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Taking its cues from David Memet’s provocative play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, About Last Night is a remake of a 1986 Edward Zwick film. Being the latest romantic comedy claiming to take a deeper looks at the age-old subjects of love, sex and relationships, it holds just enough charm and humour to make it an admirable addition to cinema-cheese.

Set on the sunny-streets of L.A, the film follows two best friends; businessman Danny (Ealy) and his motor-mouth best friend, Bernie (Hart). Like many other men their age, the duo’s measure of success lays in how many women they hook up with and they naturally have no interest in looking for or finding ‘the one’.

However, things soon change for them both when Bernie meets the sexy and equally feisty, Joan (Hall), while his best-bud strikes up an immediate connection with Joan’s beautiful roommate, Debbie (Bryant).

Time passes by and each couple have shared a fair amount of ups and downs in their respective relationships; Bernie and Joan’s hot-headed union is on rocky grounds, while Danny and Debbie –  who have moved from a one-night stand status to a full-blown live-in relationship – are questioning whether their relationship will weather the storm of uncertainty and returning exes.

The cast is well-fitted to this type of comedy and, thanks to their on-screen presence, they manage to convey their day-to-day hardships in a way the audiences can easily relate to. Vibrant and infectious, Hart – recently seen alongside Ice Cube in the buddy-cop comedy, Ride Along – puts his over-the-top energy to good use, whilst the dynamics shared with Hall is the movie’s key draw. Meanwhile, Ealy’s and Bryant’s more sedate alliance – told through a gushy, overly-sentimental eye for romance – is satisfying as the meat of the plot, but not as exciting.

Directed by Hot Tub Machine’s Steve Pink, the film’s premise is fairly familiar; boy-meets-girl, they share one night of steamy passion, fall in love, move in, before the inevitable question “am I ready for this?” reels its ugly head. However, despite its somewhat conventional and unsurprising setup, the script – written by Bachelorette’s Leslye Headland – keeps things relatively light, humorous and, at times, even emotionally stirring.

About Last Night manages to put its own spin of realism and good-natured humour on the forever-entertaining, battle-of-the-sexes; forgettable yet extremely engaging, the dialogue, along with the cast’s biting chemistry could easily set this as the best date-movie of the year, thus far.