All over the place, and seems to have been made by embittered married people.
Someone Like You (2001)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:43
Rotten:63
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: A light and predictable, if somewhat shallow, romantic comedy that's easy to sit through because of the charming leads.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content including dialogue, and for some language
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $26,714,909
Synopsis: After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear), who is emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their... After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear), who is emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their blissful courtship, he asks her to move in with him, and they start looking at apartments. But little by little Ray starts to pull away, until Jane realizes that once again she's been dumped. Jane's womanizing coworker, Eddie, just happens to be looking for a roommate, and Jane reluctantly moves in. Desperate to understand what happened, Jane comes up with a theory of interpreting male-female relations by observing the behaviors of wild animals. She shares this idea with a friend who works at a men's magazine (Marisa Tomei) and is given an anonymous editorial column devoted solely to her thoughts on the matter. But no one could have predicted the chord she'd strike among women with her theory, and the column's wild success makes Jane start to question her conclusions--and opens her eyes to what might be right in front of her. Adapted from the novel ANIMAL HUSBANDRY by Laura Zigman, SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a bittersweet, funny romantic comedy, and handsome, charming Hugh Jackman shines as Jane's serial-dating coworker. [More]
Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Barkin
Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Barkin, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Dent
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Chandler
Producer: Lynda Obst
Composer: Rolfe Kent
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Reviews for Someone Like You
It's hard to decide which is less credible, Ashley Judd as inconsolable dumpee or Jane Goodale as cult phenomenon.
So witless, sit-com shallow and bad in every way that it's just not worthy of much discussion.
Someone Like You could probably be charitably characterized as 'cute,' but there's such a lack of direction and energy that it could also be described as 'sleep inducing.'
The people that populate this picture are refreshingly genuine and multifaceted, with understandable motives and tangible feelings.
This may be a 'chick flick' or, I suppose, a 'cow flick.' But I'd like to know what 'bull' can resist that.
A relaxed and sassy romantic comedy ripe with tart observations on sexual politics.
Trading the much better title of its book source "Animal Husbandry" for a song title "Someone Like You" sums up the unoriginality at work in this film.
Strong familiarity does not breed contempt, and that’s all due to two pairs of words: Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman.
Hollywood needs to realize that it’s not the '40s anymore; women don’t need a man to be happy.
That Jane will see the flaws of her theory is a given, but it's an intriguing, if uneven, journey of discovery.
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