Just Friends (2005)

I watched this movie recently and it is one of the good rom-com movies. It worth ur time

BEWARE OF FALSE REVIEWS & REVIEWERS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW TO THEIR NAME. NOW WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE MOVIE. IF ITS A NEGATIVE REVIEW THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THE FILM . NOW I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 300 HOLIDAY FILMS & SPECIALS. I HAVE NO AGENDA.This film doesn't know what it wants to be. Sweet or Raunchy. They should have gone for raunchy and played this a little meaner. Yes it is set at Christmas time and some people hate raunchy in Christmas films but by making this PG-13 this film loses too many laughs. There is one major set piece where someones Christmas lights get destroyed but other than that this film is forgettable because there is no stand out funny moments with the characters. What many people do not realize here is that Anna Faris is the stand out performer in this muddle mess. When she is on screen the film is funny. When she is not on screen the film becomes almost a HALLMARK Christmas MOVIE.What this story is about In this romantic comedy, a recording industry executive (Ryan Reynolds - National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Blade: Trinity) comes face to face with his old high school crush (Amy Smart - Starsky & Hutch, The Butterfly Effect)--a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a notorious womanizer. But now he realizes that she is his one true love, and he wants them to be more than Just Friends. A better writer would have given the comedy more "reality" then what is presented here. Because everything is "Over the Top" you don't care about anybody. Having everyone revert to how they were when they were in high school is an eye roller. Because you do not care about the people in this film the film itself becomes boring. You will keep checking your watch too see how much more time is left. I am giving this a 6 out of 10 because Anna Faris saves this from being a total waist of time.

Just Friends (2005): Dir: Roger Kumble / Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Chris Klein, Anna Faris, Christopher Marquette: Title regards the very words males hate to hear from the women they have crushes on. Ryan Reynolds plays an overweight high school graduate who left town for ten years when a humiliating situation ended with his best friend learning that he liked her beyond friendship. He returns to his hometown years later as a record producer and attempts to recapture the relationship. Great start becomes formula and predictable but all ends well especially for director Roger Kumble whose previous film The Sweetest Thing should burn in a dump far away from humanity. He also directed Cruel Intentions, which also addresses high school affliction. Reynolds is terrific as the insecure lout while Amy Smart is rightly cast as the childhood friend. Despite their effective chemistry they are upstaged by two supporting players. Chris Klein plays a scheming musician who was once the uncool high school student himself. Now he competes for Smart's affections with amusing results. Anna Faris steals scenes as a moronic pop star in the film's funniest performance. Christopher Marquette plays Reynolds's younger brother whom get caught in the crossfires of his brother and Faris. Physical image theme poorly handled but its take on true relationships is just and rings true. Score: 9 / 10

This basically serves as a vehicle for Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart, and as romantic comedies go, it's not too bad. Anna Ferris was terrific as a crazy pop star. Reynolds gets stranded in his New Jersey hometown during the holidays and runs into his old friends, including his high school crush, who spurned him right before they graduated high school. They start to reconnect.This has several laugh-out-loud scenes, including a bed scene, a great "he shoots, he scores" transition scene, a pickup hockey game, and a scene where they try to kiss on the ice. It's a pretty good "guilty pleasure" film with good chemistry between the stars.** 1/2 out of ****