Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski and Ashley Williams
Director: Luke Greenfield
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, and some drug material.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Running time: 1hr 45min
Release Date: May 6th, 2011
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
By John Delia
This romance good girl bad girl story works well in Something Borrowed, but only a ‘chick’ would care. Like all chick flick films I review however, leaning toward how much fun it would be for the ladies adds up in my final grade. If you like your comedy with a lot of sugar and spice, then ladies this film should be desert for you.
The movie centers on Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) an attorney in a great firm in New York. She got there with the help of her college buddy Dex (Colin Egglesfield) who kept her focused on the job. One huge problem, just when Rachel planned to tell Dex that she had fallen for him, BFF Darcy (Kate Hudson) changed Rachel’s love life forever. When announcements go out that Dex and Darcy are getting married, Rachel starts to get ideas that may reverse her downward love spiral.
The intentionally complicated love story has a lot of cute stuff going for it, but three quarters of the way through however director Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door) decides the movie needs some unpredictability. Here is takes a 180-degree turn and complicates his movie in a bad way, for me anyway. His characters not only change their minds, but their personalities unlocking secrets that seem obvious to me were put there to make the film more challenging.
Goodwin has excellent chemistry with both John Krasinski and Egglesfield, so much so that you can feel the love coming off the screen. Actually, acting by the whole cast is decent and enjoyable, especially Kate Hudson as Darcy the beautiful girl who has the world on a string. Hudson knows how to play this part and she gives it her all making the movie a fun watch. In addition to Hudson, the zany performance by Ashley Williams, as Claire a friend of Darcy, keeps the film comical in a big way.
Something Borrowed is rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, and some drug material.
FINAL ANALYSIS: A chick flick with some slick comedy. (C+)