I Think I Love My Wife
I Think I Love My Wife | |
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Directed by | Chris Rock |
Screenplay by | Louis C.K. Chris Rock |
Based on | Love in the Afternoon by Éric Rohmer |
Produced by | Chris Rock Lisa Stewart |
Starring | Chris Rock Kerry Washington Gina Torres Steve Buscemi Orlando Jones Eva Pigford Stephen A. Smith Michael Kenneth Williams |
Cinematography | William Rexer |
Edited by | Wendy Greene Bricmont |
Music by | Marcus Miller |
Production companies | Zahrlo Productions UTV Motion Pictures |
Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $11 million[1] |
Box office | $13,196,245[1] |
I Think I Love My Wife is a 2007 American romantic comedy film starring Chris Rock, Gina Torres and Kerry Washington. Rock co-wrote the film with Louis C.K. and also directed and produced it. It is a remake of the 1972 French film Love in the Afternoon by Éric Rohmer.[2]
Plot[]
Richard Cooper is a happily married and successful man. He is content with his home life in suburban New York with his lovely wife Brenda, a teacher, and his two young children. There is one problem in his marriage: their sex life has stagnated, leaving Richard frustrated and sex-starved. While at work, he occasionally fantasizes about other women, but never acts upon his impulses.
An encounter with an attractive old friend, Nikki, suddenly casts doubt over his typically resilient self-control. At first she claims to just want to be his friend, but she begins to show up consistently at his Manhattan financial office just to talk or have lunch, which causes his boss, secretaries, and peers to view him with varying degrees of contempt. When Nikki begins to deliberately seduce Richard, he does not know what to do. Against his better judgment, he flies with her out of town for one day on an errand, where he is beaten by her boyfriend. On the way home, Nikki kisses Richard who stops it quickly.
Returning to New York, he returns too late to make a sales presentation at an important business meeting, causing the loss of a lucrative contract and almost his job in the process. Richard reluctantly pursues Nikki still, but when tensions are deep with an suspicious Brenda, he breaks things off with her. Things slowly improve in Richard's usual routine and love life. Later, when she and her fiancé are about to move to Los Angeles, Nikki asks Richard to come to her apartment later to say a "proper goodbye". When he gets to Nikki's apartment, he finds her in her underwear in her bathroom. In the moments before it seems Richard will consummate his attraction to Nikki, he realizes how grave the loss of his wife and children would be, so he walks out on Nikki. Richard returns home, surprising his wife, and, for the first time in the film, they begin to rebuild a genuine rapport, with a possible promise of good things to come.
Cast[]
- Chris Rock as Richard Cooper
- Gina Torres as Brenda Cooper
- Kerry Washington as Nikki Tru
- Steve Buscemi as George
- Edward Herrmann as Mr. Landis
- Adam LeFevre as Maitre'd
- Welker White as Tracy
- as Mary
- Michael K. Williams as Teddy
- Orlando Jones as Nelson
- Eva Pigford as Hope
- as Jennifer
- Stephen A. Smith as Allan
- James Saito as Mr. Yuni
- Wendell Pierce as Sean
- as Kelly Cooper
- Roz Ryan as Landlady
- Christina Vidal as Candy
- Eliza Coupe as Lisa
- GQ as White Rapper
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Cafe Entertainer (uncredited)
Production[]
Charles Stone III was slated to direct but dropped out.[2]
This is the second time Rock and Washington have been paired on screen. Previously they were in Bad Company, playing a couple.
Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures made its entry into the American market by co-producing the film.
Rocks' character works at the firm of Pupkin & Langford, a nod to the 1982 film "The King of Comedy".
Reception[]
The film received generally negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported a 19% approval rating, based on 105 critical reviews with the consensus "Chris Rock's comedic instincts are muted and the female characters are unsatisfactorily drawn in this uneven sex farce/domestic drama mashup."[3] Metacritic reported that critics rated the film 49/100 based on 30 reviews.[4] It grossed $5 million on its opening weekend, reaching #5. The film grossed a worldwide total of $13 million.
DVD release and sales[]
The DVD was released on August 7, 2007, selling 214,778 units in the first week. At an aggregate, 863,437 units were sold which translated to revenue of $13,527,427.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "I Think I Love My Wife (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ a b "In brief: Chris Rock to direct Rohmer remake". The Guardian. May 15, 2006.
- ^ "I Think I Love My Wife". rottentomatoes.com. 16 March 2007.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for I Think I Love My Wife at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ "I Think I Love My Wife - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
External links[]
- 2007 films
- English-language films
- 2007 romantic comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American films
- 2000s English-language films
- Fox Searchlight Pictures films
- American remakes of French films
- Films directed by Chris Rock
- Films with screenplays by Louis C.K.
- Films with screenplays by Chris Rock
- Films produced by Chris Rock
- UTV Motion Pictures films
- Éric Rohmer