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2012 · comedy · romance

Think Like a Man

Directed by Tim Story2h 2m2012

The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

Our read: Think Like a Man (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.552kRT55%Metacritic51
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • intimate
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DNA · twelve axes

How Think Like a Man feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want a breezy ensemble rom-com about dating games and shifting relationship power.”

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 2/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upcringe humiliation

Skip it tonight — You roll your eyes at Steve Harvey relationship advice turned into plot fuel.

If Think Like a Man is your film
The Best Man (1999)
tight friend-group relationship comedy
(you want lighter Nineties vibes)
Love Jones (1997)
grown-up dating banter and chemistry
(you need a bigger ensemble)
How to Be a Player (1997)
dating playbook gamesmanship
(Nineties edge feels dated)
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