A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Infobox_Film
name = A Thin Line Between Love and Hate


caption =
imdb_id = 0117891
writer = Martin Lawrence
starring = Martin Lawrence
Lynn Whitfield
Regina King
Bobby Brown
Daryl Mitchell
with Roger E. Mosley
and Della Reese
Simbi Khali
Tangie Ambrose
Wendy Raquel Robinson
director = Martin Lawrence
producer = George Jackson
Martin Lawrence
Suzanne Broderick
distributor = New Line Cinema
released = April 3, 1996
runtime = 108 minutes
language = English
music =
awards =
budget = $8,000,000|

"A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" is a 1996 comedy-romance film. The film was directed by, written by, and stars Martin Lawrence. Along with Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown and Della Reese also star in the film.

The film was released in April of 1996 and grossed over $30 million at the box office against a budget of $8 million. The film was shot on location entirely in the city of Los Angeles, California.

Plot

Martin Lawrence stars as nightclub manager Darnell, a perpetual playboy and hopeless male chauvinist. Darnell is a crude-but-smooth talker and lady's man who doesn't take no for an answer. He works for a nightclub called "Chocolate City" and aspires to be its owner. He trades VIP privileges at the club for favors from women. Though he is an expert at conning women, he sometimes worries about what his childhood sweetheart Mia (Regina King) thinks of his adventures.

When the classy, elegant Brandi (Lynn Whitfield) steps out of a limousine to enter the club, Darnell feels that he's met his ultimate prize. She rejects his come-ons, which only fuels his appetite. He pursues her, showing up with flowers at her real estate office. He finally wins over Brandi, only to find out that he's really in love with Mia. But Brandi doesn't take kindly to rejection, and becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking him, even taking all four wheels off his SUV to ground him from his rounds. Cutting off his engagement to Mia is not enough to satisfy Brandi, who finally administers Darnell's punishment for his misogyny. Darnell quickly learns the hard way that when you "play", you have to "pay."

Cast

*Martin Lawrence — Darnell Wright/Narrator
*Lynn Whitfield — Brandi Web
*Regina King — Mia Williams
*Bobby Brown — Tee
*Della Reese — Mama Wright
*Malinda Williams — Erica Wright
*Daryl Mitchell — Earl
*Roger E. Mosley — Smitty
*Simbi Khali — Adrienne
*Tangie Ambrose — Nikki
*Wendy Raquel Robinson — Gwen
*Stacii Jae Johnson — Peaches
*Miguel A. Núñez Jr. — Reggie
*Faizon Love — Manny
*Michael Bell — Marvis

External links

*imdb title|id=0117891|title=A Thin Line Between Love and Hate