

When it comes to getting dumped... he wrote the book.
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.
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Spare, effortless, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Jamie FoxxQuincy Watson
- Morris ChestnutEvan
- Gabrielle UnionNikki
- Peter MacNicolPhilip Gascon
- Jennifer EspositoRita Monroe
- Bianca LawsonHelen Sharp
- Jill RitchieAmy
- Heather HeadleySelf (Singer)
- Octavia SpencerStylist
- Danny ComdenSam
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- Daniel TaplitzDirector
- Daniel TaplitzWriter
- David HenningsDirector of Photography
- Marcus MillerOriginal Music Composer
- Robert FrazenEditor
- Lisa TornellProducer
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