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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
Hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful!, 17 November 2005
Author:
Grace Zeh (filmgirlgz@gmail.com) from Chantilly, Virginia, USA
In my opinion, A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE is a hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful movie. It is also one of the best Martin Lawrence films I have ever seen. I thought that Martin (Lawrence) and Lynn (Whitfield) lit up the screen like magic! One of my favorite quotes of this movie is, "You put your hands on the wrong woman." That really made me feel good and smile. The part that really made me feel good and smile, though, was when Brandi (Lynn Whitfield) got even with Darnell (Martin Lawrence) at her home towards the end of the movie. Also, I thought that Erica (Malinda Williams) looked very beautiful in her prom dress, especially with the way she had her hair done. That sure brings back memories for me. In conclusion, to anyone who's a fan of Martin Lawrence, I recommend this movie. You're in for lots of laughs and thrills, so go to the video store, rent it or buy it, kick back with a friend, and watch it.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Comedy with a surprisingly evil and sinister twist., 29 June 1999
Author:
macnjnc from Cincinnati, Ohio
A Thin Line Between Love And Hate is a very solid movie production job
from Martin Lawrence. The film provides a nice mix of drama and comedy.
The story line revolves around Darnell (Martin Lawrence) Brandi (Lynn
Whitfield) and Mia (Regina King). Darnell is a ladies man who thinks he
says all the right things to the ladies. He runs across Brandi and
makes a bet with his buddy Tee (Bobby Brown) that he would have sex
with her once he gets to know her. Eventually he gets his chance and
hits paydirt with Brandi sexually. Brandi was hurt before by her
cheating husband and holds brutal grudges for "womanizing" men (She
killed her ex husband after finding him in bed with another women) As
her relationship with Darnell develops she warns him that she is not
the type of woman to be hurt and taken advantage of. The Producer does
a good job of bringing along Darnel's rekindling relationship with ex
flame Mia. Somehow you feel that Darnel and Mia's future relationship
holds promise despite Darnel's flirtatious ways. Some of the things
that happen to Darnel because of his womanizing ways you feel are
justified but Brandi is out for serious revenge. Brandi inflicts injury
to herself and convinces police that Darnel is the perpetrator, she
leaves his Truck on bricks outside of a police station, she stops at
nothing. Darnel calls off his relationship with Mia due to threats by
Brandi that she would hurt Mia. Determined to settle the score once and
for all he goes to Brandi beautiful estate overlooking the Pacific....
> Thin Line Between Love And Hate was much better than I thought it
would be. The movie definitely is funny but also provides plenty of
drama. Lynn Whitfield is ever convincing in her role as Brandi, her
piercing eyes slamming a knife down wickedly into her birthday cake is
a scene worth remembering. What adds greatly to the movie is the fact
that everything is centered around a nightclub which adds a certain
feel and environment. This is a movie that is better than you would
think. A definite thumbs up 8/10 on the scale.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
An interesting "role reversal" stalker film, 18 January 2004
Author:
Darkfalz from Australia
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
For some reason I love watching movies about psycho women. On one condition,
of course, and that's that they get their just desserts at the end.
Hollywood has this nasty, irresponsible habit of trying to justify it when a
woman murders (or attacks) a man, sometimes even encouraging them to take
the law into their own hands.
It's interesting to note that many, many films have been made with more or
less the reverse, an obsessive ex-boyfriend who stalks and threatens his
girlfriend. And in most of those movies, the guy ends up dead for his
trouble.
*** SPOILERS ***
Now here we have the reverse, a girl who admittedly, was treated badly, and
goes after Martin Lawrence for revenge. And the psycho stalker fun ensues.
It's worth noting that women beatings themselves up so they can report the
guy to the cops for abuse is a common practice (like false rape accusing),
and more alarmingly, it's often used as a prelude to staging his murder and
claiming self defense. God knows how many of these women got the idea from a
movie. I laughed when she captures him and makes this long speech about how
insensitive and dog like men are, and how she wasn't going to take it
anymore on behalf of "all women". Because of course, women never cheat or
treat men badly, do they? Hah! It's worth noting that it's women who pick
these guys over the millions of nice guys out there, and then complain when
things don't go as they'd hoped. To me, it's kinda like intentionally taking
up smoking just so you can whine about how hard it is to
quit.
Anyway, I got off track there. He gets rescued and thankfully, the end does
give some closure showing mug shots of her, so she at least went to prison.
She admits she killed her ex-husband when she found him cheating, so she's
guilty of murder and attempted murder. Still, she didn't die like a male
version of her character would have, and Martin Lawrence shows remorse for
what he did like no female "victim" would ever do, so the role reversal was
a little tainted. Obviously to make female viewers feel her actions were
justified.
*** END SPOILERS ***
All the same it was a moderately enjoyable film and Lawrence had his funny
moments in it.
