I suppose this movie is passable if you're looking for some mind numbing rubbish after a long day. I watched for Jackman, but I don't know why I stayed. The sex scenes and final kiss are so awkward and overwrought I had to look away. It's like watching two excited puppies attack each other and really killed the vibe. Also, the protagonist unapologetically begins an affair at one point and then spends an hour blaming men for the woes of the world and nobody, NOBODY says "what did you expect, lady?", after her heart is inevitably broken. She should have apologised to the other woman, it's actually very messed up. All this aside I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys ongoing cow analogies that frequently mention "male cows".

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.

Tony Goldwyn's 'Someone Like you' is a typical romantic comedy set in New York. What I liked about it is the unusual casting (that includes Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei and Ellen Barkin) and also the message behind it: that not all guys are jerks :). Goldwyn uses the same ingredients that have made romantic comedies successful in the past. The setting is pretty much the same as any other New York rom com. Ashley Judd carries off the lead role very well. Hugh Jackman too does a fine job. Greg Kinnear does an equally convincing job and Marisa Tomei is very likable as Jane's best friend. The jokes work well even though some of them feel a little deja vu. Also, I would have liked to see a development in the romantic relationship between Eddie and Jane. Yet, it was fun to watch a romantic comedy with a fresh cast.

Girl meets boy, boy dumps girl, girl meets other boy, other boy and girl are platonic, other boy and girl fall in love. Sterling cast and a proved plot line (if done well). Unfortunately, this movie was not done well. This movie was dull, dull, dull. There was no spark in the dialogue or spark from the stars. There is a marvelous cast, but they were all, everyone one of them, dead on arrival, phoning in their performance, absent without leave. You get my drift. Granted, the dialogue was bad, but it was worse than just bad dialogue. We've all seen good actors deliver bad lines like they were golden. I blame the director. Yeah, that's it. He did it. Then, to add to the wasted time, when I went to rate the movie, I had already seen it, but I had no recollection of it at all. That's when you know the movie is a void