Two Can Play That Game (2001)
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43% of critics liked it
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82% of users liked it
(33,167 ratings)
Love really is a battlefield in this war of the sexes comedy that marks the directorial debut of Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997) screenwriter Mark Brown. Vivica A. Fox stars as Shante, a knowledgeable veteran of the dating game who thinks she's found the perfect mate in the handsome Keith… More Love really is a battlefield in this war of the sexes comedy that marks the directorial debut of Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997) screenwriter Mark Brown. Vivica A. Fox stars as Shante, a knowledgeable veteran of the dating game who thinks she's found the perfect mate in the handsome Keith (Morris Chestnut). When Keith is spotted stepping out with Shante's arch-rival Conny (Gabrielle Union), the spurned lover institutes what she labels the "ten-day plan," an all-out assault on Keith designed to make him come crawling back to her. Shante's scheme includes sexy lingerie, home cooking, aloofness, and other tactics intended to make Keith regret his errant ways, but Keith is receiving contradictory advice from his allegedly worldly wise buddy Tony (Anthony Anderson). Two Can Play That Game is produced by Doug McHenry, director of Jason's Lyric (1994) and Kingdom Come (2001). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- R, 1 hr. 30 min.
- Directed By
- Mark Brown
- Written By
- Mark Brown
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 7, 2001 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 26, 2001
- Studio
- Screen Gems
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fox and Chestnut, with their fine looks and fine wardrobes, are all dressed up for a party that most guests bailed on in the last days of the old millennium.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Few recent movies have conceived their central female character more contemptuously -- a fanatic for a lifestyle that appears to have come from the bestselling The Rules and someone who is obviously set up for a satiric fall.
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Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz
A feature-length movie demands a story, and this one barely has the substance of an anecdote.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Doesn't anyone get sick of this same old routine?
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Norman Wilner, Toronto Star
The movie doesn't just hate women; it despises them.
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Cast
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Vivica A. Foxas Shante Smith -
Lee Anthonyas Attorney In Elevator -
Morris Chestnutas Keith Fenton
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Anthony Andersonas Tony -
Cherise Leana Bangsas Miller Girl #2 -
Gabrielle Unionas Conny Spalding
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