Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-06-15
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 125 minutes

Synopsis
Boasting enough marquee names for three films, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU is a star-studded comedy about love and relationships. Director Ken Kwapis (LICENSE TO WED) reigns over an impressive cast: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Connelly, producer Drew Barrymore, Kevin Connolly, and Scarlett Johansson. Each of the nine major characters has his or her own plot--a woman desperate to get married after seven years of dating, a man tempted to cheat on his wife, a young woman who just wants her date to call her, etc.--but everyone is connected through work, marriage, or friendship, drawing the characters and their stories together.


Goodwin might be flanked by much larger stars--especially Aniston, Affleck, Barrymore, Connelly, and Johansson--but the adorable actress is the highlight of this film. Though her character’s borderline obsessive efforts at love invite squirms and cringes from the audience, Goodwin’s fine portrayal also earns the viewers’ sympathy, especially since many people can identify with her struggles. In fact, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU is based on a popular self-help book that many women bought--and bought into--and the book itself grew out of an episode of SEX AND THE CITY. With its portrayals of numerous relationship issues, this romantic comedy is sure to appeal to the fans of Carrie and Co.

Customer Reviews

"He's Just Not That Into You" - Your date-by-numbers guide!
Hey, you...stop sitting by the phone waiting for him to call...get up and go watch this movie!

I have to admit, I'm not much of a rom-com watcher. Unlike others of its ilk, though, this flick wisely admits that relationships aren't all rainbows and butterflies, but that they are complicated, confusing, messes that aren't necessarily all sorted out by the time the credits roll.

The premise is simple enough - the film claims:

"If a guy says he'll call and doesn't, he's not in the hospital with a broken number-dialing finger; he's just not that into you".

After a mediocre first date with pre-recession real estate agent Conor (Kevin Connolly), the film's main protagonist Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin), over zealous for date success and naively optimistic as ever, is certain that she has found Mr. Right. But when he doesn't call, her friends (Jennifer Aniston as Beth and Jennifer Connelly as Janine) comfort her with assurances of his interest and case studies of how they knew someone who knew someone in the exact situation - and it worked out for them, of course!

Not that Beth or Janine are living it up in the mansion of romantic bliss, mind you. Aniston's character has been living with Neil (Ben Affleck) for seven years, and for five of the seven, she's been dying to know why he won't pop the question. Wholly against the institution of marriage, though, Neil says that he's totally committed to her and he doesn't need a piece of paper to prove...yadda, yadda, yadda.

Connelly's character Janine on the other hand is married. Happily? Not so much. Ben's (Bradley Cooper) baby blues are soon tempted toward blonder waters when he meets Anna (Scarlet Johansson) at a convenience store one fine evening; how convenient. Too bad he's married, he reasons.

Drew Barrymore easily plays Mary, Anna's friend. Her role is pretty forgettable; but then she did spend most of her time producing the movie.

Justin Long plays Alex, the woman conquering bar owner who decides to school Gigi in the thinking of men, no feelings spared.

For the most part the story lines are tied together in believable ways and it's interesting to watch just how they're all connected - kind of like 6 degrees of separation.


A tough pill to swallow:

Perhaps too realistic at times, "He's Just" exposes the well-intentioned way we women attempt to comfort our spurned friends - not with assurances that despite her many attractive qualities, the guy just isn't interested for one reason or another. Instead, we assure our friends that there is no way he could be uninterested.
Really ladies, if you suspect that your friend is dating a guy who can't see her true worth, before you swell her head with an idealized, irresistible image of herself, please take her to see this movie, and let her do some soul searching. The film will do all the talking for you without patronization.

Be warned:

It's hardly a date movie (unless you want to end the date by breaking up when the scales have dropped from your eyes and you realize that you're more "into" the relationship than your significant other).

Best performances from: Jennifer Connelly as Janine who is more obsessed with the idea that her husband is smoking behind her back than that he is having an affair. Ginnifer Goodwin too has earned her keep. Her embarrassing attempts at securing "the one" are so realistic you will likely find yourself reddening at the all too familiar lengths to which she goes.

Best line from the movie: Listen out for the line the guy uses who ends up with Gigi (won't say who ;-)), it could be the "You complete me" of the 21st century!

Disclaimer:
This film may cause some discomfort. Side effects are generally mild and may include feelings of embarrassment over previous postdate obsession/stalking.

4.5 stars.

He's Just Not That Into You
This film is a cocktail of home truths, humourous anicdotes, and cold hard reality. The women in the film have their own complicated love lives, ranging from Gigi's (Ginnifer Goodwin) almost obsessive persuit of The One, and Janine's (Jennifer Connelly) stressing over her husbands lies, though she seems more concerned over his closet smoking habit than his closet mistress. Beth (Jennifer Aniston) is in a rutted relationship which isn't progressing in her preferred direction, and Mary's (Drew Barrymore) obsession with MySpace is putting her in touch with some very dodgy characters, alongside all the usual perils of online relationships. The last character is Anna (Scarlet Johansson) who is a step away from the other leading ladies in that her love triangle contains one too many men. She has a guy who loves her, but who she doesn't love, and a man who she loves, but who shouldn't love her. I'll leave it there!!

The tastefully cast and well known men Neil, Ben and Alex (Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper and Justin Long respectivly) are three of the four main men (the name and actor of the fourth me escapes me, sorry!). Each is coupled or involved with the above women at some point in the film, and again I won't say anything else for fear of ruining the plot.

The storyline of the film is quite 'Love Actually'-esque in that it uses lots of mini storys (some of which link up) to form the whole. The characters interweave and have small connections with each other which is quite intreaging. The situations that the women find themselves in (apart from Janine's) are often so close to home that you find yourself blushing with familiarity, or cringing at seeing a deja-vu scenario from the outside. A couple of times the 'Oh my cod, I've done that...' moment hit me, especially with Gigi, who analyses everything a guy does. But the fact that so many people can relate to moments in the film is probably key to his success.

'He's Just Not That Into You' made me laugh and cry in equal measures. There is enough sympathy generated for certain scenarios, like Beth's sister's husbands' slothen behaviour, to make them really realistic. Beth's desire to get married will also mirror for several women watching. The delicate in-and-outs of relationships are examined, and it is refreshing to see this from another perspective. In one sense this is a usual rom-com, in that the ending is mostly happy, but the route taken to get there is what makes the film different from others.

I thorooughly enjoyed this film, and its one of the best I've seen in a while. The performances of the actors/actresses were first rate, even Ben Affleck (often critisised for the quality of his performances) has pulled it out of the bag. Drew Barrymore's character had more of a back bench than the others, but she did it well. For me, Scarlet Johansson and Ginnifer Goodwin completely made the film.

The beauty with 'He's Just Not That Into You' is that we've either been through the situations or at least know someone who has, so it is incredibly easy to identify with. I recommend this film to everyone who likes their girly films to be thoughful without being complicated, and lovely without being cheesy. Top marks :-)

Light but rather unoriginal
This is a lightweight romantic comedy based upon the multiple couples situation linked by characters knowing each other to create different storylines woven together. The trouble is it has all been done before and somewhat better. It's a bit cliched even for a US romantic comedy, comparable to a rather bland version of 'Love Actually'. Lot's of 'men who fear commitment' and 30's-something females with the ticking biological clock etc. The title comes from the rather overdone discussion about how long one should wait before phoning after a first date, and if he hasn't phoned by 3 days then what does it mean? Well, it probably means....
Not good, not terrible, just a little dull.