Introduction: "How to be Single?" is a romantic
comedy starring Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Rebel Wilson & Allison Brie, directed by Christian Ditter based on a book of the
same name written by Liz Tuccillo. Does it live up to its tag
of a breezy rom-com, let's find out
The Plot:
Alice(Dakota Johnson) is in a relationship with Josh(Nicholas
Braun), who wants to test the longevity of their relationship takes a break
from it, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, Josh. She moves to New York for
a career in Law, meets up with new people and with subsequent circumstances and
difficulties learn the true meaning of "How to be Single?"
Review: There was one thing that was
running on my mind when the credits rolled, to check if there were any screen
writers for the movie? To my shock, I found 'em(Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Dana Fox) and to terrify me even
more, I found that the movie is based on a book. This made me realize that, we
can write all the crap we want in the name of a book and still earn millions of
dollars if they adapt it into a movie - That's definition of horrible writing
and this movie pays homage to it! Every character that appears on-screen lacks
a purpose and a road-map, even the protagonist, Alice. I was totally misguided
by the movie poster, hoping it'll be a fun-filled road trip movie with ladies
having fun throughout much in the lines of "Bridesmaids" but the movie
totally took a detour and never really reached where it was supposed to be at
all! Forget laughter, even I couldn't manage to smile throughout the movie even
though it was touted as a rom-com. It was totally awful and unfunny to see Rebel
Wilson's Robin trying to mock Melissa
McCarthy desperately and failing epic each time - Lame! There's tons and
tons of unwanted characters and I even forgot Allison Brie was even in the
movie and only when she shows up here and there in this insignificant movie in
an insignificant role I realized she was there. There's no silver lining of a
scene anywhere to be found in this movie - 404! Apart from Leslie Mann's Meg
and her story arc in the movie and Allison Brie's Lucy explaining the
statistics of Datable men in NY, there's really nothing the movie offers.
Ignore this movie at all cost!
Positives:
Absolutely
Nothing!
Negatives:
I
can go on all day!
Rating: 2/10
Reaction after the movie:
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