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Review: He's Just Not That Into You
Based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, comes a romantic comedy with a star-studded cast. Set in Baltimore, He’s Just Not That Into You is loosely about the communication or, as we soon begin to realise, the miscommunication between the opposite sexes when it comes to dating. The film follows the lives of several characters who are all in different stages of their lives in terms of relationships.
This multi-strand romantic comedy brings many complexities along the ride and is performed by an ensemble cast, including the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore among many others, who are guaranteed to bring in a massive audience. The characters involved in this turmoil of the dating game vary from a single woman desperately seeking love; a couple who are happily married (or so it seems); a couple who are in a long-term relationship but still no sign of marriage; a single woman who is struggling with the use of technology to get a date; a man who is desperately seeking a yoga teacher who is not in love with him; and a bar manager who is a player. From this extensive list of characters it would be as easy assumption to make that these interwoven lives could rapidly confuse the viewer, surprisingly though, it is pleasantly easy to follow - probably because of a well-developed script and talented actors.
It is important to realise that if it is a simple romantic comedy with an easily predicted outcome that you are after then this is not the film for you. With a running time of just over two hours, this rom-com’s narrative does not play out as simply as what has become normal for this genre and with such a long running time the film actually passes quite quickly. This film seems to follow a similar route as Love Actually. With a mixture of incredibly likeable characters and others who follow a less moral path who are a lot more difficult to like this seems to take a more realistic path than more conventional romantic comedies.
As the narrative evolves you soon begin to get the feeling that the film is trying to give advice on dating and relationships. He’s Just Not That Into You is a more unconventional romantic comedy which immediately engrosses the viewer into the characters lives and takes you for a more realistic look at the dating world, packed full of blessing and many, many mishaps.
This multi-strand romantic comedy brings many complexities along the ride and is performed by an ensemble cast, including the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore among many others, who are guaranteed to bring in a massive audience. The characters involved in this turmoil of the dating game vary from a single woman desperately seeking love; a couple who are happily married (or so it seems); a couple who are in a long-term relationship but still no sign of marriage; a single woman who is struggling with the use of technology to get a date; a man who is desperately seeking a yoga teacher who is not in love with him; and a bar manager who is a player. From this extensive list of characters it would be as easy assumption to make that these interwoven lives could rapidly confuse the viewer, surprisingly though, it is pleasantly easy to follow - probably because of a well-developed script and talented actors.
It is important to realise that if it is a simple romantic comedy with an easily predicted outcome that you are after then this is not the film for you. With a running time of just over two hours, this rom-com’s narrative does not play out as simply as what has become normal for this genre and with such a long running time the film actually passes quite quickly. This film seems to follow a similar route as Love Actually. With a mixture of incredibly likeable characters and others who follow a less moral path who are a lot more difficult to like this seems to take a more realistic path than more conventional romantic comedies.
As the narrative evolves you soon begin to get the feeling that the film is trying to give advice on dating and relationships. He’s Just Not That Into You is a more unconventional romantic comedy which immediately engrosses the viewer into the characters lives and takes you for a more realistic look at the dating world, packed full of blessing and many, many mishaps.
Julia Wong
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