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I Think I Love My Wife

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
17K
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Chris Rock, Gina Torres, and Kerry Washington in I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
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A married man who daydreams about being with other women finds his will and morals tested after he's visited by the ex-mistress of his old friend.A married man who daydreams about being with other women finds his will and morals tested after he's visited by the ex-mistress of his old friend.A married man who daydreams about being with other women finds his will and morals tested after he's visited by the ex-mistress of his old friend.

  • Director
    • Chris Rock
  • Writers
    • Chris Rock
    • Louis C.K.
    • Éric Rohmer
  • Stars
    • Chris Rock
    • Kerry Washington
    • Gina Torres
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chris Rock
    • Writers
      • Chris Rock
      • Louis C.K.
      • Éric Rohmer
    • Stars
      • Chris Rock
      • Kerry Washington
      • Gina Torres
    • 64User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Chris Rock
    Chris Rock
    • Richard Cooper
    Kerry Washington
    Kerry Washington
    • Nikki Tru
    Gina Torres
    Gina Torres
    • Brenda Cooper
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • George
    Edward Herrmann
    Edward Herrmann
    • Mr. Landis
    Welker White
    Welker White
    • Mary
    Samantha Ivers
    Samantha Ivers
    • Tracy
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    • Teddy
    • (as Michael K. Williams)
    Cassandra Freeman
    Cassandra Freeman
    • Jennifer
    • (as Cassandra F. Freeman)
    Stephen A. Smith
    Stephen A. Smith
    • Allan
    Wendell Pierce
    Wendell Pierce
    • Sean
    Milan Howard
    • Kelly Cooper
    Roz Ryan
    Roz Ryan
    • Landlady
    Christina Vidal
    Christina Vidal
    • Candy
    Eliza Coupe
    Eliza Coupe
    • Lisa
    Andre B. Blake
    Andre B. Blake
    • Cologne Spraying Salesman
    • (as André Blake)
    Ian Brennan
    Ian Brennan
    • Department Store Salesman #1
    Matthew Morrison
    Matthew Morrison
    • Department Store Salesman #2
    • Director
      • Chris Rock
    • Writers
      • Chris Rock
      • Louis C.K.
      • Éric Rohmer
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Chris Rock decided to direct the film after Steven Spielberg recommended to Rock that he should direct his own films.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Richard and Nikki are in Teddy's (Nikki's ex-boyfriend) apartment retrieving her belongings, Richard and Nikki begin singing Biz Markie's Just a Friend as she zips up her sweater but when Teddy arrives at the apartment her sweater is unzipped. As the camera continues back and forth, the sweater goes from fully zipped to half zipped to fully unzipped and back.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Landis: You can lose lots of money chasing women, but you will NEVER lose women chasing money.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: 300/The Namesake/I Think I Love My Wife/Beyond the Gates/The Host (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Y'all Know Me
      Written by Mike Fratantuno, Brian Lapin, Terence Yoshiaki and Josef Lord

      Performed by Transcenders feat. J7 D'Star

    User reviews64

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    6/10
    certainly not as revelatory or grounded as Chloe in the Afternoon, but filtering through Rock's sensibilities it's not bad
    Chloe in the Afternoon, Eric Rohmer's much acclaimed 1972 film, will remain as a fine little pillar of the old story of a male character in infidelity and morality with living a life with a significant other, long after I Think I Love My Wife sits in the video stores and gets mass replays on TV. Chris Rock's film, as co-writer/director, is never one to really go down the path of dangerous contrivances or of the annoyances with the quirks in characterizations. This is mostly due to it being a comedy, and with Rock's own brand of sensibilities sort of filtering into this otherwise very straightforward examination of truth and desire in marriage, which is also very easy in some ways.

    In fact, as one who may pay attention to Rock's stand-up, at least ten to fifteen minutes of material in the film- from the line near the start "married and bored out of my f***ing mind", to the scene where the married couples have finner- can be found in the 2004 stand-up special Never Scared. This isn't a bad thing, though, and there's even a hilarious wink to moments that come unexpected, either from past Rock bits like the table-dance song in the club or the unfortunate, ecstatically tasteless scene in the ambulance van.

    But more than anything it's Rock, as star and filmmaker, an attempt at making a vehicle that knows it's being a little silly at times, and still reaching truths that are worthwhile. The joist of the plot concerns Richard Coopper, Rock, as an investment banker in New York city, married with two kids and quite successful, tempted by the suddenness of Niki Tru (Kerry Washington, almost a 180 of the bland 'good girl' type of woman in Ray), who as Steve Buscemi's character describes to Richard: "she's f***ing you, you just don't know it." At the core of the film there is some momentum in the fact that Richard doesn't go on to cheat, even as one might think this is the 'safe' route.

    There is more of a safe turn that happens, which is to be sort of expected, where Richard has a change of mind after letting go of the temptation, and this part loses its credibility in relation to the rest of the picture. But this isn't too much of a hindrance, so much of there being something small, though noticeable, that is even less credible. It reminds one of a similar problem in the Last Kiss, last year's similar romantic-morality tale of tranquility broken by another woman, because on the two sides neither is entirely satisfying. Niki is a cold, tramp kind of girl who actually gets exposition even though, despite Washington's portrayal, is annoying, yet Gina Torres's Brenda, Richard's wife, doesn't get much put into her as a noticeable character, except as a slightly blasé, male portrayal of her being a good mother, yet disengaged in the sexual sense.

    Yet there is some good that comes out of Rock's connections to both women that wasn't like the Last Kiss- he's able to garner a successful tone of balance between the drama and comedy, and to the degree that both are neither trying for anything great stay believable up to a point. Buscemi's character is one who's added for a slight change in tone, as at first the straight-laced friend for Richard, but then with his own special idiosyncrasies, really involving Viagra and his own complex with marriage. Meanwhile, Rock goes through his motions of faces in his performance, and it's almost too perfunctory, like his direction. It's definitely amiable and sympathetic, however, so it's not really anything that makes it a bad excursion as a date movie. There's some great songs mixed in, and a fantastic seduction scene towards the end, plus a possible tip of the hat to The 40 Year Old Virgin's end scene.

    If you need a good date movie right now, this would surely be one that doesn't offend, and doesn't really make you call everyone you know to see it, but it is smart enough for what it's worth, as opposed to any other lot of romantic comedies where the characters are positively sociopaths. Most you'll find here is a jealous hoodlum who puts a stomping to Richard at one point (which is actually very, very funny, even as a loose end). Not a bad remake, but not one to be put on the same pedestal either.
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    • Mar 17, 2007

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • India
    • Official site
      • Fox Searchlight (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hope at Wives Club
    • Filming locations
      • Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • UTV Motion Pictures
      • Zahrlo Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,550,605
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,674,802
      • Mar 18, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,369,768
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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