He Thinks He Loves His Wife, But I Know I Dislike His Movie

A couple weeks ago, I went with two of my sons to see the new Chris Rock movie "I Think I Love My Wife." I'm a Chris Rock fan. I think he is one of the best stand-ups around today. I'm also a big fan of the TV show he created and narrates on the CW Network ("Everybody Hates Chris"). But this movie does not rank high on his list of career accomplishments.
"I Think I Love My Wife", which Rock starred in, co-wrote and directed, is based on a French movie and something was lost in translation.
I thought I was going to go to a romantic comedy about a man faced with the temptation of cheating on his wife. Instead, I found myself watching a movie about a man who's not having sex with his wife, so he's tempted to have sex with someone else. From the get go, it was a movie about sex and not love (my gosh, have I started becoming an enlightened male or what?). In addition, when we finally reach the climax (of the story, people. Get your minds out of the gutter), it isn't thoughts of his wife that keeps him from straying, it's the thought of his children. I guess this is why the title is "I THINK I Love My Wife", because the film ends without my really knowing whether he does or not. I know he loves his children and he loves his life, but his wife? He loves having sex with her, but as to love, the jury's still out.
To be fair, there are several parts of the movie that are laugh out loud hilarious. As I look back on it, though, I was struck by something. The absolute funniest parts of the movie didn't have anything to do with what Chris Rock was doing on screen, it was what he was saying as the narrator, which is one of the things that makes "Everybody Loves Chris" one of the best sitcoms in years. This film proves through the narration what a great stand-up Chris Rock is. He still doesn't have the knack of making me laugh as an actor.

I KNOW I love MY wife!