Think Like a Man 2012

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: An ensemble piece that packs more easy enjoyment than I was expecting or, even now, care to admit to. Read more

Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: As cheesy and trite as it comes off from its general outline, the particular pleasures it offers are enjoyable and reasonably consistent. Read more

Rachel Saltz, New York Times: A running joke is that Mr. Harvey has thrown men under the bus by giving away their secrets. But, gents, if they were secrets they wouldn't be cliches. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: As romantic comedies based on self-help books go, "Think Like a Man" unfolds pleasantly enough; you know exactly where it's going, but that's probably the case for the book as well. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: The comedy treats Harvey's book as a Rosetta stone that unlocks the mysteries of men's minds and of male-female relationships. Read more

Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: You've seen "Think Like a Man" before. In fact, you've seen it dozens of times. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: "Think Like a Man" becomes as tedious as "Valentine's Day," a movie based on a holiday, or "He's Just Not That Into You," a movie based on putdowns disguised as advice. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: One of the more unpromising comedies of the year has turned out ... pretty funny. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: The execution almost overcomes the thinking in "Think Like a Man." Almost. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The actors make good company. Read more

Eric D. Snider, Film.com: Drastically overlong, burdened by too many stories about too many couples who are too one-dimensional to be relatable. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: An attractive, game cast helps liven up this handsome but overlong urban rom-com. Read more

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Think Like A Man isn't the first movie based on a self-help book, but it may be the best. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: "Think Like a Man" is a surprisingly engaging, entertaining and very funny movie. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Yes, this movie urges women to "Think Like a Man." But it thinks like an infomercial - and for a pretty old-fashioned product. Read more

Bob Mondello, NPR: Pleasantly sitcom-ish - kind of a knowing, urbane variation on the sort thing that would get more earnest treatment from Tyler Perry. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [It's] smart, funny and impossibly good-looking. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: The more this alleged romantic comedy begs you to adore it, the more you wish you could block its calls. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: It wants only to entertain - and it succeeds. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: I'm not going to claim this is a good movie, in some Platonic-ideal way... Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Though it is funny - at times, laugh-out-loud funny - this comedy is by and for adults. Read more

Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Despite the crass book promotion, the overlong film is harmless romantic fun that's well played. Read more

Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: While using the book as a plot catalyst is certainly not a bad approach to constructing a fictional story from the material, the movie is bogged down from the get-go with too many bits of business and a very lengthy setup. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: There's not a single conversation that isn't about the mechanics of dating, or some other issue of conflict between the genders, but this cast is so uniformly engaging and charismatic that they make the whole thing work. Read more

Jenna Scherer, Time Out: For what amounts to a feature-length ad, this is surprisingly entertaining. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The script ultimately resorts to just counting off comic beats as it creaks through its unfathomable two-hour running time. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: Even though Think Like a Man espouses something akin to the philosophy in Beyonce's Single Ladies(Put a Ring on It), it makes manipulation more fun than it ought to be. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: You have to give "Think Like a Man" credit for not only trying to serve as an alternative to Tyler Perry-style date-night fare, but for even going so far as to make fun of those movies for their soapy conventions. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: While the result deserves some credit for finding a creative way to bring the book to life, the overlapping storylines simply aren't compelling enough, despite the best efforts of a game and attractive cast. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Enduring a day-long session of couples' therapy is more fun (and flies by faster) than this film... Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: It seeks to rescue contemporary black storytelling from the clutches of men in drag and misogynist moralizing. Read more