Chris Rock serves as leading man writer director and producer of this romantic comedy based on Eric Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon (L'amour l'aprs-midi) a film about the temptations of married life. Successful businessman Richard Cooper's been happily married for seven years or so he thinks. Faced with the temptation of a new ""friend"" who happens to be alluring free-spirited and painfully sexy he must keep telling himself; I Think I Love My Wife.
In "I Think I Love My Wife" Chris Rock plays frustrated married man, who instead of having sex with his wife is day dreaming illicit affairs with the women he sees around him. He is also too responsible to act on this and merely looks on, enjoying his fantasies as fantasies, that is, however, until the beautiful Nikki, ex-girlfriend of an old friend, comes along. Whether or not you like "I Think I Love My Wife" depends a lot on whether you think it is a standard comedy or a more serious film about marriage, middle-age and infidelity. It was written, directed and stars Chris Rock, which suggests it is a comedy, but is loosely adapted from Eric Rohmer"s (icon of the French new wave and pedlar of morally ambiguous characters) 1972 "Love in the Afternoon", and Rohmer is not best known for his out-and-out comedies. Does this, however, cause "I Think I Love My Wife" to suffer some sort of personality crisis? I don"t think so. The cast is a good one. Where the actors are funny, and Rock and Steve Buscemi are funny men, are funny, so is the film. There is nothing wrong with that, however, as life is a bit like that too. The comedy doesn"t over power the film"s themes, its interests or its characters. For me, this leaves on apprehension about the film, and about Rohmer"s work more generally: Is it misogynist? It does feature the fey temptress undermining the frigid wife - two sexist stereotypes that are abound in our cinema and other art. Rohmer undermines rather than avoids these stereotypes, in my opinion, by employing a sarcastic tone to his movies. In this film, Rock and his actors do one better, avoiding them by creating rounded and complex characters. Gina Torres who plays Rock"s wife does a particularly great job. Ultimately, although far from perfect, "I Think I Love My Wife" is definitely worth seeing, as a movie and so that you can witness Rock expanding his artistic horizons.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It&39;s the seven-year-itch for Chris Rock in this sex-comedy about the temptations of an old flame Based on Eric Rohmer&39;s &39;Love in the Afternoon&39; Chris Rock writes directs produces and stars in this tale of happily married banker Richard Cooper whose lack of marital sex and general married boredom causes him to fantasise about every woman he sees Never one to commit the cardinal sin Richard&39;s resolve is sorely tested when he runs across Nikki (Kerry Washington) a stunningly gorgeous old friend who needs some help only he can offer
It's the seven-year-itch for Chris Rock in this sex-comedy about the temptations of an old flame. Based on Eric Rohmer's 'Love in the Afternoon', Chris Rock writes, directs, produces and stars in this tale of happily married banker Richard Cooper, whose lack of marital sex and general married boredom, causes him to fantasise about every woman he sees. Never one to commit the cardinal sin, Richard's resolve is sorely tested when he runs across Nikki (Kerry Washington), a stunningly gorgeous old friend, who needs some help only he can offer.
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