What Love Is (2007)

Cuba Gooding has demonstrated more than once that he is a very good dramatic actor who can also do comedy scripts. So what happened to his career? Answer: films like this.This is the kind of film where you sit there asking yourself how didn't someone notice how badly this was going and either drastically change the script or pull the plug.Problem 1: It's just plain vulgar. There's a growing mood in this country toward political correctness, and this film totally ignores that.Problem 2: It's a play on screen with limited sets. Translation: Made on the cheap. And what was the result? A whopping $19,000 at the box office. Can we say nuclear bomb??? Problem 3: Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Please, just shut up.Let's see. What can I say good about this film? Nothing. I'm serious. This is one of the worst films I ever watched.

....Basically that is the whole movie. People just using obscenities one after another , string after string. Cuba Gooding is a fine actor and it is beneath him to have taken this awful role. The movie is an insult to my intelligence. It is an insult to men. It is an insult to women . It is an insult to every race , creed and color. Just an absolutely horrible movie. This was done in an intimate style , much like the film version of David Mamet plays. Still this was far from an artsy type of film. It just reeked of male bravado on speed versus female bravado on speed. The sad thing is, the movie could have succeeded , if it were done in an intelligent manner. The material was original and witty. The dialog was just beyond trashy and seemed to want to shock more than anything else. Just a very juvenile, teenage type of humor movie. I guess that was the audience they were targeting. Oh well. Wish I can have my hour and half back.

Proud you say. We lost all of our money and I still don't have my K1 for 2008. The movie is not what it was cracked up to be. we were told they had entered the film in the Sundance film competition; only to discover they rented space in a bar and dragged a few people in off the streets just to say the were at Sundance during the competition. I feel it is important for me to let other potential investors know about my loss. I told the sales gal I could not afford to lose my investment. She said it was a sure thing, multiple streams of income. The world wide rights to the video alone would generate multiple times our investment. I think what bothers me most is the lack of sorrow, the lack of communication, it's almost as if they are trying to say What love is ? was a great investment. Please be careful I made the error of not renting Pool Hall Junkies. If only I had taken the time to do my research. Of course they never documented that Pool Hall Junkies returned 4 to 1. I would like to hear from a Pool Hall investor. Let my loss be your lesson. Maybe you need the tax write off I don't

This movie is the best I've seen in while. And I have been watching almost everything new to the big screen. I've seen that some people find this to be a bad move. Nothing could be farther from the truth! It depicts real people in a real situation have a real conversation that almost anyone could relate to at some point. The acting was great! Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers as always but I was amazed at the performance of Matthew Lillard. His performance was full of passion and simply said force! The fact that I enjoyed watching this movie although it was shot 99% in one room just means that the script was solid and the performances of the actors. This just goes to prove that a movie can be great without special effects or any other form of eye catching bull that we've grown to appreciate while loosing site of what movie making is all about.