How to Be a Player

Drayton Jackson is a young man who juggles relationships with many women while keeping his girlfriend Lisa unaware. His sister Jenny, with help from her friend Katrina, decides to expose his behavior by arranging a party in Malibu and inviting all of the women he has been seeing. The two women plan to bring his various romantic entanglements together in one place, forcing Dray to face the consequences of his double life. Bill Bellamy leads the cast as Dray, with Lark Voorhies as Lisa, Mari Morrow as Katrina, Amber Smith as Amber, Natashia Williams as Pink Bikini Girl, and Bernie Mac as Buster.

How to Be a Player was released in 1997 and runs 93 minutes. It is a comedy with romantic elements, produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures, Island Pictures, and Outlaw Productions, and written by Mark Brown and Demetria Johnson. Lionel C. Martin directed it as the first of the two films he has directed to date, followed by Longshot in 2001. The film took in about 14 million dollars worldwide.

Reception was mixed. Film critics gave it 3.2 out of 10 across 14 reviews, which sits below the audience score of 5.3 on IMDb from around 9,500 votes and 5.7 on TMDB from roughly 50 votes.