This remake of Eric Rohmer’s Chloe in the Afternoon is an ambitious project for talented writer-director-star Chris Rock, but it never lives up to his lofty intentions. By focusing exclusively on the good husband and father (Rock) who is nonetheless considering embarking on an affair, the movie reduces its feminine characters – including the shrewish wife (Gina Torres) and predatory potential girlfriend (Kerry Washington) – to unsophisticated symbols. Woody Allen would be proud, but Rock is capable of more.
