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He’s Just Not That Into You Movie Review
Despite the fact that I really hated the book, I was excited to see He’s Just Not That Into You
My main complaint about the book is that it makes women look stupid. Greg Behrendt spends a lot of time telling us things we already know. Now, I’ll grant you they may be things we don’t always want to admit to ourselves, but they are things we know. And, worse, women everywhere have been swearing by this dribble like it’s the Bible. Seriously, we know he’s not into us if he’s not calling, if he’s not sleeping with us, if he’s sleeping with someone else, and on and on and on. With the hope of being the exception rather than the rule, the movie only perpetuates the stupidity.
Centered around a group of singles/marrieds in Baltimore, this movie is thinly disguised as a chick flick/romantic comedy when, it fact, it’s very simply women bashing. The narrator Gigi, played by Ginnifer Goodwin, comes off as neurotic bordering on manic. Whether she’s watching the phone waiting for it to ring, engineering a meet with Connor (Kevin Connolly), the ridiculous real estate dude who’s obsessed with Anna (Scarlett Johansson), the girl who won’t sleep with him because she’s sleeping with Ben (Bradley Cooper), the married guy, or taking advice from Alex (Justin Long), she just comes off looking like an idiot.
Then, of course, we have Ben, the married guy, and his wife Janine (Jennifer Connelly). Janine is more concerned with rennovating their home than sleeping with her husband and obsessing over the fact that she thinks he’s smoking behind her back. She finds out he’s sleeping with Anna, but doesn’t send him packing until she discovers that he is indeed lighting up.
And don’t forget Beth (Jennifer Aniston) who’s been impatiently waiting for Neil (Ben Affleck) to propose for 7 years. Really? Seven years? How many of us would wait 7 years? Don’t even get me started on the fact that Beth is obsessed with that trip down the aisle. All the while we have Mary (Drew Barrymore) taking advice from her group of gay men friends and trying to navigate the insane world of technological dating. Honestly, Mary’s description of how frustrated she is by the email to the Blackberry, texting to his cell, and his replying to her personal email account, was the funniest part of the movie.
In the end, because it’s a movie of course and has to have a happy ending, Gigi becomes Alex’s exception, Janine kicks Ben to the curb, Mary find happiness with Connor, and Neil finally proposes after Beth realizes a loving partner is more important than a trip down the aisle. Ugh!
If it’s at all possible, the movie makes women look like bigger idiots than the book did. And if all of that isn’t bad enough and things aren’t hard enough, now we’re going to have women everywhere obsessing about becoming the exception rather than the rule. They’ll stick around when they know they should walk away. They’ll convince themselves they are the exception when they’re not. Come on ladies. We are not that stupid! You know what you know. You know what your gut is telling you. Don’t buy into this crap.
Thoughts?
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auntiegwen February 16th, 2009, 8:26 am
I haven’t read the book but I think that this movie is one I’ll give a miss ! Apart from that, you okay girl ? I am on holiday for a week though so life less stressful this week xx
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Honey February 16th, 2009, 10:08 am
I think the BF will propose after about 5 years…we will probably be married by the time it’s been 7. Crazy! I thought the book was kind of funny, but am in no hurry to catch the movie.
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Bobby Rio February 16th, 2009, 10:22 am
Saw the movie this weekend… didnt read the book. I do think that as obvious as the simple truths are, many MEN and WOMEN both mess them up royally. I’ve seen many of my friends acting just as stupid as the characters in the movie.
lisaq February 17th, 2009, 6:35 am
Yeah Gwen. Not worth the $$$ to see it honestly. I’m good sweetie. Last week was absolutely crazy busy, but slowing back down some now.
That’s the difference between you and the girl in the movie though Honey. You’re not obsessing over it.
Very true Bobby Rio. I see it all the time and, I admit, there were many times in the past when I acted just as stupidly.
christina March 10th, 2009, 6:25 pm
I saw previews for the movie while watching tv with my Love, and he said he personally wouldn’t be interested in a woman who needed to read a book to understand that if a guy doesn’t call back, it because he doesn’t want to! I thought the book was a quick read and a good laugh because I enjoy advice columns, but to turn it into a movie is a monotnous experience that’s masochistic. For some reason it’s not as fun to watch it. I haven’t seen it, but to get transfer the dry caustic tone Berhedt has into a movie would seem impossible — it’d lose it’s humor. And it seems like all of the women are just obsessed with guys, sex and marriage — those types of chicks seem to be a bore. I may watch this when it comes on Lifetime or something. I won’t waste my money on it.