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Sluggishly paced and too seldom funny...
Brian Lowry, Variety
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
When you play, you pay.
1996 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Martin Lawrence
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Overview
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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15%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The script lacks wit and depth, while Lawrence's direction is meandering and undramatic, full of showy, over-elaborate camera movements.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Too serious to be a comedy, too flippant to be a thriller, it often feels like a backhanded act of penance for the misogynist humor in the star's comedy act.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
[Lawrence is] a charming, gifted comic with a killer smile, but he's way out of his depth in this Fatal Attraction knockoff, which he also co-wrote and stars in.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The screenplay is credited to four writers, and its unevenness argues that none of them were on the same wavelength.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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