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Avg. Critic Score: 47 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Never soars, but it never flags. It remains brisk, engaging and pleasant throughout, and face it: If a movie this well made had Spanish or French subtitles, we'd all be talking about it as a searing examination of sexual politics. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The movie has a few too many story threads, but it also has some very funny lines and offers sharp-eyed commentary on the state of relationships in the era of instant messages and MySpace. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times |

    The result is a bit like a weightless swirl of cotton candy with a mere second of sweetness before it dissolves on your tongue. But then there's nothing wrong with cotton candy, and besides, the filmmakers never promised more. I guess they're just not into that. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    He's Just Not That Into You turns romantic sanity into something so sanitized that it starts to make delusion look good. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    All of this results in way too much relationship chatter and not nearly enough comedy, romance or even dysfunctional relationships. We want to laugh -- but at what? Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post |

    After more than two hours, what we're left with feels like a Robert Altman movie on Botox. It has some real substance and heft, but it also might be a bit too glossy. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    No one has anything to distract them from the minutiae of their love lives, which they proceed to incinerate through overanalysis. It's a moral fable, maybe, if you make half a million a year. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is a very far from perfect movie, and it ends on an unsatisfactory note. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Whenever faced with another puerile movie ostensibly about women, I play a little game called What Would Thelma and Louise Do? Read full review

  • 38
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Here's a true S&M date movie. Only sadistic men and masochistic women could love it. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Appealing but unsurprising romcom dispenses familiar wisdom.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this romantic comedy, while often charming, reinforces the idea that being in a relationship is the surest way to be happy. Both male and female characters conform to fairly standard romcom "types," and while the movie attempts to shed fresh light on the ups and downs of dating, it all boils down to how men and women long for someone to love. Expect some mild nudity (nothing sensitive shown), swearing, and social drinking. The question of whether or not one character is smoking in secret plays a significant role in the movie. One storyline deals with infidelity, and there are a few heated exchanges between couples.
  • Families can talk about how the film portrays dating and romance. Ask your teens if this is what they think adult relationships are really like.
  • Do the characters in the movie seem realistic, or are they exaggerated "types"? Are men really that unable to communicate? Are they really that insensitive? And is it really true that women can't -- or won't -- read their signs?
  • Do you think the women in the movie are more or less stereotyped than the men? Is that typical in Hollywood romantic comedies?
  • What do you think of the role that cigarettes and smoking play in the film? What's the impact of seeing smoking in movies?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Ultimately the movie reinforces the idea that being in a relationship is the key to happiness -- an iffy message at best. Many different types of relationships are portrayed, with different levels of happiness.
  • rolemodels true0 Positive role models: Both male and female characters are somewhat stereotypical -- many of the men are portrayed as especially callow -- and both genders are shown having problems reading the other's signals and sending mixed messages. One male character is brutally honest in evaluating a woman's love life, but she ultimately appreciates and learns from his candor. Some characters seem to believe that getting married and/or being in a relationship is the only way to be happy. One character has an affair.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence: Couples yell in a few scenes; in a fit of rage, a woman throws a mirror on the floor and breaks it.
  • sex false3 Sex: Couples kiss, make out, and discuss sex. A woman disrobes off-camera and jumps into the water to skinny dip after she propositions a married man, though viewers don't actually see any sensitive body parts. A couple kisses and fondles each other in an office; later, a woman straddles a man in the same office and they presumably make love (but it's not shown).
  • language false3 Language: Language includes several "s--t"s, a couple of uses of "f--k," "suck," "ass," "bullsh--t," "a--holes," "boobs," "dick," and "oh my God."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Brands/logos for cigarettes (American Spirit is particularly prominent), beer, and a few other products (Crest WhiteStrips) are shown. The movie is based on a popular self-help book by the same name.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: One character lies about smoking in secret; some casual/social drinking and smoking at parties, restaurants, and bars.
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