About Last Night
Screen Gems | Release Date: February 14, 2014
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TVJerryFeb 19, 2014
This 80's romcom (written by David Mamet, no less) has been reworked with a mostly black cast, but the theme is the same: two couples struggle to take their relationships from casual to serious. Couple #1 is Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant, whoThis 80's romcom (written by David Mamet, no less) has been reworked with a mostly black cast, but the theme is the same: two couples struggle to take their relationships from casual to serious. Couple #1 is Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant, who effectively provide the drama and beauty. The comedy comes from couple #2 (Kevin Hart and Regina Hall). Their chemistry and fast-talking repartee provide plenty of fun. Nothing about the narrative is original and the dialogue is pretty pedestrian, but the charisma of the cast and the well-paced direction make it sufficiently entertaining.… Expand
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SimpleMethodFeb 24, 2014
None of the characters really play like real people. Kevin Hart was funny as always, but nobody else was particularly memorable. It wasn't terrible, just forgettable.
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NightReviewsFeb 18, 2014
“It’s about what men say, it’s about what women think” yet, it has nothing new to say about the modern day man that we haven’t already seen nor does it give any new insight on the mentality of contemporary, independent women. Instead, About“It’s about what men say, it’s about what women think” yet, it has nothing new to say about the modern day man that we haven’t already seen nor does it give any new insight on the mentality of contemporary, independent women. Instead, About Last Night becomes a long and stretched out account, chronicling the relationships of two couples that goes well beyond the night, the morning, and a year into each others lives. Don’t be fooled, About Last Night is a confused and misguided Valentine’s Day centric romantic comedy with a few good laughs and some very absurd final act redemption.

The confusion of the Night begins well before any frames of the film are shown. First off, the film which is based off of David Mamet’s play titled Sexual Perversity in Chicago, takes place in Los Angeles. Mamet, a proud and notorious Chicagoan, has his battle of the sexes play butchered right from the writing process. By using the city of Chicago as an essential playground for the couple’s to question and argue their sense of regionalism, professionalism and their working class personas, the very fibers of the economic struggles each couple are facing never really comes to fruition on screen. Fine, I understand the film’s desire to modernize the source material, but for heaven’s sake don’t change the location! Much like anything Hollywood get’s their hands on, the film becomes an example of motion picture capitalism–which ironically defines the film’s leading male role perfectly.

So far, 2014 has been Kevin Hart’s year in theatres. From the box office success of January’s atrociously generic Ride Along (which somehow conquered the domestic box office for three weeks in a row) Hart quickly capitalizes on this comedy with a problematic, commercialized story of love, break-ups, make-ups, and elongated one night stands for a wholly commercial holiday audience. Hart, who delivers his Vince Vaughan-esque black comedy interpretation filled with prolonged and out-winded comedic rants, loud antics, and screeching punch-line deliveries, are some of the best and worst parts of the Night. I will admit, there are moments throughout the genuine “guys time” scenes where Hart and his calm blue-eyed co-star Michael Ealy, share some real laughs (some of the best comedy in the film next to the scenes Hart shares with Regina Hall), but for the films length, the laughs are too far and few between.

About Last Night has little to do with understanding one nights stands, and like many before it, becomes a comedy targeting couples and the consequential mistakes they make right from the start. From picturesque dog walks, to candle lit bathtubs and dental offices, to perfectly decorated balconies and work parties, About Last Night is the reason why normal guys, with normal jobs, and normal looks, never get the attention of the girl next door, and that sucks! While the film switches between lovestruck couples, following them through their relationship as they express lust, face common issues, and are at times manic examples of relationships doomed to fail, About Last Night looks it’s audience straight in the face and lies, giving the false hope that anything is possible, when it clearly is not–unless you have the perfect brick reveal LA apartment and a six-pack.

The film is centered around two couples; Bernie (Hart) and Joan (Regina Hall), and Danny (Ealy) and Debbie (Joy Bryant). When Bernie and Joan meet at a bar, which leads to a wild and adventurous night of debauchery, their friends Danny and Debbie tag-along to make their second meeting as normal as possible. But instead of cutting the tension, both Debbie and Danny fall in love with each other in the process. It is during Debbie and Danny’s deep love spell where the dynamics of Joan and Bernie’s relationship waver; breaking up or staying together, constantly bickering, awkward sex, and outrageous role-play; Bernie and Joan juxtapose the difference between physical relationships, against relationships that are deep, complex, and driven by emotion–much like Danny and Debbie’s. Instead of opting for a deep analysis of the mental strife that modern day American couples face, About Last Night becomes a wacky and romanticized montage of sex scenes. Thankfully, most of the scenes involving Hall and Hart are where Hart’s comedic hysteria and raunchiness shines, providing lengthy time periods of extreme, uncontrollable laughter.

Unfortunately for the film, the arguments escalate quickly, and sometimes out of thin air. The tension is quick-paced and the conflict is always rising, yet, the resolutions are even quicker, happening swiftly and without due thought. For most of it’s run-time, About Last Night becomes an overdrawn and lingering hangover of unwanted drama with unexplained happy endings.… Expand
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BrianMcCriticMay 21, 2014
This is a surprisingly entertaining film mainly because of Kevin Hart and Regina Hall. Unlike Ride Along, Hart is able to show what makes him successful a comedian with a sharp tongue who can be vulgar but funny. B
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DCEdmondsNov 13, 2014
"About Last Night" 10 Scale Rating: 5.0 (Mediocre) ...

The Good: While his relationship with Joy Bryant was stale, Micheal Ealy was solid as usual. Kevin Hart and Regina Hall carried the movie however, and their relationship was far more"About Last Night" 10 Scale Rating: 5.0 (Mediocre) ...

The Good: While his relationship with Joy Bryant was stale, Micheal Ealy was solid as usual. Kevin Hart and Regina Hall carried the movie however, and their relationship was far more interesting ... and funny. Ealy and Hart did an excellent job portraying buddies who are at very different places in their lives as some of the funnier scenes involve dialogue between the two of them.

The Bad: Unfortunately, the relationship that the film revolves around was uninteresting and boring. I just didn't care if they worked things out or not and several times found myself asking myself why they were together to begin with. The outcome is also way too neat and tidy, which seemed very unrealistic.… Expand
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