Jerry Ferrara, Gary Owens, Terrece Jenkins, Micheal Ealy and Romany Malco in a scene from “Think Like a Man.” (Courtesy of Screen Gems)

There is a certain set of conventions that surround typical “date-night” movies. Standard practice consists of a female lead with a busy job and “just no time for love” who ends up falling for the guy who brings out the best in her. We’ve all seen this story over and over again.

Someone must have forget to pass along this rubric to the makers of “Think Like a Man,” a hysterical date-night movie that breaks the traditional molds of rom-com storytelling.

Based on Steve Harvey’s best-selling self-help book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,” the heavy casted movie tells vignette like stories of two groups of friends and the ups and downs of each other’s personal relationships.

To say that this movie is heavy-casted is almost an understatement. Director Tim Story has a practical army on his hands in terms of on-screen talents. However, unlike “New Years Eve” and “Valentine’s Day,” two other movies that rely on a huge cast, “Think Like a Man” seem genuine with every step it takes.

Supreme actors like Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart and Micheal Ealy stand out in a star-studded ensemble.

Even though the cast is large, it is necessary to tell the multiple story lines woven throughout “Think Like a Man.”

Screenplay writers Keith Merryman and David Newman web together a series of small love stories that, of course, tie together perfectly when the end- credits begin to roll.

Almost every relationship issue one can fathom is present in “Think Like a Man.”

The movie introduces us to story lines that deal with gender in the workplace, an action-figured obsessed boyfriend and a single mother who doesn’t know what time is the right time to introduce her son to her boyfriend.

While most of the story is driven by minute conflict and some major overreacting, “Think Like a Man,” realizes that is primary purpose is to make people laugh.

Generating most of the punch lines is Kevin Hart. In the movie, Hart plays Cedric, a recently divorced man who is in no way looking to get back in a serious relationship.

Hart is a virtual scene-stealer in “Think Like a Man.” Whether it be him showing up on other couple’s dates or taunting Lisa Leslie during a pick-up game of basketball, Hart deliver one-liners that are certain to leave his audience in stitches.

A surprisingly good performance comes from relative unknown actress, Meagan Good.

Good, a season television actress plays Mya.

Mya has a problem trusting men and adopts a 90-day “no sex” rule after reading Harvey’s book.

This poses as a problem when Mya finds herself dating Romany Malco’s Zeke, a notorious womanizer. As Zeke discovers the book himself and begins to use Mya’s tactics against her, the couple falls deeper in love.

Essentially, the plot of “Think Like a Man” can be summarized by saying that a group of men wise-up and start acting their age after reading a self-help book, but this movie is much more.

By telling the movie’s story from the eye’s of a man, “Think Like a Man” manages to bring a bit of freshness to an already stale genre.

“Think Like a Man” opens in theaters nation wide today.