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Feb 14, 2014 · “About Last Night” becomes a tale of two romantic couples, one trying to navigate the normal slings and arrows of a relationship, the other doing their damndest to be antagonistic in order to hide their true feelings.
“About Last Night…” is a warmhearted and intelligent love story, and one of the year’s best movies.
About Last Night will perturb fans of the original stage play by sanding down its pricklier edges, but an amiable cast and sexual frankness make this a pleasantly grounded romantic comedy....
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- Edward Zwick
- R
- Rob Lowe
About Last Night. While out with loudmouthed pal Bernie (Kevin Hart), Danny (Michael Ealy) meets successful businesswoman Debbie (Joy Bryant), who's as leery of relationships as Danny is. However...
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- Steve Pink
- R
- Kevin Hart
- True romance.
- Verdict
By Matt Patches
Posted: Feb 14, 2014 12:49 am
Oh, what a difference an R-rating can make when stomping through the well-worn grounds of romantic comedy territory.
About Last Night, a remake of the 1986 film of the same name — itself a loose adaptation of David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago — is one of the funniest, foul-mouthed, and brutally honest rom-coms in recent memory. Director Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine) and writer Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, Terriers) clash the male and female relationship experiences with crude delight, evoking the leisurely naturalism of '60s comedies like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and, more recently, romances of the indie ilk. With Katherine Heigl and Nicolas Sparks dominating the genre over the past half-decade, About Last Night arrives as a glimmer of hope.
Danny (Michael Ealy) and Bernie (Kevin Hart) are best friends, co-workers, and single gents on the prowl (Bernie has a more vulgar euphemism for it, but... this is a family-friendly web site). The latter is the driving force of their quest; Danny, still working through his break-up with dominating girlfriend Alison, isn't ready to dive into the dating pool. Bro code keeps him by his sex-hungry buddy's side. When they meet up with Joan (Regina Hall), Bernie's most recent obsession, Danny finds himself smitten for the first time in a year by her roommate Debbie (Joy Bryant). After Bernie and Joan scurry away for a drunken hook-up in the bathroom, Danny and Debbie drop their reserved acts, exposing themselves as simpatico. A perfect night leads to more perfect nights leads to perfect days leads to the makings of a long-term relationship that neither expect. Or, perhaps, want.
About Last Night is steeped in conversation: the ones we only have with our partners, our best friends, or the bartender down the street. It's a welcome diversion from the usual hijinks, made an absolute pleasure by the mashing up the earnest Ealy and Bryant with the comedic tour-de-force of Hart and Hall. Having worked with each other in movies like Think Like a Man, there's a built-in rapport that's enhanced by Headland's ear for intimate language.
About Last Night is a welcome change of pace for the romantic comedy genre, an update of the Mamet play where people are allowed to communicate frankly and realistically. It also offers plenty of laughs, thanks to cast members Kevin Hart and Regina Hall.
- Matt Patches
- 5 min
About Last Night... is occasionally wonderful, but inevitably disappointing. Full Review | Feb 13, 2014. Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer. TOP CRITIC. Homework assignment: Is the decision to...
About Last Night: Directed by Edward Zwick. With Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins. Chicago singles meet in a bar, live together and call it love. Based on David Mamet's play Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
