Two Can Play That Game Page #6

Synopsis: When it comes to matters of the heart, keeping her man happy and committed is all in a day's work for Shanté Smith. Shanté is so adept at navigating the waters of romance that her best girlfriends Diedre, Karen and Tracye depend on her for advice whenever "man trouble" clouds the horizon. But when Shanté's boyfriend Keith is caught red-handed stepping out with a co-worker, Shanté institutes her "Ten Day Plan" to get her man in line. Whether its sexy lingerie or good home cooking, Shanté has an arsenal of weapons designed to bring a man to his knees...and back to her. She's not above playing the damsel in distress or using the ever-reliable local grapevine to get Keith's attention. It's all good, because getting her man back - by any means necessary - is all that matters. Unfortunately the happy ending that Shanté expects goes sideways when Keith begins following the advice of his buddy Tony, who brings a player's perspective to the games girls play. In this comedic battle of the sexes,
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Mark Brown
Production: Screen Gems
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2001
90 min
$22,012,529
Website
1,980 Views


your stuff together.

So on day seven there are

a few things you must do.

Pay a visit

to Victoria's Secret.

Get your nails and hair done.

Take a long, hot bubble bath.

Pull out that dress that hugs

and accentuates your curves.

All women are beautiful

and have something that works.

Oh, and don't forget about these.

There'll be no pantylines tonight.

After you've applied your makeup,

then you do the unthinkable:

You take an unannounced trip

to your man's house.

Without trust you don't

have anything.

Your objective is

to get in the house.

Make up some excuse to bait him.

Keith.

Hey.

Here's the rest of your stuff.

I've had it in my car

and wanted to drop it off.

I'm sorry it's so late.

I just needed some closure.

Yeah, um...

Wanna come in so we can talk?

That's not a good idea.

I won't hurt you.

I mean, just a second.

I'm gonna go.

Shant.

Just for a second, all right?

Just... Please.

Got him.

Before you know it,

you'll be with him on the couch.

Allow him to caress your soft body

and kiss you.

Do not resist when his strong hands

grab your ample behind

and squeeze tight.

Anything to get him where

he has to have you.

Then make up an excuse and leave.

I gotta go.

No, no, no.

Really. I gotta go. I gotta go.

No. Hell, no.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lead

you on. I'm not ready for this.

Shant! Shant!

Oh, sh*t.

And that's day seven.

You've turned the tables.

Never let a woman come over

your house unannounced, dog.

And if you not sure you'll hit it,

don't start nothing.

Everybody know that if a woman

let you hit it, and you hit it,

you got the power.

Mm-hm.

But if you start, and she says no,

then she got the power.

Power.

Power? It's about power?

You set us back.

She flipped the script.

I don't care about this

"flipping the script."

I'll call her, have a conversation,

start making up.

No, no, no, dog.

You can't call her.

This is getting personal now.

She beginning to piss me off.

Piss you off?

This is not about a mental game

between you and her.

It's about my relationship,

my life.

Will you stop thinking

about yourself for once?

You think this is about you.

It's not?

Oh, no, this stopped being

about you a long time ago.

You're doing this for all men

in the country.

You're doing this for men

around the world.

Around the world?

Oh, yeah.

You tripping.

Bro,

if you fail now,

every woman will think

they can pull this trick.

You know how women talk.

How?

Women are gonna be pulling

these head trips.

We'll be the ones cooking dinner.

We'll be the ones changing

the diapers, washing the dishes.

You know what they'll do?

Sit on our couch watching football.

That's what's gonna happen.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

This is much bigger than you.

Way bigger than you.

You make it sound like women

are like the CIA.

That's funny, though.

Funny.

The CIA

ain't got sh*t on a woman

with a plan. Remember that.

A turning point was actually

on day seven.

I went over to his house,

turned him on, then left.

Left him in the bed

with a hard-on.

You left your man with a hard-on?

Dick was hard as a rock. Just, phoo.

Poing!

Damn, I don't know

if I could've did that.

See, I love dick far too much

to let a hard one go to waste.

See, you don't do it all the time.

I have a policy.

As many times as he can get it up,

you get it back down.

Girl, can I keep it real?

Teach.

But there is a "but."

When your man's been bad,

you give him two options.

Blue balls or choke that chicken.

She know. She know.

Crab cakes were a hit.

Crab cakes were, weren't they?

I gotta say this.

Hold up.

Showing up unannounced is a risk.

True.

What if his boys were there?

Or another girl?

You want me to handle it?

Come on,

Shant, Jr.

All right.

You must know your man's cycle.

All men have a sex cycle.

Most men need to have sex

at least once every seven days.

What man she f***ing?

My man is two, three, four times a day.

So if his boys are over there

and you looking fine,

he'll tell them to leave

because he'll wanna get busy.

But you've got to get him

the day before

he thinks about another girl.

And if he's a good man, hello,

he'll wait a week

before seeing somebody else.

Right?

Right.

How did I do?

My car. I gotta run a few errands

before work.

See you later.

Call me.

A week?

- What kind...

I'm talking about

maybe a day or two.

Your man is weak. He's a punk.

On day eight, stock up on groceries.

Pick out a bottle of wine.

Once you make up with your man,

you may be inside for a few days.

Listen up, everyone.

New development.

Our competitor is launching

new events for their clients.

Last Wednesday they had a hump day

for Coca-Cola.

This weekend, a pool party

for Miller Genuine Draft.

Normally I don't impose

weekend work,

but I think this is an exception.

Don't you?

Yes! This is the break

that we needed.

Conny invited you

as her escort, right?

Go.

No.

No, go.

This will be your chance to shine,

your chance to emerge

as the true player you really are.

No, I don't like playing

games, man. I don't...

Hey, bro.

Can I ask you something?

Has Shant even called you today?

No.

Has she even thought to say,

"Just calling to see if you alive."

No.

You think she's moping

after she walked out on you?

What are you waiting for?

I don't know.

Pick up this phone, call Conny.

Call her. Tell her you wanna go

to that party.

Because Shant, she half-stepping.

And you got other options.

It's time for a man to do

what a man's got to do.

Stop pining over this woman.

Show her who's the man!

Show her who's wearing

the big drawers.

You right. I've been pining

over her for too long.

Way too long.

I need get back to being the player.

Play on.

I need to break out my old mack moves

and show her who she dealing with.

Time to show her

who wears the drawers.

Oh, suki-suki now. Call her.

What? What?

This is Lala. We're partying

at the Miller Draft extravaganza.

How you ladies doing?

Hey! Oh, my God,

this is so nice.

Thanks for inviting us.

Looks like it may be worth my while.

Please be on your best behavior.

My boss is here.

We won't embarrass you.

I didn't mean that. This is work.

Gotta check out the competition.

Let's get some drinks.

Free drinks.

Come on. Uh-huh.

That's right, y'all.

Here we go now.

This extravaganza thing

is quite a success.

It's not a bad tool.

We should've thought of it.

Meet the representative

of the man who did.

Miss Spalding,

how are you?

Bill Parker.

How are you?

Hi, Shant.

Tell Jim I send my congratulations

on this success.

Will do.

Oh, no, he didn't.

He didn't just walk in and act

like he doesn't know me.

This is wrong. On day nine,

you're supposed to be kicking back,

waiting for him to beg

for forgiveness.

I didn't know you knew Conny Spalding.

She's lovely.

She reminds me of you.

She does. Bill, could you

excuse me for a second?

Sure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Enjoy.

So can't speak?

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