Movie Title: Someone Like You

Movie Title: Someone Like You
Rating: 3
Reviewed By: Michael Stevens

Review:
Old cow, new cow, fat cow, how now brown cow? Mmmmm, ice cream. Of course that is completely irrelevant to the film Someone Like You, but hey, you try and come up with different introductions each time you review a film. But enough about me and my large pen, which is used for examining deep thoughts, and more about the film (for a subliminal message read just the bold letters). OK, I really mean it this time, a review on the Tony Goldwyn directed film, Someone Like You. That starts off with Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd) just breaking up with another boyfriend. Then along comes Ray (Greg Kinnear) who she falls for and he falls for her. But, Ray already has a gal pal and eventually goes back to her (I actually left out quite a bit, but I did cover the gist of it). So now she hatches her "Old Cow/New Cow" theory about male mating habits using the bovine as her example. You see a bull never screws the same cow twice, hence it is always looking for new cow. Eventually her friend Liz (Marisa Tomei) gets Jane to agree to publish this theory in the magazine that Liz works for, but under a penname. After it is published, the theory gets all sort of attention, and all the talk shows want the author on their show, which includes the show that Jane works for. That show is hosted by Diane (Ellen Barkin), who is desperately trying to make it to the big time. All the while Jane's co-worker and womanizer friend Eddie (Hugh Jackman) is trying to convince her that her theory just isn't right, and that she needs to meet the right man and stop putting so much thought into relationships since that's how people get hurt. So now Jane is reexamining her relationships with men, with Eddie, and her whole theory. Elizabeth Chandler wrote the screenplay, but based it off a novel by Laura Zigman. Others in the cast include Sabine Singh, LeAnna Croom, and Matthew Coyle. To be perfectly honest, there is nothing really groundbreaking about this film. Sure the acting is fine and the premise is cute, but there really isn't any substance to this tired old romantic comedy. I liked looking at a nearly naked Judd, but when that's the highlight, it's pretty sad. In the end I can only give Someone Like you three couches, and that's only because it was able to provide some humor. But that's just my opinion, however it is the only one that counts here.