“I Think I Love My Wife” — Chris Rock says his latest film is a more accurate reflection of who he is. It’s more realistic, more introspective, more subdued.

As director, co-writer and star, he’s drawn his inspiration from French director Eric Rohmer’s 1972 film “Chloe in the Afternoon,” which is unexpected in itself. So you have to at least appreciate that the Brooklyn-born comic is trying to do something different. Trouble is: His movie isn’t all that funny even when it’s aiming to be. Directing for just the second time (following 2003’s “Head of State”), Rock is still too stiff and clunky as a filmmaker. Writing alongside longtime friend and fellow comedian Louis C.K., he definitely has something to say about marriage, race and the black upper-middle class, he just doesn’t say it with much finesse. He relies too heavily on voiceover (which is more effective in his TV series “Everybody Hates Chris”) and his script feels too contrived. Rock stars as a New York investment banker, married with two kids, who’s bored with the routine of his suburban life. The sexy ex of an old friend (Kerry Washington as a va-va-va-voomy femme fatale) reappears in his life and tempts him to stray. R for pervasive language and some sexual content. 94 min. HH

“Premonition” — Someone connected with this psychological thriller should have been clairvoyant enough to realize that when you don’t have a good finale, it doesn’t pay to substitute two bad endings. Sandra Bullock stars as a woman living the days of a tragic week out of order, whose husband is killed in a car wreck one day but turns up alive the next, then dead again the day after that. The movie plays out too tranquilly in the early going to build much suspense, and it teases viewers with the promise of great twists or revelations, making the unsatisfying conclusion and epilogue all the more annoying. Director Mennan Yapo and screenwriter Bill Kelly take cheap license with the story’s internal logic, simply ignoring the chronology of events at times if it does not fit their aims. Julian McMahon, Kate Nelligan, Nia Long and Peter Stormare co-star. PG-13 for some violent content, disturbing images, thematic material and brief language. 97 min. HH