A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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{{Infobox_Film
| name = A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | image = ThinLineMoviePoster.jpg | imdb_id = 0117891 | writer = Martin Lawrence | starring = Martin Lawrence
Lynn Whitfield
Regina King | 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
Image:ThinLineScreenShootLynn.jpg 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) (who is engaged to marry him) 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, but she becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking him, even taking all four wheels off his sports car 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". Template:Endspoiler
Cast
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- Martin Lawrence — Darnell Wright/Narrator
- Lynn Whitfield — Brandi Web
- Regina King — Mia Williams
- Bobby Brown — Tee
- Della Reese — Ma 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