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Day 246: January 1st, 2011
How Do You Know
How do you know this movie sucks?
Easy, it's not funny, it's not romantic and it cost a boat load of money just to get recognizable stars in show up, neglecting this little important thing called a script. How Do You Know manages to be dull, boring and unimportant all at once. Bravo team, not only did you make a box office bomb, but a failure of a film as well.
Jack Nicholson, looking for a pay check has a small role as Paul Rudd's father. He tries his best to get Rudd out of some legal problems that he may or may not of had a hand in. Reese Witherspoon is a softball player who gets cut from the team, she cries about it and hooks up with baseball player and all around rich guy, Owen Wilson. They aren't right for each other, but they don't know that. You know who's right for her? The down on his luck guy, Paul Rudd.
How Do You Know manages to go beat for beat what one would expect and never throws any curveballs. It not only tries to be formulaic, but it tries to be boringly formulaic. Witherspoon, as adorable as she is, does nothing for this thankless role and she has no chemistry with her on screen male partners. Either of them.
What makes the whole thing sting even more is that James L. Brooks is behind the lens. You can skip this so called rom com, because it's missing both of those key ingredients.
How Do You Know
How do you know this movie sucks?
Easy, it's not funny, it's not romantic and it cost a boat load of money just to get recognizable stars in show up, neglecting this little important thing called a script. How Do You Know manages to be dull, boring and unimportant all at once. Bravo team, not only did you make a box office bomb, but a failure of a film as well.
Jack Nicholson, looking for a pay check has a small role as Paul Rudd's father. He tries his best to get Rudd out of some legal problems that he may or may not of had a hand in. Reese Witherspoon is a softball player who gets cut from the team, she cries about it and hooks up with baseball player and all around rich guy, Owen Wilson. They aren't right for each other, but they don't know that. You know who's right for her? The down on his luck guy, Paul Rudd.
How Do You Know manages to go beat for beat what one would expect and never throws any curveballs. It not only tries to be formulaic, but it tries to be boringly formulaic. Witherspoon, as adorable as she is, does nothing for this thankless role and she has no chemistry with her on screen male partners. Either of them.
What makes the whole thing sting even more is that James L. Brooks is behind the lens. You can skip this so called rom com, because it's missing both of those key ingredients.