Something Borrowed (2011)

This is one of the most disappointing romantic comedies I have ever seen, if not THE most. I thought maybe it would at least be half decent since it featured some of my favorite actors: Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, and John Kransinski (Jim from the office). The script is WOEFULLY underwhelming. The writing is not only cliché, but it's also dull and it just seems to me like they didn't put any effort at all into writing good dialogue for this film. The characters are just cardboard cut out romantic comedy stereotypes. It's pretty hard to care about what happens to them too because either they are far too dull and underdeveloped or they're just bad people lol. Cheating with your best friends boyfriend is the main theme of the movie. That could be an interesting set up for a movie, especially if you intertwine some emotional/sentimental value between the two friends. This movie doesn't do anything like that. Absolutely nothing about Something Borrowed is interesting, fun, entertaining, or even the least bit humorous. 1/10 for this very poor romantic comedy. There are oh so many more romantic comedies out there to watch that are so much better.

This was a fun chick flick in my opinion, lots of morals involved here and a situation that occurs much more frequently then some people would like to hear. I don't condone cheating but sometimes you have to go where your heart is and in this movie Rachel was merely reclaiming what was hers in the first place. Her BFF didn't really love him anyway and was also sleeping behind his back so I have no sympathy for her whatsoever. In reality Rachel wouldn't have let a hot guy like that go so easily to her BFF. One negative is that if you're going to portray someone as being less attractive than the other girl at least choose an actress that isn't just as pretty as the other. I enjoyed the comedy aspect of the movie too, JK is extremely funny.

Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Darcy (Kate Hudson) are life long friends. Dex (Colin Egglesfield) was Rachel's college friend when Darcy budded in. Now Darcy and Dex are about to get married. But Rachel still has feelings for Dex and they sleep together.This movie has 2 problems and 1 great positive.Colin Egglesfield is a horribly bland lead. It's unbelievable that two great girls are battling over him. John Krasinski is an infinitely better lead. There are countless others that would be a vast improvement. Although Krasinski and Ashley Williams have some funny jokes.Second problem is that Rachel jumped into bed with Dex so early. It puts her in a moral deficit right off the bat. It makes rooting for her next to impossible.The one great positive is Ginnifer Goodwin. She pulls off the impossible by being such a sweetheart. I can't help but root for her no matter what. I don't think the movie people actually questioned the premise. At least, they could have given GG the moral high grounds.

The best way I can think of to categorize this is as a "gritty"romantic comedy. That's not a compliment. This was not a noble failed experiment, it was a stupid idea that should never have been launched. A gritty cop movie, sure. Gritty superhero movie, makes sense. Gritty SF, OK. But gritty rom-com has all the appeal of sushi flavored chocolate --- it just doesn't make sense. The characters are (more or less) realistic, sure --- which means they are all pretty much unappealing, often even loathsome. The best you can hope for is that each loathsome trait lands up paired with its counterpart, but honestly, who cares? Even if they land up mismatched, they all deserve each other and the misery they will undoubtedly bring each other.