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After a devastating break-up just before she is suppose to move across the country for a new job, Jenny goes out for one last great NYC night with her two best friends.
A romantic comedy that likes to wallow in the depression of its characters. Gina Rodriguez plays Jenny, who is going through a bad breakup with LaKeith Stansfield. The chemistry between these two is really great and helps generate a believable relationship that one would be sad when over. I actually wanted the two to get back together by the end of the film. Both brought a welcomed sense of realism to their characters and their bond together.
The film litters in some flashbacks to the relationship, showing how good they are together, so we can be really sad back in the present when they are not together. Her two best friends are played by Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise. Each have their own little stories to tell as well, but neither really dive into something tangible. Snow is in a relationship where she doesn't like the man and secretly wants to be with someone Jenny use to like and Wise is a lesbian who is afraid to commit to any real relationship. Just enough to flesh out some of their characteristics, but not enough to really make them interesting.
The film is a little different compared to the usual fare and we get to see the ups and downs of a relationship, something like 500 Days of Summer, but less cute indie and more female empowerment on the streets. Rodriguez really shines here and I wish she gets more roles in the future and Wise does well for a character that I normally wouldn't like. I've seen Snow in a lot of things and she tends to play the same character, nothing really different from her this time around.
Someone Great feels like a film that people should watch when they are going through the same events of the main character.
Someone Great
After a devastating break-up just before she is suppose to move across the country for a new job, Jenny goes out for one last great NYC night with her two best friends.
A romantic comedy that likes to wallow in the depression of its characters. Gina Rodriguez plays Jenny, who is going through a bad breakup with LaKeith Stansfield. The chemistry between these two is really great and helps generate a believable relationship that one would be sad when over. I actually wanted the two to get back together by the end of the film. Both brought a welcomed sense of realism to their characters and their bond together.
The film litters in some flashbacks to the relationship, showing how good they are together, so we can be really sad back in the present when they are not together. Her two best friends are played by Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise. Each have their own little stories to tell as well, but neither really dive into something tangible. Snow is in a relationship where she doesn't like the man and secretly wants to be with someone Jenny use to like and Wise is a lesbian who is afraid to commit to any real relationship. Just enough to flesh out some of their characteristics, but not enough to really make them interesting.
The film is a little different compared to the usual fare and we get to see the ups and downs of a relationship, something like 500 Days of Summer, but less cute indie and more female empowerment on the streets. Rodriguez really shines here and I wish she gets more roles in the future and Wise does well for a character that I normally wouldn't like. I've seen Snow in a lot of things and she tends to play the same character, nothing really different from her this time around.
Someone Great feels like a film that people should watch when they are going through the same events of the main character.