He's Just Not That Into You

Pros: All star cast.
Occasionally funny.
Cons: Too long.
Mostly annoying characters.

I was pretty excited to watch this movie. It has an all-star cast: Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, and Jennifer Connelly to name a few. Being a fan of Sex and the City, I knew that the original (self-help) book that the film ...

Pros: Big name cast, steady plot, good opening scene.
Cons: Too many scene changes/emotional about-faces, to enjoy movie snacks.

Have you ever heard Dr. Laura lecture women about men? Time and again she tells them, "Men are not complicated." That's what comes across in He's Just Not That Into You. It's not rocket science.The movie itself does a pretty good job of ...

Pros: Ginnifer Goodwin, Justin Long
Cons: Underdevelopment of characters-too many subplots

When I saw the trailer for "He's Just Not That Into You", it reminded me in one aspect of two movies from the 80's:  "Breakfast Club" and "The Big Chill".  Why did this new film remind me of the two older films?  Because of the huge number ...

Pros: great cast, a couple of funny moments
Cons: forced chemistry, lack of continuity, dark for a "romantic comedy", a negative look at relationships

He’s Just Not That Into You is a theatrical release based on a book of the same name that seeks to give insight into relationships and unfortunately uses a lot of stereotypes in order to get that message across.  This was ...

Pros: Ginnefer Goodwin's energy. 
Cons: Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johannssen

I was not terribly in to HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (HJNTIY).  As a sum total, it was a moderately enjoyable movie, yet oddly I found it to be poorly cast/acted, and full of clichés. HJNTIY follows various relationships among people ...

Pros: Right on with the relationship stuff, a little hurried through some plots
Cons: Predictable, could have had a bit more humor

I knew from the moment that I heard the phrase uttered on Sex and the City that He’s Just Not That Into You  was going to be a big deal.  Single women stories have been on the rise over the last ten years and with more of a ...

Pros: acting, story
Cons: none

He's Just Not That Into You was an funny, entertaining movie. I know it was a movie based on a self-help relationship book that was based off a Sex-in-the-City episode. But we will just have to forgive its ancestry. I found this movie to have an ...

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.

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 ...

Pros: strong ensemble cast, Long and Goodwin, funny and fairly insightful
Cons: crass language and worldview, stereotypes

A few years back, Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo published He's Just Not That Into You to great acclaim. While it received its fair share of criticism, my best friend was a big fan of the book and thought it offered valuable advice, so she was ...

Pros: Some funny parts, Jennifer Aniston, cute theme
Cons: Bad execution of theme, way too many storylines, choppy editing

What do you get when you take a host of famous actors - Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Justin Long - and throw them into onto a set with a fully ...