A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Movie Review 1996

Writer/director/star Lawrence shows that there's no line between a crude, foulmouthed ego trip and an unfunny, unsuspenseful film. Darnell Wright is a smooth talker constantly on the lookout for women to conquer and discard. Eventually, he meets the wrong lady (Whitfield), a classic movie psycho who turns his life upside down. Drawing heavily from "Fatal Attraction," this halfhearted effort offers bad pacing, a weak script, and totally unsympathetic characters, which could almost be overlooked if it was at all funny. Whitfield holds the flick's only redeeming value as the femme fatale.

Distribution

Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., 1 CNN Ctr., Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (404)827-1700, Toll-free: 800-523-0823, Fax: (404)827-2000, URL: http://www.turner.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psychotics/Sociopaths, Romantic Triangles, Femme Fatale, Pure Ego Vehicles, Obsessive Love, African America

Screenplay

Martin Lawrence, Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford, Kim Bass

Cast

Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown, Della Reese, Roger E. Mosley, Malinda Williams, Daryl (Chill) Mitchell, Simbi Khali

Cinematography

Francis Kenny

Director

Martin Lawrence

Music

Roger Troutman

Producer

Doug McHenry, George Jackson, Martin Lawrence, Savoy Pictures, You Go Boy! Productions, New Line Cinema