The Reel Rejects - THINK LIKE A MAN (2012) MOVIE REVIEW –THIS CAST IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE!– FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: February 21, 2026

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Thank you to Hewle for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit. We're all going to grow more chess hair by the end of this. Yeah. All right. Let's think like a man in three, two, one, go. Look at you guys reminiscing like men. Yeah.
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Starting point is 00:01:23 Also, Billy Mays, wait, there's more. You can also send us questions in. And we will shout to out. You can guide our review as we answer your questions, talk and dive deeper into conversation. So we've been doing a lot of watching, a lot of laughing, a lot of loving. A lot of thanking. A lot of thinking too. You're going to be thanking a lot.
Starting point is 00:01:43 We're going to be thinking and feeling before we get into these questions. So without further ado, let's start. Johnny Boy, how you thinking? How are you feeling? How you feeling after this movie? I'm feeling, guys. This was a saga, most certainly. This is a, you know, a bit of a Shakespearean comedy of sorts for the modern times. You know, you have a whole bunch of, you know, different characters.
Starting point is 00:02:05 with each their own little world, but there's also the communal aspect, and then eventually everyone's coupled off at the very end, which is just kind of like a neat, structural game to discover. Yeah, this was, it's, you know, a fun battle of the sexes most certainly. It was an interesting movie to get a hang-on of like the tone and the disposition of things.
Starting point is 00:02:29 I'm curious to hear your guys' just overall feelings on, yeah, the tone as a whole. But I had a really good time, and certainly it's one of those movies that has like a good spectrum of different situations that are all relatable for some walk of life and coming of age moment
Starting point is 00:02:46 that many or much of the people watching probably have had. You know, I found this relatable in various ways, you know, and there's always, I think, in a situation like this, going to be like one character, a couple that's kind of like hitting closest to home,
Starting point is 00:03:01 but they all got a little bit that you can kind of reflect off. of it was fun. Totally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, Corey, how are you thinking? How you feeling, man? I think it's way more than a 6.5 IMDB.
Starting point is 00:03:12 Yeah, come on. It's a little low. IMDB gives everything like a 6.5 or a 7. If it's, yeah, 6.5 is like the IMDB rating. Yeah, what to get around? So I really didn't know what to expect coming into this because I didn't know anything about it. I didn't even know the Steve Harvey element.
Starting point is 00:03:28 And then it was so funny because that was like a through line. What has it got? What did it got? Oh, went away. Guess, guess, guess, guess, guess. If it was 6.5, I feel like Rotten Tomatoes is way harsher than I'm to B. I'm going to go 37 in a row. I'll go 48.
Starting point is 00:03:44 All right. I'm going to go 40. 37, 40, 48. 55. I should have gotten an estimated. I should have got my opposite instinct. That's very close to the 6.5. That's like a, you know.
Starting point is 00:03:58 Critics consensus in Think Like a Man and otherwise standard rom-com is partially elevated by a committed and attractive. cast resulting in a funny and modern take on romance. So my thoughts, I think it is a movie that I didn't know a lot going into and got to enjoy that kind of whirlwind of like, what am I watching, not having seen a trailer, not having really had any expectations. It was nice to discover such a huge ensemble cast as we were going. I love a good like Gary Marshall joint where you're just like, oh my God, they're in it, there and then this one did a really good job making them. Their arcs were likable enough that even when I
Starting point is 00:04:33 really hated the choices they were making. I knew the redemption would feel good. And the funny elements weren't tonally inappropriate because the only thing that felt out of place was so consistent, and that was Kevin Hart. It felt like I was like, that doesn't make any sense for this movie, but
Starting point is 00:04:50 it was so consistent. I was like, I think they'd know. So I had a really good time with that. I thought it was really funny. I thought it was endearing. I thought it was very heartfelt. I remember about an hour and a half in, there was a moment where I was like, this is nice to scapism. Like, I was having a really bad day, and this was a really like I was so in that at one point I was like I've been enjoying it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:08 It's a funny thing to think like why you're gonna, but it was just really nice to have been, you know, swept up in something. So I had a good time. Yeah, the magic of movies. I had a really great time with this as well. I think that it is a movie I definitely did not know much about and had no expectations for,
Starting point is 00:05:25 but was pleasantly surprised. And yeah, it's funny that it fits for me in that category of movies like, why did I get married, the Tyler Perry joint that Greg. And I watched like a hitch and then you have you have this one. And it was fun seeing the different pairings and how you could anticipate the conflict that would come from those pairings and the way that those things sort of repaired themselves of the course of the movie. And yeah, I think I liked some plots more than others for sure. Like the stuff with Gabriel Union, I liked in theory, but we didn't spend enough time with it.
