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How to Be a Player (1997) -- A playboy gets the tables turned on him when a party is arranged with all of the women he has been two-timing are in attendance.

Overview

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4.7/10   1,098 votes
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Director:
Lionel C. Martin
Writers (WGA):
Mark Brown (story)
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Release Date:
6 August 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A playboy gets the tables turned on him when a party is arranged with all of the women he has been two-timing are in attendance. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
A Winner Only In Theory?
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 11 August 1997)

User Comments:
Not funny at all, a sorry excuse for nudity more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Bellamy ... Drayton Jackson
Natalie Desselle ... Jenny Jackson
Lark Voorhies ... Lisa
Mari Morrow ... Katrina
Pierre Edwards ... David (as Pierre)
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins ... Kilo (as Jermaine 'Big Hug' Hopkins)
Anthony Johnson ... Spootie (as A.J. Johnson)
Max Julien ... Uncle Fred
Beverly Johnson ... Robin
Gilbert Gottfried ... Tony the Doorman

Bernie Mac ... Buster
Stacii Jae Johnson ... Sherri
Elise Neal ... Nadine
J. Anthony Brown ... Uncle Snook

Amber Smith ... Amber
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Def Jam's How to Be a Player (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content and language.
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #35351) | Argentina:13
Company:
Def Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A deleted sex scene between Amber and Dre was cut. The scene was meant for the end of the film. Producers felt the scene was unnecessary and cut it. The scene ran 3 minutes 45 seconds. more
Quotes:
Drayton Jackson: I'm what you might call....a player. more
Movie Connections:
References Jungle Fever (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Do Me Like You Do more

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1 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Not funny at all, a sorry excuse for nudity, 23 April 2004
Author: Everyday-Struggler from E-Town

This movie has got to be the least funny movie ever! Hey even Master P's "I GOT THE HOOK-UP" was 10 times as funny.

Bill Bellamy is not a good actor, he should stick to making voices to dolls on NICKELODEON.

The thing is there exist no plot, they have pretty much stolen the story from Martin Lawrence's "A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE" but then taken out the part that the female is a psycho so Nothing happens!

The only good part is the fine women but u can see that elsewhere u don't need to buy this movie to see that!

I rate it 1/10

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