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CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Isaac5855 DISAPPEARING ACTS is the 2000 HBO TV movie, based on the novel by Terry McMillan (WAITING TO EXHALE)that examines the relationship that develops between an uneducated and unemployed contractor (Wesley Snipes) and a music teacher/aspiring song writer (Sanaa Lathan) becomes extremely complicated when he gets her pregnant but is unable to support her. Sadly, this movie is an excruciatingly real look at relationships between black couples in society today (and before anyone calls me a bigot, I am black)...two people drawn together by sexual heat and think that this enough to keep them together until the realities of a relationship begin to rear their ugly heads, such as the the woman becoming primary bread winner and supporting both her and her man, but not wanting to give up the sex either. Not to mention the fact that these people are from two completely different worlds...Lathan's circle of friends are all intelligent folk with jobs who feel Lathan is being dragged down by a relationship whose only glue is sex. What happens between Snipes' Franklin and Lathan's Zora is not pretty, but it is undeniably real. It should also be mentioned that one unique aspect of McMillan's novel is that it is written in first person from Franklin and Zora's alternating points of view...one chapter is written by Franklin and the next by Zora, throughout the novel and this fresh perspective of looking at what happens to these people from both sides is lost in the film; however, Snipes and Lathan have never been sexier on screen and it is their chemistry that makes this movie watchable, even if you do end up taking sides, and, trust, you will end up taking sides.

amanipn This is a movie bout the very worst side of relationships, made even worse by the characters 'black power' attitudes, suggesting this is the way all relationships between African-American couples work. I could never understand why the smart, sassy Zora would even be attracted to a selfish, insolent child-man like Franklin. It almost seems like the filmmakers are trying to make a comment, and the comment is that young, black women are so desperate to have a boyfriend that they'll put up with just about anything, just so long as they're tossed the oft-abused and misused words "I Love You". On top of all this is the casting of beautiful, charming Sanaa Lathan as Zora and, well, let's just say the aesthetically-lacking Wesley Snipes. Their mismatched casting just makes Zora's decision seem even more desperate. Skip this one.

IrockGswift This movie was good but Zora and Frankin should have been more supportive towards each other. At first Franklin helps her move, the next minute they having sex up against the refrigerator. Then Frankin finally tells her that he's still married and has two kids. Which doesn't matter to Zora because she claims she still loves him. Till things started getting rough for Zora and Frankin. Zora had a baby on the way with her music career on the line and Franklin is now unemployed. The situation left Zora vulnerable and learning Franklin is becoming irresponsible all she had to ride on was her music career. To which it didn't fall through. Zora started to realize that Franklin was becoming a burden and told him to leave. In the beginning Franklin told her that work for him wasn't steady and he had few opportunities because he never finished school. Although he landed a union job and took the risk of losing it because of alcohol drinking. But when he did landed the job he wanted a little affection,and she was at the time thinking about herself. Both of them didn't support each other's interest,and that's what caused them to fall short of their dreams. They never really got to know each other. They only grew infatuated with how great they made each other felt in bed. Neither of them discuss their future together and their plans for the baby. But at the end of the movie Franklin shows up at Zora's door to see the baby. She seems reluctant to let him in,though she did and they told each other that they finally reached their goals. As Franklin was leaving she invites him back. Truly a happy ending,but this is an example of becoming lovers before anything else.

johnny-143 At last, Wesley snipes starts to fulfil the promise he showed us in The Waterdance. It seems like he stopped acting for a while to become an action star, and here he proudly reclaims his ground as one of the finest actors on screen today. Sanaa Lathan is great as well, in a lovely small story of a relationship. That's all it is, and yet it holds and moves. The supporting actors are all great too- I particularly liked Regina Hall. The music is terrific- did she sing it herself? and the direction and script are all top-notch. Well done!