Product: Someone Like You [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
"Someone Like You"; Romantic Comedy Whose Title Tells All
"Someone Like You" means Ashley Judd, no matter how its script implies. Her charming smile accompanied with skillful acting is the best thing you can find in this movie. Fans, enjoy it.Still, "Someone Like You" is a little disappointing. The movie makes you feel good, certainly, and supporting cast is good (though Greg Kinnear seems typecast after "Nurse Betty," "Sabrina," and others) and the beautiful location shots of New York City is impressive. However, we have seen a film with a better script this year (2001) and because of this fact, one star drops. And the film is, of course, "Bridget Jones's Diary."Both movies goes on the similar course during their running time. Two guys and a working woman; she loves one guy, but comes to know that he doesn't love her; then she finds another love, and during the course she struggles hard to make her career.... The critics' lukewarm reception of "Someone Like You" is fairly understandable, if slightly unfair. Even without this comparison, the flaw (probably the only flaw I can find) of "Someone Like You" is clear; it gives nothing new. And if you start to think about "Dairy," you might all the more miss the witty script of the latter movie.Having said that, "Someone Like You" is a likable and funny film that promises you to have a good time. Judd's strangely convincing "Bull-Cow Theory" is funny, and for me the best part of the story is the conclusion of the film -- humans are NOT bulls nor cows. Some people theorize on human relationships in a bleak way, but "Someone Like You" assures that we are all humans, not animals. (British title of the film happens to be "Animal Attraction." Oh....) Besides ever-wonderful Judd, Hugh Jackman displays his deft performance for romantic comedy, and you can try to spot Ashley's real-life mother. And the most unexpected joy is to watch (though briefly) Judd plays a cheerleader in an unusual situation. Enjoy the film.