Someone Like You

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Despite its foregone conclusion, Someone Like You is an agreeable romantic comedy about how people construct elaborate defenses to cope with emotional anguish. Based on Laura Zigman's novel Animal Husbandry, the movie is purely formulaic, with a heroine's best friend (played here by Marisa Tomei) and other supporting roles that come straight from central casting. Even the lovelorn heroine is standard-issue for the genre, but as emotionally devastated talk-show booker Jane Goodale, Ashley Judd brings intelligent charm to a role that could have been maudlin and pathetic. For a while, Jane is pathetic: after being dumped by her seemingly devoted boyfriend Ray (Greg Kinnear), she turns heartbreak into a hobby, creating self-assuring theories about male behavior based on the mating habits of cows. She comforts herself with the certainty that all men are scum, when really she just can't accept rejection.

Cast adrift, Jane accepts a roommate offer from her womanizing colleague Eddie (X-Men's Hugh Jackman), who's been nursing his own heartbreak with lots of casual sex. You can see where this is going, and actor-director Tony Goldwyn (following his underrated drama Walk on the Moon) doesn't offer any surprises. But Goldwyn is alert to the comedy of human foibles, and the movie peaks when Jane's defenses are down and Judd's appeal shines at full intensity. At her best, Judd makes an average script better than it has a right to be, and while Kinnear perfects his smarmy routine, Jackman matches them both with star-making sincerity. Someone Like You won't win any awards for originality, but it's universal in its comedic sympathy for the brokenhearted. --Jeff Shannon

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - HEART WARMING
from the begining i was rooting for eddie, i know people who are like eddie (ladies man, kind of shallow). but who are basically very lonely and are afraid of entering into a long lasting relationship. you just know it's going to work out for them.
good flick.
Rating: - Enjoyable Love Move
I was pleased with my movie selection and the services rendered was AWESOME.The product was received timely and in great condition.I would definitely buy from this vendor again.
Rating: - Sweet and funny, though completely predictable
This movie is not going to shock you with it's ending or offer you a new twist on the same old romcoms of the past. It is a quintessential romcom, but it's so very worth your time. It's very funny; I like all the actors in it, and it's just a fun, light-hearted movie.
Rating: - a must for Hugh fans
Oh what is not to like in a movie with Hugh in it? this is pure escapism and I wallowed the whole time I was watching it. Would have liked more scenes of romance with Hugh and less with Greg but I guess you can't have everythig. Highly recommend it.
Rating: - Puerile film but I had Special Interest
Alas, despite the stellar cast, this was a lame and puerile film.But... I wanted it in my library because, in part, it was shot in one of the penthouses in my building, and I remember the staff being furious when, for an entire day, the service elevator was only occupied by the film crew, equipment, Greg Kinear and Ashley Judd.....all for a couple of minutes of actual screen time.The DVD was in perfect condition, amazing price, fabulous vendor.If this film was not, in fact, shot in YOUR building, ... Read More