8/13/2023 0 Comments Thin line between love and hate![]() ![]() Reviewed at New Line screening room, Beverly Hills, March 28, 1996. Screenplay, Lawrence, Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford, Kim Bass, story by Lawrence.Ĭamera (Deluxe color), Francis Kenny editor, John Carter music, Roger Troutman production design, Simon Dobbin art direction, David Lazan set decoration, Tessa Posnansky costume design, Eduardo Castro sound (Dolby, SDDS), David Barr Yaffe, Robert Allan Wald associate producer, Peaches Davis assistant director, Don Wilkerson second-unit director, McHenry casting, Mary Gail Artz, Barbara Cohen. Co-producers, Suzanne Broderick, William Carraro, David Raynr. Produced by Doug McHenry, George Jackson. In the first verse, when he comes home at 5 a.m., she hangs up his coat and hat, asks if. The song is written from the perspective of a guy whose woman is really good to him despite his blatant indiscretions. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996 Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller Available in: 720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay 720p.WEB 1080p. In this song, that thin line that separates love and hate are crossed. It also doesn’t help that Darnell makes an explicit reference to “Fatal Attraction,” given the obvious similarities of a one-night-stand gone bad.Ī New Line Cinema release of a Savoy Pictures presentation of a Jackson-McHenry production in association with You Go Boy! Prods. Songfacts®: The opposite of love isnt hate - its indifference. Not only is the script structurally weak, but Lawrence the director allows Lawrence the actor to mug shamelessly, which works when he’s playing broader comedic moments but not when he’s trying to establish Darnell as a romantic presence.Īs a result, Darnell isn’t terribly sympathetic, and virtually every beat of the film is telegraphed well in advance. Subtlety isn’t exactly Lawrence’s long suit, in fact, as a director, writer (with help from Bentley Kyle Evans, Kenny Buford and Kim Bass) or actor. Once Darnell has scored with Brandi, matters get out of hand quickly - not helped by the fact that Darnell is dumb enough to spend the night with someone else using Brandi’s limousine. With his friend Tee (singer Bobby Brown), he meets a provocative and wealthy woman, Brandi (Whitfield), who at first wants nothing to do with him.ĭarnell works overtime to woo the reluctant Brandi despite the return of a former flame, Mia (Regina King), to whom he also finds himself drawn. ![]() ![]() Lawrence plays Darnell, a self-professed ladies man who helps run a club called Chocolate City. People will always be able to use that mirror to help themselves and that is part of what I love about this work.The movie seems halfhearted, however, in its message about the dangers of infidelity and using “the ‘L’ word” insincerely, and the script moves so leisurely through the early going that even with a teaser sequence hinting that there’s trouble to come, it’s hard not to lose patience waiting to get there. When it doesn’t go away and stays it become a classic. It is art that can be used over and over and over again. Whitfield, you taught me to be a better man.’ I really do pay attention and that means something to me. “ not saying women don’t do the same, but on the whole, we suffer from a lot of low self-esteem from disappointment and love. But when I was standing with the gun staring down at the barrel, I thought: ‘I know I am doing this for all women.This is not just for me but this is for all women because our hearts are taken for granted far too often.’ She did tell him, ‘Don’t tell me you love me if you don’t.’ But when he did say he loved her and she realized who he really was - the thing to do then is walk away. She continues: “Just know that that person is not the right one for you. But in fact, if a man or any human being deserves to be hurt like that … that kind of abuse, the thing to do is to walk away.” Research has supported the idea that there may be a thin line between love and hate. I told him … I gave him guidelines, so in that state of mind she was in, he deserved everything he got. When asked if she feels Darnell earns the payback, Whitfield told Page Six, “Well, the thing is, hurt people hurt people. When the two finally get together, he promptly tries to ditch Brandi, who then seeks revenge. ![]() “A Thin Line” co-stars Martin Lawrence as Darnell, a womanizer who relentlessly chases after Whitfield’s Brandi. Lynn Whitfield currently stars in OWN’s “Greenleaf” but she’ll always be remembered for her 1996 classic “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.” ![]()
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