I remember the weekend this movie came out; I planned to see it but something came up.  I went back a couple weekends later and couldn’t find it.  Not exactly a box office smash…

Now that I’ve finally had a chance to see it, let me give you my two cents: this is a very good movie.

Poor Chris Rock; one of the best comedians of our generation, but has a hell of a time translating his comedy style to film.  Eerily similar to Richard Pryor in a lot of ways.  In I Think I Love My Wife, he may have finally figured it out: he plays Richard Cooper, a middle class buppie working in corporate America.  In other words, he’s not playing ‘outrageous.’  Don’t worry, there’s definitely some Chris Rock one liners worked into the movie, but they feel very organic to the story.

The story itself is very formulaic; a happily married man reconnects with a fun friend from his college days who challenges the ‘boundaries’ of his marriage.  Gina Torres plays the loyal and dependable wife; Kerry Washington plays the vixen who re-enters the husband’s life.  Both actresses are gorgeous, and each adds a lot to making this an enjoyable movie.

As the title suggests, this is a movie about and for married folks.  I enjoyed it, but I’d be interested in debating some of the themes with my married friends.  Can you cheat on your significant other without having sex?  I say yes, the film seems to agree.  Do all marriages eventually get stale?  Well, Halle Berry’s gotten divorced.  Twice.  So clearly, you could get tired of anybody if you’re stuck around them for long enough.

So how do you avoid getting trapped in an unhappy marriage?  I think I finally figured out the answer to that question, which (I think) was the moral of the story.  Check the movie out for yourself, and maybe we can debate this point.