All star cast, compelling human drama draw audience into multi-perspective romantic comedy

By Lexi Muir
<[email protected]>

If a guy likes you, he’ll call. If he doesn’t, he’s just not that interested.
This small piece of advice is the genius behind the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You.” The movie, which is based on the book by Greg Berhrendt and Liz Tuccillo, makes an effort to save women all over the world from wasting their time and effort trying to “decode” signals from men and translate their every move. We’re all guilty, and we know it.

Ladies, look no further: this is the answer we’ve all been searching for.
With a solid cast behind the film, “He’s Just Not That into You” far surpassed any expectation I held. The story follows a group of young adults in Baltimore in their search for true love and happiness. With witty lines and suspenseful events, this movie kept my emotions on a roller coaster through the entire 130 minutes.

Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a young woman who spends hours and hours by her phone waiting for her most recent date to call, often finding that he never will. Beth (Jennifer Aniston) plays a woman who is madly in love with her long-time boyfriend, Neil (Ben Affleck), but set back by the fact that he doesn’t believe in marriage. Anna (Scarlett Johansson), despite that fact that she is in a rather casual relationship with Connor (Kevin Connolly), spends the entire movie trying to seduce Ben (Bradley Cooper) who is married to Janine (Jennifer Connely). Alex (Justin Long) plays the nerdy bartender who “knows it all” and opens Gigi up to the truth about men.

For the first time in my life I found myself laughing, hard, from the witty remarks in the movie. I also found myself gasping and making other sounds of shock along with the rest of the theater (which I never do). My emotions were on my sleeve as I felt the heartbreak and pain for each woman on the screen, feeling the weight of her situation as if it were my own.

After about an hour of the movie I decided that I hated men: cheating, lying, stupid, no good very bad men. I even wanted to strangle my own boyfriend. I secretly wondered to myself why I even bothered with the opposite sex. They’ll just screw up the relationship anyway, right?

But just as I was about to declare my hatred and disgust for all males in the world, the movie took an unexpected turn. Role reversals took place and suddenly, it was the man who was sweating by the phone waiting for her to call. It was the man who came to the rescue and made everything okay. It was the man who realized he couldn’t live without that one special person. The men in the movie unexpectedly proved that they aren’t all idiots, just a large percentage of them. I found myself crying tears of joy (which also never ever happens to me in movies) for all those happy couples. It gave me hope that love does exist, you just have to find the right person first.

Beautifully cast, hilariously funny and ridiculously smart, “He’s Just Not That into You” is something that all women (and men hint hint…) should see. Providing the women everywhere with hope that true love does exist, this movie will leave you with a fluttering heart and a high hope for the future.

“He’s Just Not That Into You”

Directed By:
Ken Kwapis

Starring:
Ginnifer Goodwin
Jennifer Aniston
Ben Affleck

Runtime:
2 Hr. 9 Min.

Rated:
PG-13

Overall:
A