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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Darnell Wright has a way with the ladies both figuratively and literally. Darnell begins to feel like he hit the jackpot when he meets Brandi, who starts off playing hard to get, until eventually gives in to Darnell's advances. But when Darnell begins to form a stable and committed relationship with Mia he immediately tosses other relationships with a few other women, including Brandi. Brandi immediately becomes unstable and will do anything to exact revenge on him.
30 July 1938, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
3 December 1975, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
5 February 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 November 1968, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
3 January 1972, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
25 July 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 August 1964, New York City, New York, USA
28 April 1971, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
14 June 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
January 01, 2000
[Lawrence] doesn't seem to know that his protagonist is a deceptive, frivolous, fast-talking and surprisingly stupid womanizer.January 01, 2000
The screenplay is credited to four writers, and its unevenness argues that none of them were on the same wavelength.June 18, 2002
[Lawrence is] a charming, gifted comic with a killer smile, but he's way out of his depth in this Fatal Attraction knockoff, which he also co-wrote and stars in.May 28, 2002
Any movie with a bar called Chocolate City can't be all bad, right?January 12, 2004
A ponderous vanity project that is unfunny and, worst of all, just plain boring.August 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.February 09, 2006
The script lacks wit and depth, while Lawrence's direction is meandering and undramatic, full of showy, over-elaborate camera movements.June 05, 2002
In showing the importance of monogamy, the film is profound enough that it could lead couples to reevaluate themselves; women will look at their new men a bit more quizzically, and men will be less likely to say "I love you" unless they mean it.May 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.January 01, 2000
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate takes its name from the Persuaders 1971 hit that has been re-recorded by the Pretenders, Annie Lennox and H-Town. You could have just as much fun simply playing one of them and skipping the movie.March 26, 2009
Sluggishly paced and too seldom funny...August 12, 2009
A thin line? Not in this case.