Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

I had no idea what was going on until the 5th or 6th time I viewed this long, dry movie. It was like a twisted Shakespearian diatribe gone horribly wrong. It was one long, twisting poetic farce with no rhyme or reason behind the characters. No depth what so ever or maybe it was so deep that I just got lost. Don't watch it.

1st watched 9/28/2001 - 7 out of 10(Dir-Kennedy Goldsby): Well-made drama about the different ways that men handle their relationships with women. This movie basically is played out using a friendly game of dominoes as the playing field with four men discussing their approach to handling women and the rejection they have felt from them in their life. The discussion is mainly centered around one man and his current ensuing divorce and how each other man at the table either consoles, challenges or defends this man who is subject to this rejection. There is some of the women's viewpoint which is explored with some scenes with them discussing the current situation but these scenes are at a minimum. This is intended to be a man's movie about his dealing with the emotions that surround male-female relationships with very little input from 'the other side.' This in itself is very unique that a movie would focus on the male perspective to the depth that this movie does and I believe it should be given credit for this. The ending (without given away too many details) is surprising and almost puts a whodunit flavor into the movie which begs the question as to why this was done. The rest of the movie is flat-out drama but the twist in the ending seems out of character for what the movie was

trying to do(give information without answering questions). The answer(according to my perspective on the ending) was not a pleasant one but maybe realistic of the thinking of men who have been put in these positions (according to this movie) by women. Thought-provoking movie throughout despite some flaws would be benefited from many people viewing this(both men and women).

In the process of boring you with the wordy, rambling storyline and the complete absence of character development, it manages to enforce a few negative black stereotypes out there. At one point I was wondering if Jesse Helms co-wrote the screenplay.

From a unique perspective from the men for a change. I got to see what men are thinking and feeling when they experience a break-up. Stylishly written and directed by Kennedy Goldsby. There are knockout performances by Glenn Plummer as the lead... as well as a standout performance by Terrance Howard before he was "Terrance Howard" - Oscar nominated for "Hustle and Flow." I saw this film after Hustle and Flow and I can really see in Terrance's performance in this film that the director was able to capture that special something in Terrance Howard that was destined to realize. Terrance shows a fierce sensuality that I love ;) BRAVO!!!

I could not believe it. This film was a total wast of time out of my life. The title is appropriate. Love didn't beat the hell out of me, this film did. I kept watching and watching and waiting and waiting and hoping for something, anything to happen. And nothing ever happened! Nothing!! Terrence Howard couldn't even save this lame piece of work called a film. It was dark, and confused and I didn't get who killed the girlfriend in the end. The tone and pacing of the film was supposed to be building to a dramatic climactic ending. This only served to confuse the audience because the movie just plodded along going no where. If you want pure torture, watch this film.