Someone Like You... (2001)

People are voting emotionally.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Ladies, we know what it feels to be completely in love and then be cast aside for little or no reason and it stings. Well our heroine in "Someone Like You" set about expressing her disgust of male behavior and her anguish at being dumped in unorthodox methods. I had no clue what to think of the film when I first watched, but within five to ten minutes I was laughing so hard that I began to enjoy the story. Now I'm not a girl who likes players, but I couldn't help immediately falling in love with the character of Eddie Alden, played by Hugh Jackman, just like Ashley Judd's character did. Way too funny and being a huge fan of Hugh's acting, how can I resist.Not a fan of rom-coms either, but as previously stated the acting and the wit and humor of the script was appealing to me. Give it a shot if you're a fan of the rom-com or comedy genre or if you need a good laugh on a bad day.

I really don't like this movie because is extremely predictable, the performances are really bland and also the story doesn't bring anything new to the genre. Overall the movie is just unfunny, plain and ridiculous.This is one of the most shameless romantic comedies I've ever seen. I really don't like romantic comedies because they are completely fictitious, after soap operas romantic comedies are the most unrealistic shows ever, but anyways in my most humble opinion the story of the movie is so cheap and silly that I really hated every single thing of this movie.The performances are really terrible, well I've never taken seriously Ashley Judd but in this movie she gave the simplest performances ever but in the end is not her fault If I should blame someone I'd blame the writer. And of course Hugh Jackman and Greg Kinnear made the typical handsome men falling for the "nice" girl and Ellen Barking performing the other girl.Of course the worst of this movie is the fake script and the silly story I mean romance is sometimes ridiculous but this movie exceeded expectations. The worst part for me was especially the ending when we realize that writer most be from another planet or most live in another reality far away from us.I know that romantic comedies have to have happy endings but this movie doesn't make the ending just predictable and silly, but makes it cheesy and cheap.

I must admit I generally watch this movie for Ashley Judd's cheerleading demonstration. OK, I'm shallow. But she IS pretty hot in that scene! Otherwise the film is an enjoyable enough comedy---if far from great--- about young adults trying to make sense of the opposite sex, dating, living together, and all the other pre-marital situations. Ashley likens men to bulls, who copulate with as many cows as possible because, she contends, the bulls get quickly bored with the same old cow. Silly premise, but her personality carries the film; she is always enjoyable to watch. Marisa Tomei is also on hand, and she is under-utilized, unfortunately.

I have watched this film about 20 times over the last few months. After this many viewings, you catch a lot of points that escape notice on earlier viewings.What starts to stand out is the stupidity of the Ashley Judd character 'Jane Goodale'. She is the helpless captive of her emotions, seeming to learn little from bitter experience. She feels an instant attraction to the Greg Kinnear character 'Ray Brown'. She eagerly accepts a lunch invitation from a man she knows is already involved with another woman. When 'Ray' calls her at home, 'Jane' drops everything to spend the night with him. 'Jane' never requires any form of commitment from this man. Any scrap of his attention is sufficient to keep her available. Call it the triumph of hormones over logic.After being dumped, 'Jane' mopes around being miserable. It seems that her horizons are limited to the workplace when seeking a mate. In a city the size of New York, an attractive young woman can't find any desirable man to hook up with. It seems unlikely that she would fail to attract any outside attention at all.'Ray Brown' is no mental giant either. Getting involved with a co-worker and then dumping her under such ugly circumstances is very likely to result in major problems at the work place. Being secretly involved with his boss 'Diane Roberts' and then breaking off with 'Diane' to pursue co-worker 'Jane' is not a brilliant career move, to put it mildly. 'Diane' was bound to find out about 'Ray's' new relationship in such a small work group. The Hugh Jackman character 'Eddy Alden' was enormously reckless. He publicly returns a pair of co-worker 'Nina's' earrings, left in his bathroom. That humiliation could have hardly failed to arouse repercussions for 'Eddy'. 'Eddy' spends all his time and money in the pursuit of new female conquests. He seems to subsist on a diet of Chinese takeout food, cigarettes, and liquor. That lifestyle can hardly fail to take a toll on his looks and health, vital to the success of a playboy of moderate financial resources.What stands out in the lives of these major characters is just a shallow regard for the pleasure of the moment. Not one of them seems to desire establishing a stable marriage relationship. A sure recipe for eventual heartbreak.'Jane' eventually refocuses romantically on her despised roommate 'Eddy'. 'Jane' has lavished all her disdain and rage toward men on 'Eddy'. It seems that 'Eddy' never holds a grudge for all the caustic quips 'Jane' aimed in his direction. When 'Jane' hits rock bottom emotionally, a suddenly gallant 'Eddy' finds reason to comfort her in her hour of need. A bit of decent behavior and sympathy from 'Eddy' is enough to cause 'Jane' to switch her romantic sights onto him. It seems that a man only needs to provide some emotional support and 'Jane' is putty in his hands.The conclusion of the film was strange. 'Jane' suddenly realizes she is in love with 'Eddy' and dashes out of the workplace to find him and declare her love. The fact that they live in the same apartment and will certainly soon cross paths seems irrelevant to her frantic haste. The director's comments track mentions that there was another ending to the film that was discarded. I certainly would have appreciated a chance to see the alternate ending and judge it for myself. I feel it probably was superior to the version presented.