HOW TO BE A PLAYER
1997

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Dir. Lionel C. Martin
Writter: Mark Brown, Demetra Johnson
With: Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle, Bernie Mac

WHAT IT IS ABOUT:
Bill Ballamy plays Dray, some punk “Player” aka Gigalo as they used to be called (just ask David Lee Roth) who has more women than he can handle. Then this girl who hates him wants him to get busted - so she manages to get ALL his women in th esame party that he is attending hoping that they will bust his ass and get him to reform.

CEPHAS’ NOTES and SPOILERS:
I’m still trying to understand why I even bothered watching this film. My dad rented it and that is the only excuse as to why it was in the house. Personally I would never willingly support this film under any circumstance. Bill Bellamy was a terrible VJ on MTV and he is a worse actor in my book. You know that this will be a bad film when the video box says, “See the film that DJ’s around the country are calling the funniest comedy of the summer” and then list 16 stations and cities that no one cares about!! Why is it that there have to be films that WANT to separate the audience appeal?? An all black cast with wannabe humor that typecastes the film into that “wannabe-a-real-cool-comedy-but-lacks-any-integrity-genre?!!!

CEPHAS’ RATING:
BURN THIS FILM!!!!! In fact, rent every copy of this film that your favorites video store has then destroy each copy and call it an Act Of God. It will be for the benefit of all mankind. Just think of all the souls you will have saved.