Starting point is 00:05:59 The ending didn't work for that one for me. Yeah. Because like he just came up and was like, I'm a. say one thing and I get the table made it more of a statement but like it did feel like it resolved a little too quick for the for the yeah for the plot they they had uh it felt yeah didn't feel like that was a believable
Starting point is 00:06:13 thing like you his resolution was fairly simple he had done it the entire time and then he just decides to do it all of a sudden on the trajectory of that I don't think has as many dynamics yeah you know it's kind of the same conflict on a plateau until the end yeah and I'll kind of resolve quickly
Starting point is 00:06:31 sorry to interrupt it yeah that's the only one that I definitely was like And it felt the most disconnected from the other plots because at least the one with the player and the mama's boy, their girls also knew each other. And yeah, and that stuff was fun. And I really like the player kind of coming into accepting that he's going to be with this girl. And the fact that she made him wait and actually got to know him on a deeper level than many other women had is kind of what endeared him. And the fact that she was willing to put in the effort to show that he's someone worth investing in, kind of made. him feel special because of the dreams that he had that kind of fell through. And yeah, it really goes to show that with a good partner, they can make you stronger and make you better in the areas
Starting point is 00:07:16 you may not either anticipate or see yourself. And I think that was a very beautiful thing. But yeah, the fact that it was about each, both men and women, kind of learning how to navigate relationships for the sake of, you know, them coming together for something. Healthy, at least, you know, sustainable was a nice message, and I really dug that. It's funny. You were talking about the Gabriel Union one, and I thought you were talking about Regina's, and they both have the same problem for me, but I forgave that Regina one a little bit worse. Well, yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:50 Because, like, the Gabriel Union one, like, I remember thinking, like, I don't know, but she was way more patient for nine years, and she was so much more. attuned to him that I feel like that is a little bit more palatable than for me, the Regina one, which is like, that's a lifestyle he's had. You have no way of knowing if this is true. You have a child and that kid is going to like adore him because he argues that. That was the one I was thinking of. The Regina one was the one I was like, this is.
Starting point is 00:08:18 Yeah, that one could have had a lot more nuance. The single mom and the mama's boy. That could have been its own movie. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, that feels like the start of a journey for him. Yeah. And I could see how that would work out in the,
Starting point is 00:08:31 that she would want to support him and build this relationship on top of it, but it does seem a little bit like, oh, you're, you, it's, I would agree with you guys. I think it's like the Michael Ely story and the Romani Malco story, I think the most interesting and they have the most sort of rich growth and development over time. And then, you know, when you come to, I want to remember all their names, when you're in the mom's boy storyline, I feel like the arc completes on the choice to like set some boundaries stand up to her. The movie lets him off the hook because she's already got a reason not to hang out with him as much.
Starting point is 00:09:05 But like, you know, he commits to this new fresh start which puts it, you know, kind of in that mid-tier rung of efficacy where I'm like, okay, all right. I'm kind of with you. And then with the other guy with freaking turtle, that's the one where I'm like,
Starting point is 00:09:21 you just got a job, I guess. Yeah. It feels like, yes, this is also a step one, but it feels like less defined than... Their breakup felt temporary. Yeah. Jerry Ferrer was one.
