He's Just Not That Into You, Really, He's Not, Give It Up Already
Written: Feb 15 '09
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Pros: Easy to remember the characters, they don't seem to blend into each other.
Cons: Not as funny as I expected and 2 very annoying characters.
The Bottom Line: Don't expect a laugh-fest, it's not a "light" movie, be prepared to think.
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| pcomsec's Full Review: He's Just Not That Into You |
This review contains spoilers.
I saw this movie expecting it to be a laugh-fest. Not the case. It was much more serious than I expected. Not that that’s a bad thing. But when I go into a movie expecting the aforesaid laugh-fest, and I end up trying to find tissues in my purse and eventually giving up and using a butter-stained napkin, well.....
The movie is set in Baltimore (even though it is not directed by John Waters). However, the only way to tell that it is set in Baltimore is by a few (very few) road signs. One character does end up living on his boat (for a bit) but even then there is really no mention of the Inner Harbor. Surprisingly no one seems to have a "Baltimore" accent.
The movie starts with an explanation as to why women are taught at an early age that they (women) will be treated badly by men throughout life and to expect it and accept it.
There are about 4 different stories going on at one time, although from time to time they intersect with each other.
We first meet Gigi - (Ginnifer Goodwin of "Big Love" - (the first of the 3 Jennifer/Ginnifers in the movie - Goodwin, Connelly and Aniston). She is on a date with Conor (Kevin Connolly of "Entourage"). When he doesn’t call right away (or ever) she semi-stalks him, goes over every detail of their conversation with her girlfriends, sits by the phone. Generally she got on my nerves in the first 10 minutes. Eventually she runs into his friend Alex (Justin Long - the "Mac" guy, and the one who met Drew Barrymore on this movie and dated her for awhile) at the bar where Alex is bartending (although I believe he is the manager of the bar and he is just filling in for the bartender on this night). He sets her straight and gives her "man" advice. I believe he is Greg Behrendt (the guy who wrote the book "He’s Just Not That Into You" and has a small part as a priest at Beth’s sister’s wedding). Because he has all the cynical, straight shooting advice. Which I believe was basically dead on.
Our second meeting is with Anna (Scarlett Johansson, the pigeon-toed actress who recently wed Ryan Reynolds) who "cute-meets" Ben (Bradley Cooper of "The Wedding Crashers") at a quicky mart check out. She wins a silly contest by being the 1,000th customer (and he had let her cut in front of him in line). They stand outside chatting for a bit until he confesses he’s married. But that doesn’t stop her from pursuing him. This annoyed me and she was the second person I didn’t care for in the movie.
Enter Neil (Ben Affleck of well, everyone knows him) who is living with/has been dating Beth (Jennifer Aniston, again no stranger to the tv or movie screen) for 7 years. She finds out that here little sister is getting married which leads to the inevitable argument about them getting married - she wants to, he doesn’t.
Beth, Anna and Janine (Jennifer Connolly of "A Beautiful Mind") all work at an ad agency. Janine is married to Ben (who’s being pursued by Anna).
Ok, Alex ends up befriending Gigi, who, after awhile, mistakenly thinks he has been hitting on her, (NOT). At the end however, they wind up together.
Neil and Beth separate, with Neil living on his boat, only to get back together after Beth’s father (played by Kris Kristofferson) has a heart attack at her sister’s wedding. Beth, watching her 3 sister’s husbands not helping at the house with her dad, only to have Neil bring groceries, do dishes and laundry without being asked, realizes that they have a great relationship and that she doesn’t need to be married. In the end, of course, this only leads Neil to present her with a ring and ask her to marry him.
Ben sleeps with Anna and confesses to Janine in the flooring section of Home Depot. (I only mention Home Depot because 1. Home Depot seems to have been in a lot of movies of late and 2. My hubby works there.) She calmly accepts it, while he was secretly hoping she’d throw him out so he could be with Anna. Janine then comes to Ben’s office for some surprise "afternoon delight", almost catching him with Anna (who has been shoved in the closet to listen to the whole thing). After being let out of the closet, Anna storms out of the office in only her slip, vowing that she’d never see Ben again.
Although they seem to be okay together, Janine goes beserk after finding cigarettes in his jacket pocket (she had asked him before if he was smoking and he denied it. (An affair she’ll accept but a few puffs off a cigarette really sets her off). Okay, we all know it’s not about the cigarettes but about the trust, so she leaves him a note that she wants a divorce.
Drew Barrymore, as Mary, almost seems like an afterthought, like, "hey, she’s the Executive Producer of this film, we’ve got to write a part for her!" Her character is guided through the cyber-dating world by 3gay guys at her office, one of whom tells her "MySpace is the new booty call." (At the end she deletes her MySpace account and decides to try dating in the real world and ends up meeting Conor.)
And that is the ending shot. Although as the credits start to roll, each character or set of characters seems to give an update directly to the camera.
Recommended:
Yes
Movie Mood: Girl Movie
Viewing Method: Other
Film Completeness: Looked complete to me.
Worst Part of this Film: Nothing
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