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What Love Is

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On Valentine's Day, Tom (Cuba Gooding Jr.) stops at a local bar to down a glass of courage on his way home to ask his live-in lover to marry him. Seeing some of his best friends there, he invites them to drop by later for a celebratory party. However, when Tom arrives home, his lover is gone and a Dear John letter awaits him. As Tom's friends (Matthew Lillard, Mars Callahan, Sean Astin) drop in, the group begins an alcohol-fueled discussion about love and relationships.
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Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper 04/02/2007
Shrill, abrasive, cartoonishly over-the-top and badly titled. Go to Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle 03/23/2007
3/5
In its own peculiar way, What Love Is is a testament to the redemptive power of words. Thankfully, Callahan knows to keep it short and sweet, lest his audience go mad from the noise. Go to Full Review Ted Fry Seattle Times 03/23/2007
2.5/4
It could be that What Love Is is what lovers of either gender can like, thanks to equal parts misogynistic machismo and locker-room girl talk, all of it tied together with just a little bit of cozy romantic reality. Go to Full Review S. Jhoanna Robledo Common Sense Media 10/22/2007
1/5
Graphic-yet-boring rom-com. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/04/2012 If you like movies where they talk non-stop and really fast and its hard to keep up and nothing much else happens - then this one is for you. See more 06/11/2012 still don't know what to think.. See more 02/23/2012 has the feel of a stage play or TV sitcom but that aside still a good look see See more 06/13/2011 Plot: Tom plans to surprise his girlfriend Sara with an engagement ring, and he's asked his four best friends to witness the popping of the question at his place on Valentine's night. Trouble is Sara's left him a "Dear John" letter and will be by soon to pick up her suitcases; plus, thinking it's a party, Tom's friend Sal has invited five women to come too. Cuba Gooding Jr. is great as the dumped on character who doesn't know how he's going to get his girlfriend back while Mathew Lillard was amazing as Sal, (especially in the scene about monogamy) and it`s nice to see Gina Gershon back on screen (looking hot as usual). Because it explodes stereotypical attitudes on love, sex and the games people play, the film takes the form of conversation where the characters take turns telling their story, their gripes on love and the opposite sex! First the men, then, the women! It's smart and funny and best enjoyed by those who've made a relationship mistake or two and can afford to laugh at themselves. It's a fiendishly accurate depiction of the extreme positions we take over love and sex. Watch this uninhibited movie and absorb the raw truth and wisdom, complete with the F-bombs and sexual descriptions. See more 05/16/2011 This movie works as a statement of the frustrations people have with connecting. The dialogue is a fandango of friends expressing their frustration with the games they have to play to find and connect with the objects of their affections. The is a good enough mix of the male and female points of view for the constraints of a whimsical look at the world and the dance to find love. If the move had a flaw for me, it was that the pacing gave the hint that the clock was running and resolutions where rushed. See more 08/10/2010 Awsome dialogue. Love Mars Callahan! See more Read all reviews
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Mars Callahan

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Tom

Matthew Lillard

Sal

Mars Callahan

Ken

Sean Astin

George

Anne Heche

Laura

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Synopsis On Valentine's Day, Tom (Cuba Gooding Jr.) stops at a local bar to down a glass of courage on his way home to ask his live-in lover to marry him. Seeing some of his best friends there, he invites them to drop by later for a celebratory party. However, when Tom arrives home, his lover is gone and a Dear John letter awaits him. As Tom's friends (Matthew Lillard, Mars Callahan, Sean Astin) drop in, the group begins an alcohol-fueled discussion about love and relationships.
Director
Mars Callahan
Producer
George Bours, John J. Hermansen
Screenwriter
Mars Callahan
Distributor
Big Sky Motion Pictures
Production Co
Big Sky Pictures, Blessed Film Company
Rating
R (Graphic Sexual Dialogue|Some Erotic Dancing|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 23, 2007, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 28m
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