Starting point is 00:09:33 It felt like she was gonna take him back as long as he got like at least 10% like it felt like she was more forgiven. Yeah, for sure. That whole blah, blah, blah
Starting point is 00:09:41 thing on the resume felt very disrespectful in a way where I was like, I don't think you just getting the job would actually be the whole, you know, the key to all of
Starting point is 00:09:55 the parts of this conflict. It's one aspect. Right. And it shows your initiative to grow and to, you know, level up. But also, you made this really ugly when I was trying to encourage and support you. But they all did. And like, by the way, let me say it before the comments, too, if they haven't already. We know this is a rom-com.
Starting point is 00:10:12 We know that is written for that. Like, we are psychoanalyzing. That is the fun of looking at a movie. But I also think that all the women are too forgiving. Like, there wasn't a single relationship in this where I was like, Megan Good is still way too good for dude. Yeah. But at the end of, like, he came around.
Starting point is 00:10:26 He, like, asked her to be the girl. friend and everything. You don't think so. You don't think he came around? I think he did what he thought he needed to do. But he didn't sleep with the other girl, though. What a minimum standard. Like, yeah. Oh, good. He was like, oh, wait, not Megan good. Is it like, Megan Good? I don't care who it is. Like, you have Megan Good that, like, might take you back. The horror. I believed a character shift overall had happened rather than just this guy has taken one action.
Starting point is 00:10:58 He was more, to me, unacceptable for 80%. Whereas like, Jerry Friar is a man child that needs to grow up. That is not as indisputable. That is not in it to hit it.
Starting point is 00:11:12 Like that dude was just waiting to like tap Megan Good. And like that is way more of a negative to climb over than like I'm a man child. I love my mom in a creepy way. Like those things are like, you know, nature nurture. He was natured into being a dick. Yeah. So for me,
Starting point is 00:11:27 predatory practice. Maybe it's me like, you know, projecting, but the whole time I was like, I don't know if there's anything that this guy could do that would make me think he's worth making good after what I've seen him think of her. Yeah, because I think after she was like, yo, I talked to my uncle.
Starting point is 00:11:40 That's when he actually started to change. We're fired of that. What's that saying? You see you're proving my point. If she didn't do something, yeah, would he have changed? And none of the other guys were ever like, oh, I hate this girl for having a boundary. They were annoyed.
Starting point is 00:11:55 like Jerry Ferrer was like why she changed all my stuff but he still was trying Kevin Hart and Wendy Williams we only heard him like projecting the mama's boy wasn't like she hates my mom I hate her like he was demeaning
Starting point is 00:12:09 yeah yeah it's making good yeah I feel you part part of me feels like he was yeah he was upset by the fact that he was falling for the girl so he was trying to put on the barato I wish we'd felt a little more of that yeah I can agree with that
Starting point is 00:12:25 with the mama's boy storyline I feel like the fact that one he didn't live with her and he only saw her on Sundays because that was their dedicated day I feel like he was a mama's boy but it wasn't like to the umph ridiculous degree that it could have been if they were grinding
Starting point is 00:12:40 on each other a little bit it was off it was off well I guess the red flag the movie presented to me because yeah you're designed to kind of wonder that and yeah they are very familiar but I think the thing for me that was a biggest
Starting point is 00:13:00 line cross from him was just the relabeling her work yeah that was crazy that was crazy as hell constantly using this work excuse as a means to not change this and lying straight up about like not going home saying he's going to work
Starting point is 00:13:16 yeah that is like that's messed up like that that seems like a chronic compulsory behavior in a way that's And you're gonna keep on. I will say the way that that resolved itself felt a little too clean. Like, oh,
Starting point is 00:13:28 only because she found a man. That's what I'm saying. They all felt too clean. Like, if you really look at it, like, I know the comments are going to be like, it's a rom-com.
