When a quartet of women get their mitts on comedian-turned-author Steve Harvey’s best-seller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, they set out to put the book’s man-wrangling rules to practice in their respective relationships. Mya (Good) forces her new player beau (Malco) to wait for intimacy; Kristen (Union) makes her manchild boyfriend (Entourage’s Ferrara) get his act together; Candace (Hall) tries to wrest Michael (Jenkins) from his mother’s clutches; and Lauren (Henson) attempts to pressure her dude (Ealy) into a higher tax bracket. Don’t reach for the sick bag yet. These men eventually realise that they’re being manipulated, so they game the ladies right back – which naturally blows up in their faces. This mega-rom-com may feature a minor-celeb-studded ensemble cast, but there’s no mistaking its true star: Harvey’s real-life 2009 dating-advice tome. But for what essentially amounts to a feature length advertisement, Think Like a Man is surprisingly entertaining, thanks to the cast’s collective chemistry and the film’s balance of appealing elements for both sides of the gender divide. In the midst of all the candlelit dinners and happy endings, you almost miss the fact that the Gospel of Harvey offers a depressingly businesslike view of love. It’s fitting; at heart this movie is all about transactions, both romantic and commercial. Jenna Scherer