How To Be Single (2016)
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Critic Consensus: How to Be Single boasts the rough outline of a feminist rom-com, but too willingly indulges in the genre conventions it wants to subvert.
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Cast
as Alice
as Robin
as Meg
as Tom
as David
as Lucy
as Josh
as George
as Ken
as Paul
as Robin's Date
as Robin's Date
as Michelle
as David's Wife
as Phoebe
as Lucy's Date
as Woman Giving Birth
as Josh's Mom
as Josh's Dad
as Bachelorette Brittany
as Bachelorette Tiffany
as Kati
as Alice's Boss
as Co-Worker Stan
as Co-Worker Law Office
as Cafe Waiter
as Cafe Waiter
as Real Estate Broker
as Cute Guy In Café
as Cute Guy In Café
as Sign In Lady
as Kid
as Little Girl
as Nurse
as Postpartum Patient
as Baby Store Customer
as Cashier - Baby Store
as Makeup Sales Lady
as Girl Next Door
as Guy in Underwear
as Cabbie
as Pregnant Bridget
as Roof Party Guest
as Law Party Guest
as Banker
as Bill
as Banker
as Banker
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Critic Reviews for How To Be Single
All Critics (149) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (80) | DVD (1)
How to Be Single is over a half hour before it's over.
A horrifically bad romantic comedy that serves as a celebration of entitlement, consumerism, and shallow behavior.
This concept of single still assumes that a woman must have a man, that a girl's only choice is between one boyfriend or 20.
Nothing here will blow you away -- think of this one as taking baby steps away from what's formulaic.
It's chickbait for Valentine's weekend, a fluffball that plays like warmed-over subplots from Sex and the City.
It ... exists in a candy-coated New York where everyone has infinite money, exactly six nonwhite people ever speak and Christmas is always gently covered with pristine, powdery snow.
Audience Reviews for How To Be Single
A kind of clever and poignant film about relationships, How to Be Single is an entertaining rom-com. After Alice breaks up with her long-time boyfriend she befriends a co-worker who helps her navigate the single scene in New York City; meanwhile, her sister faces her own relationship issues when a casual hook up turns into something more. Starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, and Leslie Mann, the casting is pretty good (through Wilson is rather annoying; playing her typical load mouth character). And, the film has some interesting things to say about dating, and the societal expectations that come with it. However, it can be a bit clichéd at times and the jokes are hit and miss. How to Be Single has some problems, but there's a sincerity to it and it deliver a lot of laughs.
Super Reviewer
Not perfect, but enjoyable chick flick.
Super Reviewer
Dakota Johnson's flat everygirl quality is actually quite perfect for Alice, a twenty-something trying to find herself in the aftermath of a codependent relationship. There is the requisite misguided ex-sex and no-strings-attached friend-sex of a standard romcom, but there's also genuine friendship between the age-diverse women and a good balance of raunchy girl-bonding comedy (courtesy of reliable hot mess Rebel Wilson) and complex emotion from the parade of interesting new suitors. The ending also delivers well on the premise of the title - no more, no less.
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