Cuba Gooding Jr., Gina Gershon, Matthew Lillard

Tom Riley nervously has one drink at his neighborhood bar in order to steady himself before he heads home to ask his long-time girlfriend, Sara, if she will marry him. It's Valentine's Day and he's go...( read more  read more... )t the ring, he's got the flowers and now that he has his one drink, he's got the courage. He tells his group of best friends at the bar to meet him at his house for a surprise celebration in half an hour, and then he grabs a bottle of champagne and heads home. During the course of this one very important night, Tom finds out what love truly is.

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Mars Callahan

Release Date: April 1, 2008

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  • June 10, 2008
    I rated this movie already. Hmmmm....that's strange!! Well, this is a great movie/paraody that centralizes on various themes: dating, love, men vs. women, and relationships. Tons of laughter! Great cast! A must-see!
  • October 1, 2009
    i don't even know what love ls ..
  • July 26, 2009
    Mars Callahan did a great job with Poolhall Junkies. However, his follow up film, What Love Is, is a misfire. He had a really good idea here, but didn't execute it correctly. The dialog is very good. Callahan echoes David Mamet and Ed Burn type of dialog. The film feels like a st...( read more)age play. He didn't need to do fancy camera work and editing techniques in the film. I found those techniques distracting. Especially the segment, where the actresses morph into strippers and dance. To me that was not necessary at all. Some of the actors are miscast, especially Cuba Gooding Jr. and Matthew Lillard. However, Gina Gershon, Anne Heche, Mars Callahan, Sean Astin, Tamala Jones, and Shiri Appleby shine in this film. I am hoping Callahan's next film will be more like Poolhall Junkies than this film.
  • June 7, 2009
    Good film, great performances. It felt like a play, sort of David Mamet-esque at some points.
  • February 9, 2009
    i love it i almost pee on my self it is funny but true.
  • November 3, 2008
    This was totally stupid!!!
  • September 29, 2008
    Loved this flick, such an interesting idea.
  • July 21, 2008
    no wordsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  • July 14, 2008
    Excellent movie with great performances by everyone. The only downer was the foul language got tiresome after the first 30 minutes. It was good to see Matthew Lilliard in a 'grown-up' role but his script was the most offensive. Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Sean Astin were terrific. ...( read more)
    The dialogue moves very very fast and the timing of the actors is dead-on. What I thought was going to be a romantic comedy (Boring!) turned out to be a great guys vs. gals flic. wonderful!
  • July 8, 2008
    seems more of a theatre play than a movie to me. I like some of the dialogues, but overall, it's just too much of that. Not my kind of movie.

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