I Think I Love My Wife Critic Reviews

As uneven as I Think I Love My Wife often is, it still has an emotional resonance lacking in most films about relationships. By dealing with temptation in even a quasi-realistic way, it affirms that, like comedy, monogamy is hard.Read the full review

What is missing in depth and philosophical intent is compensated for with humor and humanization.Read the full review

Mr. Rock has not only done his best work as a director and screenwriter but has also made an unusually insightful and funny mainstream American movie about the predicaments of modern marriage.Read the full review

The movie is hilarious...there's Rock's encounter with Viagra, which I can't describe but has to be one of the funniest scenes of the decade.Read the full review

Though hampered at times by Rock's limitations as an actor and a director, I Think I Love My Wife stays faithful to the spirit of Rohmer's original, grappling honestly with the uncertainties of settling down and the temptations that lurk outside even the most stable marriages.Read the full review

Despite the creakiness of the vehicle, there are some genuinely funny moments and observations.Read the full review

The main drawback is that under director Rock, actor Rock doesn't possess quite the chops to pull off this character, and the humor and flights of fancy are simply too low-key.Read the full review

The movie, full of wan gags and tedious situations, is directed blandly by Rock.Read the full review

Mixing Rock with ooh-la-la turns out to be as appetizing as chalk and cheese.Read the full review