He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

The title of HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU is also my review of the film. I would be "He" and the film is "You." Not since "27 Dresses" has my wife made such a big deal about apologizing to me for making me sit through a movie she wanted to see.

For me, the worst part about HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU is Ginnifer Goodwin, a WHINY stereotype of a woman who always sits by the phone, waiting for a man to call. As my wife accurately pointed out, all of the men in the film appear to be major assholes and manipulators, and the women all appear to be some sort of emotional Voltron...like they share one brain among them and have to merge together over lunch to assemble the brain pieces into one and then collectively decide how to handle this guy or that guy.

Everything you expect to happen in this film does. You'll figure out who is going to end up with who, and you'll be right. You'll see a married couple faced with infidelity and think, "now wouldn't it be refreshing if he DOESN'T cheat on his wife?," but of course he does. There's got to be conflict coming from somewhere!

This film was two hours of irrational behavior swirling around a series of mini-conflicts that pop up and are settled like half-hour television episodes. The message that it sends about dating and relationships is mostly deplorable, simplistic and laughable. And that's probably the only part of this romantic comedy that's actually funny.

1.0 out of 4