Two Can Play That Game is a prime example of how to train your man. Yes, I said “train.” Lets face it, ALL men can use a little training. This movie not only presents a war of love, but also a war of the sexes. The storyline starts out about four women who are all in relationships, Karen, Diedre, Tracey and Shante. Three of the four have dead beat men, but Shante and Keith are the picture perfect couple. They are young, educated and sexy, with well paying careers. Shante’s girls look to her for advice about their worthless men until the tables turn, and Shante’s man is caught at the club with another girl. Of course, he had many excuses, but Ms. Shante didn’t want to hear it. At this point, let the games begin.The teams are set and ready for battle. Shante and her girls take on Keith and his best friend Tony. Tony is really the mastermind behind Keith. He gives Keith advice about his every move of retaliation. In a sense, Shante isn’t really fighting with Keith, she fighting Tony. Without Tony, Keith would have surrendered in the beginning. Shante soon introduces her 10 day plan to get her man back with a little training on the side. Her plan consists of many tricks; however, Keith threw in a few tricks of his own. The tables turn back and forth throughout the movie, but the biggest moment of battle was at a Miller party that they both showed up to. Keith showed up with Conny (the neighborhood hoochie), so Shante had to play her cards right to turn the tables back around. She managed to find a guy (Calvin) who met her standards and would make Keith jealous. She left the party with him and Keith became outraged as he threw threats all around. Keith threatened to sleep with Conney if she left with Calvin. Shante stood firm and made moves. The funny thing is that Shante expected Keith to be waiting on her when she got home that night, begging for her to take him back. Let’s get real. So, it’s safe to assume that the 10 day program didn’t work. I guess the ladies will have to find a different training mechanism because Shante’s didn’t work out so well.
Two Can Play That Game was absolutely HILARIOUS. Anthony Anderson was extremely funny and Morris Chestnut was OH SO SEXY!!! Monique and Alex Thomas definitely put there signatures on the film, as they were pure comedy. Shante’s 10 day plan was extremely over the top, but the movie is a must see.
11 comments:
I cant believe you said men need to be trained!!!! dont let me see u on the streets, we might end up exchanging unpleasantries...and thas real.
but i feel u tho that movie is a funny, interesting take on relationships, boo-lovin, caking, canoodling,swappin spit, doin the horizontal no pants dance, etc. ya u got good movie taste kiddo, ya got good taste.
read a bible for what that real love is all about
respect
believe that
peace
deuces
im out
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~kris
im inclined go agree with most of this review except for the whole training men thing... think you got that reversed lol. But seriously i enjoy your take on it. keep up the good work
haha you riiiight chestnut was looking fine... and philip dont know what hes talkin' bout men do need to be trained!! hola!
-ash
The movie is really funny, it's actually one of my favorites! I do however, disagree wholeheartedly about Shaunte's methods. You will never get a good man by playing games. It is ten times better to just be straight up and honest about everything, and if your guy still can't get it together then just leave him, plain and simple.
I think there's some method to the madness...and the interesting thing that the movie points out is that it's not just women who often work to "train" their men. Men play just as many games as women do.
In the end, it teaches you that the key isn't training. Rather, it's understanding and establishing parameters early on in a relationship before decisions have to be made in the midst of the situation.
Whoa... I definitely agree with Kristan about the whole training men thing. Other than that, good review and I agree that this movie is funny.
This movie shows that both men and women play games in a relationship, but in the end games won't make a relationship last. I enjoyed your review!
-ashley b.
I think that this movie is pretty funny and I agree that Shante was over the top. This movie shows that playing games in relationships doesn't work out well.
trained? i can't find my leash, so i apologize
I'm not sure how you respect a man named CHESTNUT.
I'm also not sure about this whole men trained thing.
I know I like this movie, but I don't. The reason I don't is because there is to much of the "game" which is not real.
But I guess it is a movie.
this movie documented a problem that black women have, they seem to think that when they think a guy messed up he actually did...the brother simply went out with a lady he worked with...the fact that she was attractive is what made it look bad, not the act in itself...also there is this perpetual notion that relationships are a game, but when you turn a relationship into a game it means you two are actually competing rather than working together, and that can never work
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