5/10
3 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Thin Line Between Love and Hate, A ('96), 28 March 2004
Author:
Buggieblade from Westbury, NY
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate is a comedy/drama that revolves around a
"player" played by Martin Lawrence who is looking for a special woman to
call his own. During his search, he gets involve with a young lady who
gives him more than he can bargain for (played by the very voluptuous
Whitfield). The acting is sub-par but the story brings a very good twist on
an over-told story. This film reminds me of "Fatal Attraction" in many
ways.
It is a decent film that is slept on because of the acting. I have "Thin
Line" in my collection and rated it a 7/10. Pretty good if you're not
expecting Oscar caliber performances and A-level talent. A pretty good pick
up if it is on sale.
Peace...
Buggieblade
5 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
This movie is about a woman who's heart broken by a man who harasses her into seeing him. The woman tries to kill the man and gets caught, 27 November 2005
Author:
royalsweetnez1424 from United States Virgin Islands
A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE is a movie that'll never make a person want to lie to someone again. This movie made me express every emotion that a person could show except crying.I loved the cast and the characters that they played and I also think that they should consider making a part 2 to this movie. My favorite cast member was Lynn Whitfield because of how strongly she played the character "Brandi Web". Martin Lawrence Did an Awesome Job Being "Darnel Write," He was the Martin Lawrence that everyone knows and loves.Bobby Brown,Regina King and all the other cast members also did a great job to make this movie what it is.
A thin Line, 6 January 2012
Author:
ricolpleasant from United States
Grat movie if you watched any of Martin Lawrence other movies and loved them then you will really love this one. This movies will show every man out there that it isn't cool to think that you can have a lot of women. In this movie, there are a lot of known people from other movies you might recognize and enjoy in this movie. So if you are ready to laugh your butt of and rewind to laugh again than this is the movie you don't want to miss. Some of the people in this movie includes Bobby Brown, Lynn Whitfield and many more. This movie was set in California. For all the men who think they are players, this movie would really make them think and recheck life. Bobby brown and the rest of the cast on this movie will really make you laugh. Like what I said before a really funny movie. http://bestfilmcinema.org/
1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful!, 21 July 2002
Author:
FilmGirlGZ-3 (FilmGirlGZ@earthlink.net) from Vienna, Virginia, USA
In my opinion, A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE is a hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful movie. It is also one of the best Martin Lawrence films I have ever seen. I thought that Martin (Lawrence) and Lynn (Whitfield) lit up the screen like magic! One of my favorite quotes of this movie is, "You put your hands on the wrong woman." That really made me feel good and smile. The part that really made me feel good and smile, though, was when Brandi (Lynn Whitfield) got even with Darnell (Martin Lawrence) at her home towards the end of the movie. Also, I thought that Erica (Malinda Williams) looked very beautiful in her prom dress -- Especially with the way she had her hair done. That sure brings back memories for me. In conclusion, to anyone who's a fan of Martin Lawrence, I recommend this movie. You're in for lots of laughs and thrills, so, go to the video store, rent it or buy it, kick back with a friend, and watch it.
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful!, 15 August 2001
Author:
Catherine Grace Zeh (FilmGirlGZ@aol.com) from Vienna, Virginia, USA
In my opinion, A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE is a hilarious, witty, sexy, suspenseful, and totally beautiful movie. It is also one of the best Martin Lawrence films I have ever seen. I thought that Martin (Lawrence) and Lynn (Whitfield) lit up the screen like magic! One of my favorite quotes of this movie is, "You put your hands on the wrong woman." That REALLY made me feel good and smile. But the part that REALLY made me feel good and smile was when Brandi (Lynn Whitfield) got even with Darnell (Martin Lawrence) at her home towards the end. Also, I thought that Erica (Malinda Williams) looked VERY beautiful in her prom dress -- Especially with the way she had her hair done. That sure brings back memories for me. In conclusion, to anyone who's a fan of Martin Lawrence, I recommend this movie. You're in for a LOT of laughs and thrills, so, go out there, rent it or buy it, kick back with a friend, and watch it.
5 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
A black Fatal Attraction, 26 July 2001
Author:
bob the moo
If you looking for a black-plotation version of Fatal Attraction then this
is the one for you.
I thought Lynn Whitfield was great as Brandi and played all her emotions
really well, and the filming was nice and glossy like a pop video...and
that's it for the good things.
Lawrence was poor - he really needs a comedy like Bad Boys which won't
stretch his acting muscles. His narration is also simplistic and insulting
- not letting the audience draw it's own conclusion and treating us like
idiots.
His acting is only on one level - the playa, and it doesn't seem to change
at any point. Even when he hurts all his women we only really see it in
terms of how it affects him and not them..
The story is straight-forward and offers nothing new...even the soundtrack
is rubbish (full of B-side RnB).
We don't need a black Fatal Attraction - especially one that's boring and
predictable from start to finish.
3 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
A great mixure of Comedy, Drama, and Romance, 8 May 2003
Author:
joendavid from United States
I think this movie is great. This shows that Martin Lawrence can make in thing funny. I liked this movie, and I recommend this movie to any Martin Lawrence fan, and if not a fan go see this movie and you will be. I give this movie an 8/10.
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