gemimah-henderson This movie can be viewed as a shallow characterisation of stereotypical women (and men); but actually they only have so much time dealing with a lot of characters so I think it's understandable, and I also think the movie has a point- and the point is: Life and relationships are complex. Everyone is different, one woman/ man is different from every other and so no relationship can have a set rule or follow a pattern exactly. Perhaps lots follow a pattern for one reason or another, but they are all unique really. Many women (for example) are brought up believing their life and the relationship they find will go a certain way (house, marriage, kids etc), so they may try to influence that outcome if they find themselves in a promising relationship, because they think it's what they want or it is what they want, but unfortunately life is challenging, relationships must always be evolving and not all relationships are bound close enough to last. It may come down to asking, how well do you know your partner and what your partner wants now. The point of the movie, I think, is that relationships should be allowed to happen organically, from true interest and natural attraction, and, as they grow, emotional honesty is the best policy. These days it seems this route is the exception. But it should be the rule.

lancereddish I was not expecting too much going into this movie other than to pass time, but it was actually great! Many successful actors/actresses play in this film. Very "feel-good" flick that won't disappoint!

sunriseinyoureyes Overall I thought the acting was convincing and the writing was often insightful in its exploration of relationship dynamics, courtship conventions, and the unknowable fate of attraction. There were a few scenes of syrupy sentimentality and spoon-fed irony whose cringeworthiness was just bearable due to the scenes overtly climactic intent. But there were other intentionally uncomfortable scenes that accomplished exactly what they were meant to; I occasionally found myself hand over mouth or peaking at the screen through thin-split fingers. Given the number of story lines, there inevitably was more breadth than depth here (compensated for by the 2 hour length), but the characters were still relatable enough to sympathize with. A quick overview of the characters: couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston struggle with terms of commitment and how to move forward in a 7 year relationship. Bradley Cooper and Kristin Connelly second-guess the authenticity of their feelings toward each other years after their young and naïve marriage, now under the additional stress of a charming vixen outsider Scarlett Johansson who is basically looking for herself while dabbling in other people, namely Kevin Connolly (the quintessential nice guy who's missing something). Drew Barrymore is a somewhat spacey singleton looking for love on the internet. Justin long is a shallow, yet practiced lady's man who serves, kind of oddly, as counselor to our protagonist Ginnifer Goodwin, a high-strung yet sincere hopeless romantic frantically looking for her soul mate wherever she can. This movie was entertaining for sure. Not sure if there were any lessons or messages to take home in addition to the usual be honest with yourself and others. All considered, it's a good movie; worth 2 hours of life.

Gideon24 Despite an attractive cast, 2009's He's Just Not That Into You is a rambling and overlong comedy drama that tries to offer humorous insight into navigating the oh-so-choppy waters of dating in the New Millennium, but aggravates in its one-sided man-bashing and the overlong journeys that the multiple story lines take to their conclusions.The multiple stories are loosely tied together by the fact that three of the female leads (Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin) all work in the same office. Aniston plays a woman in a committed relationship of 7 years with a man (Ben Affleck) who likes their relationship as it is and has no desire to get married.Connolly plays a tightly wound woman, married to a music executive (Bradley Cooper) who is putting her marriage at serious risk because she won't tolerate her husband's smoking, which might have had something to do with his being drawn to a struggling singer (Scarlett Johansson), who is the obsession of a real estate agent (Kevin Connolly), though she does not return his feelings.Goodwin plays an emotionally needy woman, desperate to be in a relationship, who after being dumped by Connolly, meets his best friend (Justin Long), who begins to offer Goodwin insight into interpreting male dating signals while misinterpreting signals of his own.Despite a smooth directorial hand from Ken Kwapis, the film suffers from a rambling and disjointed screenplay that is kind of all over the place, leaving plot lines and characters hanging in the air and inserting characters that feel like they are left over from another movie. The Drew Barrymore character who addresses social media's effect on dating, definitely seems to be an escapee from another movie and Aniston's character is seen in a bunch of pointless scenes with her family after she breaks up with Affleck.Some satisfaction is gleaned from the Goodwin/Long story as it is addressed throughout the film and even though it is hard to buy young Long being such a complete expert on the male dating psyche, he manages to infuse his character, Alex, with a likability that is infectious. Ditto, Goodwin, who somehow makes her hot mess of a character, one of the few characters in the film we really root for.The cast is pretty, the story is well-intentioned, but the film suffers due to some simplistic character-bashing, some unappealing characters and a screenplay that could have used tightening, as the film is at least 30 minutes too long.