Starting point is 00:13:34 But like, even Traghi B. Henson, like, Trici P. Henson did the, like, I'm gonna stand on this thing and say,
Starting point is 00:13:38 I miss you. He shouldn't have taken her back. No. He should not have taken her back. But if all the women shouldn't, neither should he. And that's what we're saying, like we get,
Starting point is 00:13:46 but I'm just saying. Yeah. This seems like This is a fun movie Because it seems like it's designed To kind of inspire debate And to be like a bit of a Roar Shack Like everyone would yeah
Starting point is 00:13:55 Yeah it would be And yeah like a fun like watching it in a group And everybody kind of participates in the sort of I don't know It's like a cultural watering hole of sorts Because it's a ritual we all engage in Let's expose a bit of ourselves Who do identify with most
Starting point is 00:14:11 Oh golly Oh um Because it's kind of right Michael Ely Yeah I'm Michael Ely Nice ass nice little smolder nice little chef work uh i identified with uh with gary
Starting point is 00:14:23 i identified with bennett i couldn't hear what most of the other characters were saying honestly so whenever bennett showed up i was like good i caught a line of dialogue that speaks to me directly who did you i mean i i think i am jeremy i had to grow the fuck up like i literally like anjay moved in and my entire house like florida ceiling was comic stuff And like, I liked living in a comic. Like, that was what I always dreamed of as a kid.
Starting point is 00:14:49 And I still think there's, like, a place for that. But, like, when you move in with someone, you got to make sure it's your home, like, the pair of you. So when we moved, it became, like, my office got to be that. But it was never a fight. And I never, I always understood. But I think of the relationship, she makes me want to be better. And that's, like, the positive side of them, too, is like, I didn't need to be told. I wanted to be, I wanted to earn that.
Starting point is 00:15:13 Because she's like, you know. I feel like his stuff It was the combination of Him having all that stuff And him having no ambition I feel like you're a very ambitious person And that's why I think I clicked onto it Like this makes sense
Starting point is 00:15:27 This isn't me getting defensive He was defensive because he didn't have that aspiration Yeah But other elements of him like I totally And not just the nerd part But like the me as an immature person identified more Like in my 20s I get Jeremy In my 30s I don't
Starting point is 00:15:39 But that's nice Yeah Yeah I feel like What's the Michael Leely connection? I I think because I'm someone who wants to tackle many lanes and just as an artist. Like, yeah, I'm an actor. I'm a poet.
Starting point is 00:15:51 I'm a host. And I'm just like, ah, what are the things I want to do for my primary thing? So I felt like landing on that, I guess I'm like at the beginning of my 30s, but I feel like identifying with that specific aspect. Yeah, resonated. And I felt like he was a good dude throughout the entire thing. And he genuinely wanted to kind of better himself for himself, but also for the benefit of his relationship. I think you'd break up and give it like a head kiss and make him feel awful. Coming in being like, I know you're wrong in this situation.
Starting point is 00:16:21 Out. The head kiss was, yeah. That was diabolical. That head kiss was crazy. Yeah. All right. Speaking of head kisses, we'll see what head kisses you guys have for us with the patron questions.
Starting point is 00:16:30 Let's do this thing. Let's make it nice and beefy for everyone's eyeballs. Let's think like a man. This man like a head kiss. All right. Here we go. We're going to blow this shit up. BABOOM.
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Starting point is 00:18:49 Yeah, for sure. The women made them all better? I mean, it caused problems, but they needed the problem. Yeah, I feel like them being fake about it, but I feel like the only one who actually took the advice was Michael Ely and. Yeah. I'm the best one to be. He's the best one to be.
Starting point is 00:19:04 He's the one that gets asked back out. Yeah. But yeah, I don't, I don't think it's a headscrubes. out of there for like the woman were genuinely using that because they wanted love and you even saw some of the women like Taraji P. Hansen being resistant towards using the book. And she used it wrong. Yeah. And the
Starting point is 00:19:23 three women didn't. Like waiting 90 days is a realistic expectation if you've been used a lot. Trying to get someone to not be a mama's boy is realistic, especially if you've got a child and that commitment's going to be great. Like they used it right except for Taraji P, which is why she had to be the guy and that was her whole thing.
Starting point is 00:19:39 And Michael Ely was the girl of their group. He is pretty. He is a beautiful. beautiful man. Cast well. Very cast well. Yeah. I did appreciate that balance, but yeah, at large, the men were mostly the wrong ones here. By following it in bad faith.
