(Credit IMDb) Tom plans to surprise Sara with an engagement ring, and he's asked his four best friends to witness the popping of the question at his place on Valentine's night. Trouble is Sara's left him a "Dear John" letter and will be by soon for her suitcases; plus, thinking it's a party, Tom's friend Sal has invited five women who were at his bar to come too. First the men talk - about women, sex, love, and homophobia (Tom's pals include a happily married guy, a gay man newly engaged, a metrosexual, and Sal, an inveterate player). Then the women arrive and argue in the loo about men and sex before joining the boys for talk, alcohol, and hookups. But what of Sara, and what of love? What point were they honestly trying to make here? All I got was a few well known actors swearing, and trying to make things out on what love truly is. Not to mention, all of the characters pretty much grated my nerves. Cuba's character is a whiny person, Mathew Lillard is rather despicable for most of it, and Andrew Daily is overbearing as the gay man. The end also infuriated me. Yeah, I get it. Move on from your mistakes, but are we really supposed to believe Cuba moved on that suddenly? It ended abruptly just like that. Love is about communication, love is pure form. And most importantly love comes from the heart. I'm not an expert but I know that much.Performances. Cuba Gooding is a favorite of mine, as I have stated numerous times, but here is character is overbearing, stupid and overly whiny. He deserves better material, and his talents are far above this. Matthew Lillard is too cocky, and unfunny for my liking. His crude ways were difficult to get through. Sean Astin has virtually nothing to do, but stand around and offer advice. Andrew Daly is overbearing as the gay man, I wanted to slap him. Mars Callahan is basically the "Cool through it all" type. Gina Gershon and Anne Heche are wasted in their roles.Bottom line. Mediocre is an understatement. It wasn't painful, but I certainly got annoyed far too much for my liking. Look elsewhere for a romantic film, because this certainly isn't your ticket.4/10

I feel with the experience and knowledge I have acquired about good movies that it is my responsibility to steer people away from disgraceful attempts at entertainment. I have watched a number of bad movies, but none have profoundly irritated me as much as What Love Is.First off, the dialogue. It is totally unrealistic. The director wishes to portray these characters as being very smart and witty, but instead it transpires as a poor stage performance on fast forward disguised as a film. And its not that they are too fast to keep up with. They are fast like the blur of a trashy sports car at top speed before it crashes into a restaurant and kills everyone inside. It's a bloody mess.Next off, the characters. They are unlikeable. I don't like them. You won't either. They are very stereotypical, and the fact that they are so consciously aware of their persona does not add to their charm, but just makes the whole performance tiresome. They say and portray nothing interesting and in the rare instances that they do say something, it is totally devoid of normal human portrayal and response that it does not even register, unless you keep pausing the film to think about the truth between the banalities. I can't believe Matthew Lillard, I was very satisfied with his performance in Wicker Park, could not believe it was the same person.Every one of these guys is overacting. I expect this from Cuba Gooden Jr, because he can't act, but not from the rest. They all act like Ace Ventura without the humour. I hate these guys guts so bad that if a nuclear bomb had gone off in the middle of the room after the first thirty minutes, I would have requested that this film get an Oscar. What angers me the most is that the film pretends to be so smart, but the "point" that is trying to be expressed has been done a million times before and a million times better, often with powerful subtlety that keeps the stuff in you head. It tries to be revealing, but just ends up looking dumb.There is a scene with a bunch of women, which tries to be as "smart" as the guy scene, but is unbelievably worse.I had become slightly worried over the years that I was becoming so desensitised by foul language in the media that it perhaps had no effect on me any more. But this film proved that theory wrong. There is too much swearing in this movie. I find it unjustified and offensive.This film is also racist. I'd like to think unconsciously so, with the good guy being black to try and balance the equation. I don't get how the result can be this blatant in modern cinematography, however.I have to give this film a one. There is no other choice. If it wasn't trying so hard and insulting my intelligence, I would gladly give it a four. If the film actually made me smile more than once, I wouldn't have to subtract a point for boredom. If it wasn't so racist, I wouldn't have had to subtract an additional point. This is the worst film I have seen, and I can't even laugh at how bad it is.

Just how atrocious this film is. If I can prevent one person from seeing this movie, my life shall not have been lived in vain. Can you say shill? There can be no other explanation for some of the remarks here, promoting this film. The incessant barrage of graphic sexual descriptions instantly reaches the level of high school titillation and exploitation. The film will be popular with those physically old enough to get in, but with an intellectual age of 13-17. There are a few moments with some clever dialog; you'll notice them right away since they are so rare. Oh.. Hallelujah! its only about 90 minutes long. This film is so formulaic, it should be included as a classic example of "How Obvious Can a Film Be, To Be Created to Appeal To The Lowest Common Denomenator of Filmgoers?" Unfortunately that would send people to see it, which it simply doesn't deserve. *Watch the parade of guy actors rant about their character's pet peeve. *Prepare to suppress your gag reflex as every oral sex joke and gay stereotype is stuffed down your throat. *View with disbelief as the women are introduced and you question whether you walked into the wrong theater and somehow are watching the wrong film. *Suddenly realize that yes, they're going to subject you to the same behavior and style with all the women character's raving monologues. There are a couple of moments of actual acting when the actors realize that they might have some fun with the portrayal of their smaller than life character. Avoid this film at all costs.

I just saw this movie last night at the premiere and could not wait to comment on it! I LOVED it! The writing was EXCEPTIONAL. The acting was EXCEPTIONAL. I don't know if I've ever seen a movie that was basically: ONE location, ALL dialogue ; but still keeps you totally engrossed the entire time!! A friend of mine commented that this movie would also make a great play and I totally agree. I think I may even have to use one of the scenes for a monologue when it comes out on DVD!! I laughed SO MUCH and I even shed a few tears. Cuba...as always, AWESOME, as well as EVERYONE in the cast! Great job guys, I was honored to be at the premiere (and had a blast at the after party!)