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Someone Like You (2001)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 65

A light and predictable, if somewhat shallow, romantic comedy that's easy to sit through because of the charming leads.

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 19

A light and predictable, if somewhat shallow, romantic comedy that's easy to sit through because of the charming leads.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 39,890

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Movie Info

Based on Laura Zigman's 1998 novel Animal Husbandry, this romantic comedy centers on Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd), a talk-show producer who finds herself suddenly abandoned by her boyfriend (Greg Kinnear). After this untimely breakup, Jane begins to develop a thesis that male behavior is directly related to that of wildlife, with similar patterns existing in both. She studies the tendency for animals to be noncommittal and compares men to bulls, dogs, and other creatures. To prove her theories,

PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.

Comedy, Romance

Elizabeth Chandler

Sep 18, 2001

$26.7M

20th Century Fox

Cast

All Critics (115) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (65) | DVD (17)

A little lifeless.

March 30, 2001 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
USA Today
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A romantic comedy with insights into sex and relationships that are old and obvious.

March 30, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Has real spirit to it.

March 30, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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Refreshingly funny.

March 30, 2001 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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All over the place, and seems to have been made by embittered married people.

March 30, 2001 Full Review Source: Newsday | Comment
Newsday
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Elizabeth Chandler's script has, by my count, exactly one sort-of-funny line and not a single scene whose comic possibilities are successfully exploited.

March 30, 2001 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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So-so romantic comedy for teens.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

It's neither clever nor that funny, the starry cast is underused, and the potential for a much wittier script never fulfilled.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

While Judd and Kinnear are both quite good, it's Jackman that completely steals the show.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Desde o início da história fica óbvio, para o espectador, quem são as duas pessoas que dividirão o inevitável beijo final - e não há surpresa alguma neste aspecto. Infelizmente, o roteiro não se preocupa em explicar porque isso acontece.

May 24, 2003 Comment
Cinema em Cena

It's cheap and it's lowdown, and to those responsible for this exercise in devolution: Honestly, I'm not sure I want to know someone like you.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

'Nothing that you haven't wept or winced through during primetime TV but saved from the truly awful thanks to the performances of Judd and Jackman.'

January 23, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | Comment

A movie that seems the essence of a trivial romantic comedy for its first half, then grows up and gets serious about life.

October 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | Comment
Cincinnati Enquirer

Displaying the same powerful charisma that won him rave reviews as Wolverine in X-Men, Jackman simply ignites the screen in all his scenes.

August 2, 2002 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Movies like this soar or sink on the strength of their central couple, and the intoxicating combination of Judd and Jackman makes "Someone" well worth watching.

June 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

Visualmente no tiene mucho que ofrecernos y si vamos con la esperanza de ver una realización excelente, olvídenlo.

June 3, 2002 Comment
Cinenganos
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Audience Reviews for Someone Like You

The story about the one that got away and the one she never saw coming.Fun good movie about adult relationships that easy come by and easy go. You could learn a few things about this movie and apply them to your life, the most logic things in life are probably the one's you should take advantage of. It was very nice

October 27, 2008
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Manu Gino

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This romantic "cheesy" comedy stars Ashley Judd as Jane Goodale, a talent booker for TV talk show host Diane Roberts (Ellen Barkin). Jane is a woman who is in and out of relationships and not very happy about it,this wacky story makes you not take anything too seriously.

March 26, 2008
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