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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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All over the place, and seems to have been made by embittered married people.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
03/30/01
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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If you're up for a light romantic-comedy, you'll have a fine time.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
03/27/01
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

It's hard to decide which is less credible, Ashley Judd as inconsolable dumpee or Jane Goodale as cult phenomenon.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
03/30/01
Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

So witless, sit-com shallow and bad in every way that it's just not worthy of much discussion.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/29/01
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A particularly shallow dissection of single-woman blues.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/27/01
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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The quickening pulse is the very real performance of Ashley Judd

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
03/29/01
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

An original take on the quirks of relationships.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
03/29/01
Bob Aulert
Bob Aulert
culturevulture.net

Has real spirit to it.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
03/30/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

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.'

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
03/27/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The people that populate this picture are refreshingly genuine and multifaceted, with understandable motives and tangible feelings.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
03/29/01
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

This may be a 'chick flick' or, I suppose, a 'cow flick.' But I'd like to know what 'bull' can resist that.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
03/29/01
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

A very appealing film.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/30/01
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

A relaxed and sassy romantic comedy ripe with tart observations on sexual politics.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/30/01
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

...a pathetic mess...

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
09/27/01
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
03/18/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Strong familiarity does not breed contempt, and that’s all due to two pairs of words: Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
05/03/01
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Hollywood needs to realize that it’s not the '40s anymore; women don’t need a man to be happy.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
02/26/02
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

A pretty lame premise.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/30/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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That Jane will see the flaws of her theory is a given, but it's an intriguing, if uneven, journey of discovery.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
05/23/01
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

Bland, predictable, sitcom-esque.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/30/01
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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