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Issue: Winter, 2001
Someone Like You (2001) movie review
Men, and Women, and Love
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After the break-up of her romance, Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd) is filled with questions about the opposite sex. She develops a cynical hypothesis named the New Cow Theory. When it is anonymously published in a magazine, it becomes the talk of the town. But has she found the exception to the rule?
Why not me? Is the universal question. Just about everyone who has ever been turned down has a theory, some better and more original than others. Jane's theory is based on an alleged behaviour of bulls. They reject known cows (if you know why I mean), for unknown cows. She developed this into a theory on why men move on.
Movie poster, Someone Like You
The story about the one that got away and the one she never saw coming.
As Jane and her best friend (Marisa Tomei) she is first tormented, then tortured by a co-worker (Hugh Jackman) who takes her in after a devastating breakup leaves her without a home.
The odd couple become friends briefly, he frustrated by her refusal to help him find and secure an interview with the writer of the controverial New Cow Theory article.
A modern-day romantic comedy, Someone Like You has moments of insight and moments of humour, but is very thin material indeed and an improbable, or at least unsubstantiated ending.
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Just the facts:Title: Someone Like You (2001)Written by: based on a novel by Laura Zigman, screenplay by Elizabeth Chandler Directed by: Tony Goldwyn Produced by: Lynda Obst Edited by: Dana Congdon Director of Photography: Anthony B. Richmond running time: 97 mins rating: M The Players: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin Official website: IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. |
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