Bernie Mac, Bill Bellamy, Jermaine Hopkins

Dray (Bill Bellamy) is the envy of his friends, living life one woman at a time and keeping all of his sexual trysts a secret from his girlfriend (Lark Voorhies). Determined to show him the error of h...( read more  read more... )is philandering ways, Dray's sister Jenny (Natalie Desselle) and her friend Katrina (Mari Morrow) throw him a party -- but the bash is a bust when Dray discovers all his romantic conquests are on the guest list.

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R, 94 min.

Directed by: Lionel C. Martin

Release Date: August 6, 1997

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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000

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  • June 5, 2007
    Pretty bad, but if you have nothing else to do it will suffice.
  • December 25, 2007
    Crazy funny!
  • August 25, 2009
    Love it. very funny
  • May 14, 2009
    i just wanna say that I really wanna watch this movie so much so.....please!!!play this movie on rcti or global TV...
  • April 15, 2009
    i think i like it already
  • March 31, 2009
    Loved it! Bill Bellamy at his greatest!
  • January 4, 2009
    "How To Be a Player" Had me rolling from beginning till the end..
    Bernie Mac was Hilarious.. and the story was cute and thorough. Bill Bellamy and Natalie Desselle "his Nosey sister were good as well.
    I'm gonna keep this review short. BUT BABY!!! Please don't have any soda or...( read more) food in your mouth when Bernie Mac
    Walks in right after his wife was creepin with Belamy and says.." Baby I smell somethin stank.. what is it ? and she proclaims she doesn't know what he is talking about.. so he say's it again. "I SMELL SOMETHIN STANK" by then I was already fallin out.
    Then he says it smells like BO-D-USSY in here .. You will find out what bodussy is and ROTF...
    It's always entertaining and good for some good laughs.
  • December 24, 2008
    this movie is real lame the only parts ilike in this movie the scenes with the late great Bernie Mac in them
  • October 21, 2008
    This movie was funny as heck, it had all of the the comedians from def comedy jam, RIP Bernie Mac.
  • September 22, 2008
    I don't really like Belamy in this

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  • In the movie How To Be A Player, how many girlfriends does Dre have?   Answer »
  • what movie is this saying from why did u let it go "why did u let it go " when the dre was going to see his nurse at her house for dress up and his to boys were peeking over the wall in to the window .  Answer »
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