That Ceda Life

About Last Night―Movie Review

February 13, 2014

 

I’m going to preface by saying I am a HUGE Kevin Hart fan. The man is hilarious, so I can’t help but love him! I know when I watch him I am guaranteed to smile and laugh the entire time, which is something to look forward to for sure. Therefore, it’s been my mission the past few months to see all of his movies at the theater to show my support. (Don’t ask how upset I was to hear this week while in line for a screening of About Last Night that he was in Chicago last week for the premiere…how did I not know? Why didn’t I get an email? A pigeon messanger? A smoke signal? Something? Anyways, I will get over it and be better informed next time.)

 

I’m currently in the process of seeing Ride Along and I saw Grudge Match on Christmas (I know technically he was not the star of that movie but I only went to see it because he was in it). Grudge Match was good by the way. The boxer card never gets old for Sylvester Stallone, but Kevin made the movie for me. As I said, I’m a sucker for a laugh. I don’t just laugh at anything or anyone. Many people think they are funny but are not. They think I should just laugh for the hell of it but I refuse to laugh when something is not funny to me. So back to my point…About Last Night was legitimately funny and entertaining! If you are trying to decide which of the many movies to see this Valentine’s Day Weekend, see this one.

 

Regina Hall is the perfect counterpart for Kevin Hart. By now, we all know how Kevin is (plain ol’ crazy). Regina went there with him, held her own, and might have even taken it to the next level from what I could tell of the last scene in the movie (they were two looney tunes feeding off each other’s craziness). Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant’s characters were typical romance characters, nothing interesting there except for the fact that they are both nice to look at (which if I have to look at someone I do prefer for them to be good looking). For those who are interested, you will get a glimpse of Joy Bryant topless (profile view…in all her naked glory). Truthfully, Regina and Kevin’s characters made this movie special and different from every other romance comedy. There were also cameos by Paula Patton (wearing way too much make up) and Selita Ebanks (who managed not to get fake pregnant by Kevin #RealHusbandsofHollywood).

 

I consider this movie to be a crossover movie (meaning its aim is to be mainstream, crossing racial lines and appealing to multiple races). This is not just another “black” movie. Yes, the main characters are black but 98% of the other people in the movie are not. Bernie (Kevin Hart) and Danny’s (Michael Ealy) friends are all white. It was obvious to me that the creators of the movie took efforts to show integration. There were blacks and whites mingling, enjoying the holidays together, hitting on each other at the bar, etc. If you don’t know exactly what I’m referring to, take into consideration another Kevin Hart, Miachael Ealy, and Regina Hall movie, Think Like a Man, that movie had majority black actors and one token white guy. All of the movies that Kevin Hart is known for have been predominantly black casts (Think Like a Man, Soul Plane, 35 & Ticking, Death at a Funeral). I feel that Kevin is currently at a transition point in his career. He is branching out and trying to appeal to a broader audience (mainstreaming). When I looked around on Tuesday, when I saw About Last Night, everyone I saw was black. Next year, when I look around the theater at a Kevin Hart movie I expect to see a more diverse crowd. Another person who I know is going through this same transition is Robin Thicke. When he came out with Blurred Lines he said that before that point his main audience had been black women. Once he came out with a song that had more of a pop feel his audience increased and diversified. I’m all for people doing well in life, so good for them!

 

Just for entertainment purposes, here are some of the random thoughts that floated through my head during the movie:

• Do people really get sprung after a one night stand? (That’s what happened to Danny & Debbie.)

• Who skips work for sex? Is it really that serious? o_0

• What man doesn’t go down? (Joan made a big deal about Danny willingly doing it with Debbie.)

• There’s such a thing as a “fuck buddy dance?” Where do people learn these things?

• Why did it take so long for Joan to bring up Bernie getting tested? By the time she brought it up…it was kind of too late…they had been doing it for months! People need to have at least one date before sex so that they can share test results before sex!!! Doing it after sex is too late…you’re already contaminated! (Ew)

• The tub in Danny’s apartment is amazing! (I think it’s Kohler…man do they know how to make a bathroom sexy!)

• The characters in this film obviously don’t love food like I love it. They were knocking it on the floor, throwing it out the window, and rarely eating it. That is just unacceptable behavior! But maybe nobody could cook in this movie and that’s why they never wanted to eat.

• Kevin Hart = Channing Tatum (What? That man is too crazy lmao!)

• Did you see the faces on those white folks, while Bernie and Joan were fighting at Thanksgiving? (They don’t know that’s typical behavior. Someone is always showing their behind on the holidays smh.)

• Advice to men: No matter how drunk your ex is DO NOT bring her back to your house when you are in a relationship with another woman.

• Clucking & fucking (with a chicken head on…too kinky for me)!

• Best Relationship advice learned from About Last Night: Create a customized relationship for you and your significant other. You don’t have to get it right. You don’t have to be conventional. Just be honest and always communicate.

  • Leave the passive aggressive shit at the door.

 

I hope you enjoy About Last Night as much as I did.

 

 

Sincerely,

Dana