Think Like a Man - So funny I'd laugh twice

I don't usually pay to watch ROM/COMs.  My dvd collection has very few mostly from the 80's and 90's when ROM/COMs were actually funny.  I don't usually watch black movies.  They are usually horrible. Not because they are black but because they are poorly written and/or directed with horrible stereotypes and poor acting.  I mean how many times do we need to see TP dress like a woman?  (Clearly infinite amounts of times since he has YET another Madea movie coming out...) Again, my dvd collection has very few, but the ones I do have are mostly from the 90's when Eddie Murphy was the black movie God not Tyler Perry.  I've seen 3 this year, so I've made my quota to keep my black card.  Think Like a Man is not only a black movie, but a ROM/COM, and worth breaking my I don't see ROM/COMs or black movies rule.  

I really went to see it because of Kevin Hart.  That man is a fool!  I've seen his stand up on tv and died laughing, so I wanted to see what he would do in this movie.  Not to mention, the cast is outrageous, and the storyline seemed to be plausible no matter your race.  Kinda like The Best Man; it crossed all color lines to debut as the #1 movie in the country in 1999.  A brief synopsis of Think Like a Man:  Steve Harvey, a comedian, plus radio, talk, and game show host, wrote a serious book about relationships call Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man.  Someone decided to make a movie with this very real book as the basis for the movie.  We watch as 4 couples traverse new relationships with the women getting advice from Steve Harvey and his book.  The guys in these relationships are all friends and get together and discuss how things are going often while playing basketball or having drinks. 

One of the reasons I don't watch comedies is because I never think they are very funny.  This movie is the funniest I've seen since The Hangover (I went to see it on a date.  Would never have seen it on my own).  In fact, I think it's funnier than The Hangover.  I laughed so hard over and over again.  At one point I had tears in my eyes.  It wasn't just Kevin Hart, although he was the major reason for the laughs, but there were other funny moments when he wasn't involved.  The story moved well which could have been very difficult when trying to tell several different stories in one.  (Did you see Valentine's Day?)  As most movies are these days, the ending was predictable but the cameos were not.  Wendy Williams, Lisa Leslie, La La Anthony, Keri Hilson, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, and Ron Artest (I refuse to call him by his new ridiculous name) just to name a few.   

It was all done very well.  I would pay to see it again.  I wasn't the only one who felt that way.  Another cinema patron said the same thing to her friend as she was leaving the theater.  I will definitely be adding it to the dvd collection, and maybe I will give ROM/COMs and black movies more of a chance...maybe.  This movie was entertaining, funny, full of eye-candy for women and men, and you will learn a little relationship advice in the process.  In the gymnastics world (I'm a gymnastics coach), we'd give it a 10.0!