What Love Is (DVD, 2008)

Extremely good movie with Cuba Gooding Jr. as a person that has been left by his girlfriend of 3 years. She leaves him on Valentines day and this movie shows how his friends try to entertain him to keep his mind off of her. The movie helps you to realize how relationships can quickly go down and how people don't really know their other half as well as they thought, then again, they may not know themselves that well either. i recommend this movie to those that would like to laugh and certain parts of it will definitely make you think.

It presented a good dialog between friends on what each opinion was about, "What love Is" and how relationships are viewed from a mans' prespective and the prespective of a woman. I am sure everyone has their own view on what love is but in "What Love Is" you get to hear and see what views others have.

I seem to hear that critics say the movie is presented in a dialog driven manner and could be a stage play, so what, so were other movies and they got excellent reviews, i.e. Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" earning Taylor an academy award in 1966.

I really believe the "Professional" critics were a little bit to terse on their reviews, however, they usually said, "it was worth seeing" and it is.

I saw the movie on cable and immediately knew I wanted to own it. It is a fast paced, quick witted, intelligent insight into the male and female minds concerning new relationships, commitment issues, and temptation in long-term marriages. It is filmed on two sets involving a dialogue that moves at the speed of sound, giving it a stage play feel. The movie is a verbally free flowing, locker room type conversation between the sexes, involving uninhibited vulgar language and sexual descriptions, many of which will have you laughing out loud but paying close attention.

The framework for the film is genuinely sweet, but calling "What Love Is" a romantic comedy is an injustice. It is definitely a comedy, but a mix of Vaudeville, Freud, and Dr. Ruth. Friends who have watched it have used labels like brilliant, overwhelming, and real. If you like movies that stimulate conversation, this is one that will keep you talking long after the credits have closed.