Review of Think Like a Man Too (2014) by Maksim B — 18 Jan 2015

Refreshingly entertaining, yet much more predictable than the first installment, Think Like a Man Too is an attempt to explore the same very talented cast and to hope that it could have the magic that Think Like a Man had. Slightly less hilarious and failing to develop on the story from the initial story, this movie is a wild and absurd ride in Las Vegas which would bring to you more of what you enjoyed in 2012, but without the originality it had.

This time the movie is set in Las Vegas and it shows the couples at a more mature stage of their relationships. Everybody lands in Vegas for the wedding of Michael (Terrance J) and Candace (Regina Hall), but nothing seems to go as it has been plan. Every couple has its issue to resolve and on top of that Michael's mother is turning Candace's preparation for the wedding in to a hell. Then amusing moments begin when everybody tries to solve his problems on his own or with the help of his/her friends. This unleashes a chain of events that is quite predictable but in the end it evokes some good mood smiles.

The fact that the movie is funny is, however, not to be attributed to the quality of the screenplay or the jokes. It is all thanks to the extremely talented cast, which manages to literary save the movie. That's where the second biggest issue with this movie us the fact that the jokes have lost part of their sharpness and are limited to strippers and gambling gags. The level of melodrama is higher as well, due to the fact that if the first movie was about flirting and getting together, director Tim Story's sequel is about keeping the relationships solid or alive. This takes a lot of the initial sharpness and sweetness and it is only the wonderful cast that keeps the story entertaining to the very end. Even the awfully lips-synched sequence of the ladies singing in the bar is compensated later by the overall performances.

As a whole, Think Like a Man Too is a lesser delivery in comparison with its predecessor, but it still succeeds to entertain and to provide you with the good mood you are searching for when deciding to watch it.