- 7
...Mr. Rock has not only done his best work as a director and screenwriter but has also made an unusually insightful and funny mainstream American movie about the predicaments of modern marriage.
—A. O. Scott New York Times
- 7
At its worst, I Think I Love My Wife is an uneven comedy with an identity crisis. At its best, it's reminiscent of vintage Woody Allen, and it provides hope that Chris Rock the movie guy will one day be as entertaining as Chris Rock the comic.
—Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times
- 6
...often amusing, occasionally touching...
—Leah Rozen People
- 6
...less interesting, and less successful, as a remake of a much-bruited '70s art film than it is as a compendium of Rockian observations on the current state of the African-American bourgeoisie.
—Glenn Kenny Premiere
- 6
...stays faithful to the spirit of Rohmer's original, grappling honestly with the uncertainties of settling down and the temptations that lurk outside even the most stable marriages.
—Scott Tobias Onion AV Club
- 6
...the results fall short of the grown-up comedy about seven-year itches it could've been...
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 5
Rock wanted to capture the magic of a 40-year-old French movie. Instead, what he snared is the staleness of 40-year-old French bread.
—Pam Grady Reel
- 5
...a big improvement on the last two films he wrote and starred in. Here's hoping the talented Mr. Rock nails it next time.
—Pete Hammond Maxim
- 5
Rock capably directs a screenplay graced with one or two chuckles ("You stare at a soccer mom too long and they'll post your name on the Internet") and soured by a whole lot of misogyny.
—Nathan Lee LA Weekly
- 5
...comes to feel like a vehicle designed to let Rock first vent about balls-and-chains and their slutty, harpy inverses, and then be absolved of such nasty attitudes by an unearned Hollywood ending which proves that marital lovemaking and bliss can be yours if you nag enough, refuse to ravage gorgeous women in stilettos, and avoid changing anything about your egocentric self.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
- 5
...has taken Rohmer's marvelously probing, psychologically refined, exquisitely yakky, and deeply French movie and turned it into a coarse-talking, race-conscious, tonally challenged life-crisis comedy.
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
- 5
Rock capably directs a screenplay graced with one or two chuckles ("You stare at a soccer mom too long and they'll post your name on the Internet") and soured by a whole lot of misogyny.
—Nathan Lee Village Voice
- 5
The whole scenario feels dated, and not simply because it's a remake of a 35-year-old French movie.
—Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times
- 5
...a middling romantic comedy...
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
- 4
...a perfectly good idea gone terribly wrong.
—Ken Fox TV Guide
- 4
Profanity and obviousness are no substitute for the wit and subtle insights of the original film.
—M.K. Terrell Christian Science Monitor
- 3
...screamingly unfunny...
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
- 2
...an excruciating dud...
—Sean O'Connell filmcritic.com