Starting point is 00:19:53 I would argue. You probably not. Very much. Very much. Good job of selling this. Oh, gosh. Thank you, Jaydell. Appreciate you for the question.
Starting point is 00:20:01 Jay Rustin. Hello there, Jay. Which of these are you? The Mama's Boy, the non-committer, the dreamer, or the player? We answered this question. I'm the dreamer, baby. I would have been the noncommitter. I would have been the non-committer, but I'm engaged.
Starting point is 00:20:16 I'm getting married. Probably a combination of the non-committer and the dreamer. My layers of like overthought and, you know, certain... I'm like, I'm very sharp at certain things and very dumb and oblivious about other things. Those are probably the archetypes. I'm definitely not the player. Not the player and not the mama's boy. And like, I'm close with my family, but like I don't...
Starting point is 00:20:41 Realistic. Yeah, I don't like, My mom is not getting in the way of any of my. Yeah, no. I'm so, like, obliged and dedicated and, like, wrapped around that situation that it's in any way affecting my dating. Yeah. But, again, these are all real archetypes.
Starting point is 00:20:58 Like, like, maternal emashment is a very real thing for a lot of guys. But, yeah, I don't think I fall under that category. But, yeah, for sure, the dreamer. And I'm a lover boy. And I feel like the dreamer is also a lover boy. and not in the Certified. Not the fuck boy sense
Starting point is 00:21:15 but like the You know I want to aspire But I also like want to give love as well Yeah so Thanks Jay Russian Appreciate your dog A J. Delt
Starting point is 00:21:24 All right All right Jay Dell question two If you didn't know About the rule book at all Which couple do you think like a man Do you think would have figured things out Naturally
Starting point is 00:21:35 And which ones were doomed from the start To matter what advice they followed Naturally I think only Michael Ely. He didn't, she didn't. Does there, uh, naturally? Yeah, because that rule book, he would figure it out for himself regardless. Yeah, I think so.
Starting point is 00:21:52 Yeah, I didn't involve her. Totally. Like, it doesn't fully answer this question. Like, I do definitely not think Turtle would have gotten it. I don't think that the Romney Malco character would have, uh, I don't know. I guess the right person might have done it for him eventually. He seems at least like he possesses a level of intelligence. he's that's the doom from the start from me man making good getting disrespected yeah yeah i was great
Starting point is 00:22:16 i like i couldn't fathom it actually the first act i was like i can't imagine this actually being a scenario but yeah i couldn't fathom why he chose to continue pursuing her but i think i'm trying to put myself in in that guy's shoes because he's just he he seems like the guy's become jaded by women because he's been hurt in the past and maybe put himself out there too much and he didn't feel like his efforts were being returned. So to have a woman who did invest in him to the level in which he invested in somebody once upon a time felt good for him, which then opened his heart up. So I feel like I don't, then again, I don't know. I don't think they would have even gone that far had she not read the book because I feel like she probably would
Starting point is 00:23:05 you know, done what felt natural rather than kind of of holding the fort. I don't know if any of these couples Yeah, maybe Kevin Hart
Starting point is 00:23:15 and Wendy Williams because they didn't read the book in the first place after a long enough timeline. Yeah. Why not? That damn was going to break. I mean,
Starting point is 00:23:25 I think they're all dependent on it. I don't know if anyone would have naturally gotten there. I think Michael Ely is the closest he would have gotten his dreams because he was inspired by Taraji P. Henson. It's like he would have gotten the personal development, but yeah like regardless of the romantic development no Gary Owens came out the winner though
Starting point is 00:23:42 yeah Gary Owens man flawless victory yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah for his lady all right and I think we have one final trivoli here hey let's read that all right Jadil MVP of this reaction yeah or the post conversation most of the cast didn't meet each other until the table reads in rehearsals which helped make the dating K-0 I feel more authentic. The awkward chemistry, the first impressions, the tension you can,
Starting point is 00:24:10 you see on screen were often real reactions between actors. That's very cool. Into that. That's awesome. Stacked cast. That's great.
Starting point is 00:24:18 Very, very big cast. Dude. I love that J.B. smooth was in it for 10 seconds and then came back, but I was like, there's no way they gave him like a fly-by-roll.
