He's Just Not That Into You

He's Just Not That Into You

*Disclaimer: I watched this with a group and do not watch chick flicks by myself...that often

So this movie I don't really have much to say about, and I realize that I am not the intended target for this genre (but usually there is something bearable about these movies to watch...as a guy) but even the females of the group that watched this agree that this was not what any real female of the age they were representing actually acted like (and all the ones in our lives do not act like they were portrayed in this movie)

My reaction seemed to be watching the actions of a middle-schooler in an adult world...which is not exactly what they were going for I don't think. There was also a random set up to the structure of the movie which didn't seem to fit either cutting away in a documentary-style interviews which whom I assumed to be "real-people" because they didn't show up in the story but were actors I'm sure.

This was one film where Ben Affleck didn't annoy me so it had that going for it, and Justin Long (he's a mac) wasn't horrible either, but for the amount of big names in this movie I would have expected a lot more then what it had to offer: (ie Drew Berrymore trying to find love over MySpace...really??). Maybe it was a bad adaptation from the book but the major plot storyline was predictable (and other parts were semi-predictable) and took far to long to develop. Maybe that's the intent of the chick flick genre but I've seen a lot better

A generous 1.5 stars

-Dav3