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How to Be a Player (1997)

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Overview

Director:
Lionel C. Martin
Writers (WGA):
Mark Brown (story)
Mark Brown (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 August 1997 (USA) more view trailer
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
NewsDesk:
A Winner Only In Theory? (From Studio Briefing. 11 August 1997)
User Comments:
It was a Fair Movie more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Bellamy ... Drayton Jackson
Natalie Desselle ... Jenny Jackson
Lark Voorhies ... Lisa
Mari Morrow ... Katrina
Pierre Edwards ... David
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins ... Kilo
Anthony Johnson ... Spootie
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
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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:
USA:R (certificate #35351) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13
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Company:
Def Pictures more

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Trivia:
In Dre's apartment, there is a poster of the movie The Mack. Max Julien, who portrayed Dre's Uncle Fred, starred in The Mack (1973) as Goldie. more
Quotes:
Jenny Jackson: All I know is a brother that has more than one woman and is looking for some more is a pimp.
Drayton Jackson: Well, that covers just about every man *I* know.
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Movie Connections:
References Jungle Fever (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Big bad Mamma more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
It was a Fair Movie, 5 January 2006
6/10
Author: chinadoll_911 from United States

This move was fair because it was a story that featured over dramatic funny events. It also gave a insight how a guy was able to be a player. Some women like, Marie Marrow, aka Katrina, actually enjoyed men who were about game. I will admit there were parts in this movie that they could of cut out but one could easily figure out what was going to happen before the scene occurred. I would not suggest ever seeing this at a movie theater but this is a funny rental that I think one would get either by themselves or with good friends. I do not think this movie set African Americans back in anyway. This movie was a typical funny movie that was just over dramatizing relationships and situations.

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