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  • How Do You Know
  • Opened December 17, 2010 | Runtime:1 hr 56 min
  • PG-13
    Sexual content and some strong language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • How Do You Know is a comedy from Academy Award®-winning writer-director James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets, Broadcast News, Terms of Endearment), starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson.
  • Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson
  • Director: James L. Brooks
  • Genres: Comedy

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  • Reese Witherspoon as Lisa and Paul Rudd as George in "How Do You Know."
  • Reese Witherspoon as Lisa and Paul Rudd as George in "How Do You Know."
  • Owen Wilson as Manny and Reese Witherspoon as Lisa in "How Do You Know."
  • Jack Nicholson as Charles in "How Do You Know."
  • Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in "How Do You Know."
  • Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson in "How Do You Know."
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Cast Interviews Video Cast Interviews Reese Witherspoon talks about finding her inner jock while Owen Wilson and James L. Brooks reminisce about Bottle Rocket.

How Do You Know Recent Fan Reviews

  • Go

    Better than most fan reviews

    by mooVsR4me

    I like chick flicks and I like all the main actors in this film. That said, I hoped I would like this movie but I was doubtful due to all of the poor fan reviews. I'm happy to say that I DID enjoy the movie. In my opinion it was NOT BORING or slow, or any of the other negative adjectives used by some reviewers. There IS a decent plot and storyline. You have to pay close attention to everything said by all the characters. It's just as good as most chick flicks. Nothing fabulous but certainly worth seeing. Just focus, all the pieces will fall together and the ending is a "feel good."

  • Go

    I am giving this a GO....

    by lovestalentmoviefan

    ....admittedly in part because I don't understand all the hating on this movie.It wasn't full of action or rrated material and not a blockbuster . Is everyone just spoiled? I am not saying rush out,I admit it was a little off in the editing department, and the actors have all had better material,and the ending needed something more to tie it up. BUT,,,,it was fresh and original in the getting together of the main couple...it was real in displaying awkwardness in getting together sometimes...it was good work really,and just a unique love story. Nicholson didn't upstage with an earthshaking perf,and that was good in this movie. Wilson was as jerky and clueless as he needed to be without his over the top silliness and that was good for this movie. Rudd and Reese portrayed wanting love at just awful times in their lives really well. No,you don't have to rush out,but I think it was good work.....and clean,as well. Will go once more at matinee price.

  • So-so

    hoping for something more

    by brettlovesthemovies

    what do you get when you put a distinguished oscar winning director, an adorable oscar winning actress, an always reliable oscar winning actor, one of the most likeable actors of this generation, and an actor who usually has good comic timing skills...i'm not sure but you should have gotten it with "how do you know". the characters were way too complicated, and there was absolutely no chemistry between the 3 leads. plus the flow of the film felt more like it was forced. what the outcome we got was a film i would expect to see in an art house cinema with up and coming actors and director. not from a 100 million dollar budget movie, and all i can think was that more of that budget went toward the actors salaries, because you sure didn't see 100 million dollars on the screen. while it wasn't one star terrible, it was a two star disappointment.

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How Do You Know Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score 46 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Movieline | Michelle Orange

    There are a couple of scenes of pure, sentimental genius, as well as...

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    It is a keenly observed movie about loss of identity and finding love, in which...

  • 70
    Village Voice | Ella Taylor

    Not that How Do You Know doesn't have its moments of shamelessly entertaining...

  • 63
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    It's the kind of movie that succeeds as a culmination of moments that ring true...

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