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Someone Like You (2001)

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Reviews Counted:106

Fresh:43

Rotten:63

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: A light and predictable, if somewhat shallow, romantic comedy that's easy to sit through because of the charming leads.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Television

Synopsis: After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear), who is emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their... After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear), who is emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their blissful courtship, he asks her to move in with him, and they start looking at apartments. But little by little Ray starts to pull away, until Jane realizes that once again she's been dumped. Jane's womanizing coworker, Eddie, just happens to be looking for a roommate, and Jane reluctantly moves in. Desperate to understand what happened, Jane comes up with a theory of interpreting male-female relations by observing the behaviors of wild animals. She shares this idea with a friend who works at a men's magazine (Marisa Tomei) and is given an anonymous editorial column devoted solely to her thoughts on the matter. But no one could have predicted the chord she'd strike among women with her theory, and the column's wild success makes Jane start to question her conclusions--and opens her eyes to what might be right in front of her. Adapted from the novel ANIMAL HUSBANDRY by Laura Zigman, SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a bittersweet, funny romantic comedy, and handsome, charming Hugh Jackman shines as Jane's serial-dating coworker. [More]

Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Barkin

Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Barkin, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Dent

Director: Tony Goldwyn

Director: Tony Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Chandler
Producer: Lynda Obst
Composer: Rolfe Kent
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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It's about the most predictable -- and least original -- film you'll see for weeks.

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08/20/01
Jason Korsner
Jason Korsner
BBC
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12/15/03
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12/10/01
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12/15/03
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10/08/01
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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12/17/02
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

It says, loud and clear, that many men are not, in fact, pigs. Or cows, for that matter.

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04/01/01
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

More of romantic comedy’s same old same old.

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04/03/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Definitely likeable.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
03/29/01
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

Someone Like You is as bland as its title.

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05/06/01
Ted Murphy
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03/24/02
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Separates and identifies characters not on the basis of their reality and frailty as human beings but as the total of their longwinded whining about their love lives.

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04/02/01
Jon Alon Walz
Jon Alon Walz
Boxoffice Magazine

There's no shortage of laughs because Elizabeth Chandler's screenplay is witty and acerbic.

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03/30/01
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Calgary Sun

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, Someone Like You is from Hollywood's bottomless box of cliches.

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03/30/01
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

A pretty lame premise.

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03/30/01
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