Product: Someone Like You [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 1.0
So THIS is why I hate most romantic comedies....
In the universe of bad movies, why write a review about this one? So it's not "Citizen Kane"... It's intended to be fluff, can't you just enjoy it for what it is?... Please hear me out. This is exactly why the modern romantic comedy has become so stale, so dishonest in emotional character, and so not worth watching any more.Let's all be honest here. The dialogue is lousy, the chemistry between Judd and Jackman non-existant, and the ending is implausible not because it's "against the odds" but because there was no development of the relationship that would leave you to believe that these people actually cared about one another. It's just not fun. Ashley Judd, who's done some good work in the past (no really, see "Ruby in Paradise"), and who has a really cute, likeable screen presence can't really need the money that badly.Really, just do yourself a favor and don't buy this movie - it'll only encourage the studios to bang out trite, by-the-numbers, poorly directed, sleep-walk acting filled movies like this. Break the cycle! Demand better for your hard-earned dollars and maybe the studios will put a little more thought, honesty, and fun into the modern romantic comedy.More reason to put your hard-earned money towards Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" or "Manhattan", or George Cukor's classic "Adam's Rib", or even Cameron Crowe's "Say Anything" C'mon, you deserve better than this clunker.