Starting point is 00:24:26 And then he came back and I was like, that is J.B. Get your money, J. I was literally like, they must have been over here. I'm sorry, man. Everyone's in the movie.
Starting point is 00:24:33 We can get you like 10 seconds is the bar tender but we just got no rolls man we just can't there's no more people god bless wendy williams she was hired because she's wendy williams and not for her her that's being prowess oh we got some facts johnny want to read us some facts
Starting point is 00:24:49 oh my god when dominick when michael ely talks about uh the for colored girls he says the psycho drops his kids out of the window ely played the character who did that in four colored girls this is a meta-ass movie cross over and taraji's in for hello girls as well dude she's deleted that movie. Hey. No, I'm sorry, I can do bad by myself.
Starting point is 00:25:09 I don't know if she's not for color girls. I was going to say there's so much Tyler in this movie. Also, with a budget of $12 million, this film was director Tim's story. Smallest Productions since Barbershop. I want to watch Barbershop, Doug. I haven't seen it since theaters. I saw Barbershop in theaters and loved it. And it's, like, but I was like, I mean 20.
Starting point is 00:25:27 Like, not even, no. I was like 15. Oh, man. And I, like, wonder how much I'd get now because I thought it was funny then. Yeah. I was a kid. That'd be fun. Although the white male character of Bennett is profiled as white color and frank about racial topics, even when his comments may seem racially offensive, he has a black, he has a wife who is black.
Starting point is 00:25:45 She is seen briefly twice toward the end of the movie, and she is the only female associated with any of the male characters who has no speaking lines. Damn. Yeah, I think Gary-on's wife, or I think now ex-wife is also black in her life. So that is funny. Trying to keep it accurate. Oh, that's right. In the scene where Candace answers Michael's phone and ends up catching his lie, she answers saying Michael Atwater's phone, that's stut out to me.
Starting point is 00:26:10 But the character's name is actually Michael Hanover because he introduced himself as this when they met in the bookstore. That must just be a goof. Yeah. Oops. That must just be a goof. They changed names in the script at some point. They shot it in Atwater Village. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:24 There you go. And this apparently put an end to the original Hunger Games' number one ruling spot of the box office when it came out. And it held that position for four weeks. week. Let's go. Hunger Games have been there for four weeks. Guys, oh man. All you guys.
Starting point is 00:26:40 Gives me any other thoughts? We're closing. I think we thought like men. We thought like men. We learned some stuff. Chris Brown always plays the, you know, the near do well that just pops in about a mix. Yeah, and him too just like floating around the periphery being a scumbag. Yeah, just like popped in it out.
Starting point is 00:26:56 I watched something with him and Idraselba and. Was this Christmas? Yeah. I watched this Christmas this Christmas. And he played like such a similar role. Oh, for sure. So he was like, it's forgiven. Like it's such a funny casting joins him like, yeah, but he can sing.
Starting point is 00:27:12 Oh, my God, dude. Oh, man. This Christmas is great. I haven't seen it in a very long time. I'd love to watch it. This was chaotic, but this was a lot of fun. Yeah, I enjoyed this. Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Starting point is 00:27:20 Guys, like, comment, subscribe, all the things. Do you guys want to see us watch Think Like a Man 2? Let us know. Is there one? There is. What is the cast? Think Like a Man 2. I saw.
Starting point is 00:27:30 Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I want us to comment, like, subscribe, share. Does Steve Harvey publish another book? I hope so. We got to buy a copy before the next video. If we all read the book before the sequel,
Starting point is 00:27:46 we should have a copy here for their reaction. We can be constantly trying to prove at just how much research we all did. Oh my God, it's just like in this. They use this scene by scene. Oh my God, I found the lines. That would be crazy. That would be hilarious. You guys, yeah, please.
Starting point is 00:28:02 likes and shares and watch it a bunch of times so we can watch the second one. That's right. And yeah, that'll be it for us today. Keep thinking like a man. Keep back like a woman and we'll catch you in the next one. Sooses.

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