Something Borrowed
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Romantic comedy based on the best-seller by Emily Giffin, stars Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin (TV's Big Love) and John Krasinski (US The Office, Away We Go).
On the eve of her 30th birthday party, Rachel (Goodwin) can’t escape the feeling that life hasn't turned out like she planned. She's got a great job at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, and she's still close with her childhood best friend, the vivacious Darcy (Hudson). But seeing Darcy flirt with her handsome fiancé is just another reminder that at the end of the party – like every other night – she’ll be going home alone. Except this time, she doesn’t: waking up next to Dex (Colin Egglesfield), Darcy’s fiancé. Both of them are horrified – how could this happen? They try to move on, but as the wedding approaches Rachel begins to realise this wasn't such a bad mistake after all...
Starring
Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ashley Williams, Steve Howey, Peyton List, Colin Egglesfield
Directed by
Luke Greenfield ('The Girl Next Door')
Written by
Jennie Snyder
(M) contains offensive language & sexual references | Romantic Comedy | USA | Official Website
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A.V. Club (USA)
Yes, perhaps the audience will like its favored couple more, but all the engineering that goes into making them sympathetic results in a film that feels agonizingly synthetic and alien.
Click to read full review.Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
All of the characters are treated sincerely and played in a straightforward style. It's just that we don't love them enough.
Click to read full review.Hollywood Reporter
Doesn't so much borrow from other movies as settle into a comfort zone of raising provocative questions regarding love, commitment and marriage only to dismiss them with a brush of a hand as so much dandruff.
Click to read full review.Los Angeles Times
Despite the pretty overload and the smoldering blue-eyed handsome of Egglesfield, the heart-pounding, palm-sweating, heavy-breathing chemical reactions that should be causing major blackouts in Manhattan, where this story unfolds, are nowhere to be found.
Click to read full review.New York Times
The most dispiriting thing about Something Borrowed is that with a little more art, craft and wit it could have been a lot better, maybe even good.
Click to read full review.Otago Daily Times (Christine Powley)
Considering her normal breezy charm, Kate Hudson has a fair stab at making party girl Darcy unlikable. Why she bothered is another matter.
Click to read full review.Total Film (UK)
The film’s too busy piling on one-liners – delivered ably by Hudson and comic co-star John Krasinski – to layer any real depth to the awkward triangle, so it’s a long slog to an inevitable climax.
Click to read full review.Variety (USA)
Try as she might, Hudson can't turn Darcy into a three-dimensional character: She's astonishingly easy to dislike, but not nearly amusing enough in what could have been an unforgettable camp performance.
Click to read full review.Flicks.co.nz "Something Borrowed" Movie Review
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Helen Lyttelton, Flicks.co.nz
Rachel White (Ginnifer Goodwin) is in love with Dex (Colin Egglesfield), probably more for his finely chiselled chin than for his personality. Unfortunately, Dex is engaged to Rachel’s gal pal Darcy (Kate Hudson), who is in love with herself. The ensuing shenanigans fail to conceal the fact that Something Borrowed features some of the most irritating characters ever spawned by Hollywood. Goodwin lacks the charisma to carry the film whilst Hudson’s portrayal of egomaniac Darcy is frankly frightening.
The Office’s John Krasinski, playing Rachel’s friend Ethan, does show off some decent comic timing. Ethan, too, gets caught in Rachel’s web of angst, however, thereby losing any brownie points he gains for the line "The Hamptons are like a zombie movie directed by Ralph Lauren".
Something Borrowed deals with some supposedly profound modern concerns. When, for example, is it okay to sleep with your best friend’s fiancé? How did such a dire script make it to the big screen? I found it hard to discern these issues through the haze of self-love that pervades the film. This is a movie-length soap opera at best.
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