("I Think I Love My Wife")

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.