I think I love my wife

I think I love my wife is a romantic comedy, played, directed and written by famous black comedian, Chris rock, about a successful investor in Manhattan who lives with her gorgeous wife and their two lovely kids in their dreamy house but to the contrary to this perfect picture, his life is not perfect at all because he’s seriously bored with his job and his life and he’s hardly sleeping with his wife anymore so when his old and super sexy femme-fatale friend, Nikki, walks into his office and tries to seduce him, he should try really hard to remain faithful…

Well, although the plot deosn’t look like to be refreshing at all, the movie really is. It is quite satirical, rather bitter and impressively stylish. The jokes about sexual tensions and the married life are almost as funny as the racial jokes he’s famous for and like in his stand ups, while he’s concerned about the problems of the black community, he doesn’t shy away from blaming a good part of it on them.

Unlike what I expected from a stand up comedian, the movie is surprisingly good when it comes to the visuals. He absolutely hasn’t only relied on the dialogues and has relatively utilized the full capacity of the media to convey he’s jokes.

The portrayal of Manhattan is also really unique and notable. He has chosen the shots so carefully and related to the mood of the moment that it almost reminded me of Woody Allen (and anyone who’s aware of my love affair with Woody’s films would realize what a compliment it is from me to give to someone!).

Surly, the movie is not all that amazing. For one thing, Chris Rock is not as good an actor as he’s a stand up comedian. In fact, he’s not a good actor at all. The plot is too predictable and it really doesn’t have any surprise at all, whatsoever and the last but not least, unlike the satirical, bitter and realistic start, movie ends up so rosy, idealistic and happy that you almost forget the impressive beginning but all the problems aside, it’s still considerably better than the majority of the romantic comedies you would see in the theaters these days and drastically better than what you would expect from a stand up comedian-made movie!

Finally, if you consider yourself too sophisticated to watch a romantic comedy made by Chris Rock, well don’t be. It’s not a masterpiece but it most definitively worth watching.