Someone Like You
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Movie Reviews of Someone Like You
Movie Review: Great Chick Flick
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie all women will appreciate - so typical of men and the games they play.Movie Review: A Clichéd but Pleasing Rom-Com
Summary: 4 Stars
"Someone Like You" is a short and likable romantic comedy based on the novel "Animal Husbandry" by Laura Zigman. In order to make it a more palatable movie, director Tony Goldwyn de-fanged the sharp bite of the book where all men are deemed scum and there is no happy, Hollywood romantic pairing waiting for heroine Jane Goodale (played by Ashley Judd on screen). But to the benefit of the film, toning down the book's bile makes Jane less an unlikable, dithering neurotic and more of a likable kook.Ashley Judd does an excellent job with the script by combining emotional vulnerability and a solid comedic presence. She is at all times cute and adorable without sending a viewer into sugar shock. Hugh Jackman, in his first post-X-men role, brings a certain roguish charm and charisma to the chain-smoking and chain-f***ing Eddie. Besides her co-worker and roommate, Eddie is also Jane Goodale's living, breathing proof of her wacky theory that men are neophiliacs, and lose interest in women once they have "been serviced." (She calls this her New Cow theory.).
When Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd are both on screen, the chemistry between them crackle. It adds a depth and nuance to their performances and characters' development. Too bad we are denied the pleasure of seeing them consummate their eventual (and very obvious) romantic pairing.
Greg Kinnear does a good job of combining slimy and sincere as the man who breaks Jane's heart, and starts her spiraling toward her New Cow theory. Marisa Tomei steals every scene she is in as Jane's enabler, best buddy, and fellow soldier in the romantic war. Marisa's chain-smoking Liz makes one wish that the movie was from her point of view, and that we could have watched cynical Liz trade verbal jabs and longing looks with Jackman's equally cynical Eddie.
The subplot concerning Alice's, Jane's sister, infertility troubles doesn't add much to the plot of the movie except to show at least one man (Stephen, played by Peter Friedman) in a steady and monogamous relationship. Catherine Dent, who plays Danni in the F/X drama The Shield and Jane's sister, has the best line in the movie: "If you can't stick [that needle] in a Valencia, how are you going to stick in my ass?"
"Someone Like You" isn't as forgettable as the lame title suggests, because of top notch performances of its stars and some memorable lines. You want fall off your seat laughing, but you will find yourself with at least a pleasing smile on your face. A word to the wise, stop the movie 5 minutes before it is scheduled to end and you'll enjoy it even more.
Movie Review: someone that is exactlly like you!
Summary: 4 Stars
well, I can start it off and say "this aint the best movie I've ever seen". it doesnt have this remarkable plot, nor this remarkable choose of cast. it didnt made me laugh at all. well, maybe just one time.so here I go and give this movie four stars. lets make it clear: I know that this scale is from 1 to 5, with 5 stars being the best. yeh, I still give it a 4, and not despite of what I said, but in spite.
every 5 minutes the main character, played by ashley judd changes her perspective about life, men and whatnot. she even comes up with that theory, bonding men and cows into one strange web. strange huh?. "she's gone wayyyyy out far with that one" some will say, and I'll have to partly agree with it.
but come to think about our normal lives, we all do it, especially with our love lives!. we always try to rationalize everything in life, and give explains to everything, and truth is, sometimes you just gotta play this game, without asking yourself "why am I doing this, or that", and just enjoy yourself.
thats the whole essence of that movie! thats why its not extremely catchy, sticky and everything. it avoids from being pretentious, or delivering this never-been-seen-before plot. thats your avarage life, right there!!. it convies you with a sweet feeling in the end, which being passed throughout bitterness, sharpness and with just a bit of sticky sweet love. just like in real life, where buying a guitar for some girl wont make it up to the fact that you've been paid for asking her to the prom. those stories do accour in life.
Movie Review: that someone you've been waiting for
Summary: 4 Stars
well, I can start it off and say "this aint the best movie I've ever seen". it doesnt have this remarkable plot, nor this remarkable choose of cast. it didnt made me laugh at all. well, maybe just one time.so here I go and give this movie four stars. lets make it clear: I know that this scale is from 1 to 5, with 5 stars being the best. yeh, I still give it a 4, and not despite of what I said, but in spite.
every 5 minutes the main character, played by ashley judd changes her perspective about life, men and whatnot. she even comes up with that theory, bonding men and cows into one strange web. strange huh?. "she's gone wayyyyy out far with that one" some will say, and I'll have to partly agree with it.
but come to think about our normal lives, we all do it, especially with our love lives!. we always try to rationalize everything in life, and give explains to everything, and truth is, sometimes you just gotta play this game, without asking yourself "why am I doing this, or that", and just enjoy yourself.
thats the whole essence of that movie! thats why its not extremely catchy, sticky and everything. it avoids from being pretentious, or delivering this never-been-seen-before plot. thats your avarage life, right there!!. it convies you with a sweet feeling in the end, which being passed throughout bitterness, sharpness and with just a bit of sticky sweet love. just like in real life, where buying a guitar for some girl wont make it up to the fact that you've been paid for asking her to the prom. those stories do accour in life.
Movie Review: I cannot help it, I like this movie...I'm sorry
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie has kind of grown on me. I initially did not like this movie very much because I was put off by Hugh Jackman's character, though, I like the actor a lot. Outwardly he portrays a sort of "man whore". But the more that I have seen this movie, the more that I have "gotten" the humor, the meaning, and the sincerity of Ashley Judd's performance specifically. Ashley Judd really knows how to cry! There are some classic scenes with Judd expressing her hurt and anger from her last boyfriend (Greg Kinear). These expressions include men bashing, missing his scent, getting obsessive about the way males think, and wanting just to be loved "truly" by a man. Ashley Judd really knows how to express herself well and her reactions are both priceless and precious!
The moral is good, I believe, but I do have to agree with some of the other reviewers that her relationship with Hugh Jackman is not developed as it should be. You get a sense of how it is suppose to be, but find it a bit unrealistic to "all of a sudden" figure out who she really loves. I say, "watch it" and you will be able to relate to Ashley Judd's performance because she seems so real despite her "out of the blue" moment.