About Last Night (2014)

About Last Night: Directed by Steve Pink. With Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant. Follow two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.

“So what do we have here? Nothing but another unnecessary remake of an u0026#39;80s film. This time itu0026#39;s u0026quot;About Last Night,u0026quot; the romantic drama starring Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, which was itself based on the highly acclaimed play by David Mamet, provocatively entitled u0026quot;Sexual Perversity in Chicago.u0026quot; In this version, itu0026#39;s Joy Brand and Michael Ealy who play the young urban couple who meet, fall in love, move in together, then begin to have doubts about the efficacy and durability of their relationship. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBrand and Ealy are appealing and attractive performers, and both have done fine work on TV, Brand in u0026quot;Parenthoodu0026quot; and Ealy in u0026quot;Almost Human.u0026quot; But here they have been let down by screenwriter Leslye Headland, who proves herself incapable of getting past all the timeworn tropes and clichés that have become so much a part of the romantic comedy genre. The movie becomes just another men-are-from-Mars/women-are-from-Venus- type scenario, filled with girl-talk and guy-talk and all the predictable sturm und drang soul-baring and commitment issues (mainly on the part of the man, of course) that such narratives are prone to. Too often the things pulling the couple apart feel scripted and manufactured rather than organic and real. Under the slick but lackluster direction of Steve Pink, everyone just seems to be going through the motions, without any real passion or conviction.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie also comes replete with the requisite smart-aleck, comic- relief couple (well-played by Kevin Hart and Regina Hall) to serve as a foil for the one on center-stage. Yet, even the humor tends to aim low when it should be aiming high.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI like the way the story hits the re-set button in the final scene, but by then itu0026#39;s a case of too little too late and weu0026#39;ve already moved onto the next movie.”