A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

R

1996

1h 48m

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

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Ladies' man Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence) is used to getting his way with women. Although he is committed to marrying his longtime love, Mia (Regina King), he can't help himself when he meets the beautiful and standoffish Brandi (Lynn Whitfield). After bedding and then trying to ditch Brandi, Darnell is in for an unpleasant surprise: the unhinged Brandi is not about to let Darnell dump her, and she will do anything to exact revenge on him for tossing her aside.

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Brian Lowry

Variety

Sluggishly paced and too seldom funny...

Mar 26, 2009

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

The script lacks wit and depth, while Lawrence's direction is meandering and undramatic, full of showy, over-elaborate camera movements.

Feb 9, 2006

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Too serious to be a comedy, too flippant to be a thriller, it often feels like a backhanded act of penance for the misogynist humor in the star's comedy act.

May 20, 2003

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

Whitfield makes the movie interesting.

May 31, 2022

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TV Guide

A thin line? Not in this case.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 12, 2009

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Film4

Tiresome stuff, bearable only if you can overlook the questionable premise and find something to like in Lawrence's Eddie Murphy-lite turn.

Aug 12, 2009

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 48 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $34,800,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Audience Member

A good movie, worth a watch...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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alan g

The poster tells you everything. Martin Lowbrow can't act only mug and yell. Lynn Whitfield is beautiful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Godfrey D

Its a really good movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Bulgantamir B

Good movie. Nice movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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Munkhjargal A

This movie has become a very interesting movie that has attracted the attention of the audience. The angle the director was able to see is amazing. The roles of the actors in the film were very special. I liked this movie very much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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Ladies' man Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence) is used to getting his way with women. Although he is committed to marrying his longtime love, Mia (Regina King), he can't help himself when he meets the beautiful and standoffish Brandi (Lynn Whitfield). After bedding and then trying to ditch Brandi, Darnell is in for an unpleasant surprise: the unhinged Brandi is not about to let Darnell dump her, and she will do anything to exact revenge on him for tossing her aside.

Director: Martin Lawrence
Producer: Doug McHenry, George Jackson
Screenwriter: Martin Lawrence, Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford, Kim Bass
Production Co: Savoy Pictures, You Go Boy! Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.8M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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