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How Do You Know (2010) 5.3
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5.3/10 from 33,492 users
Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 192 user | 166 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau. Director:James L. BrooksWriter:James L. Brooks |
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Star softball player, Lisa, has just been cut from the national team; Scholarly business man, George, has just been indicted from his father's company. With everything that they know in their lives taken from them, Lisa and George attempt to find romance. Lisa's potential boyfriend, Matty, however, is as clueless and perpetually single as they come, and George's girlfriend just dumped him. A chance hook-up through mutual friends, Lisa and George may be able to form a friendship, or more, that can help them climb out of the piles of lemons that life has handed to them. Written by napierslogs
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language (on appeal/re-edit) | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 December 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Everything You've Got See more »Box Office
Budget:
$120,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,484,696 (USA) (17 December 2010)Gross:
£734,791 (UK) (4 February 2011)Company Credits
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George: Nice to meet you
Matty: Who is he?
Lisa: You didn't even say hello!
Matty: Yeah I think you ought to check with me before you invite some guy over so I'm a little bit too pissed off to say hello!
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Written by Jack Angel, Ros Savory, Timothy Kassner and Radek Kowalczyk
Performed by Inhumane
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Paul Rudd and Reese Wetherspoon have previously starred together in the film Overnight Delivery 1998 See more »Goofs
When Lisa was in front of the mirror, brushing, after she knew that she wasn't a part of the lineup of the players for the 2011 Team USA, there were no post-it written in a white index card saying "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength" but on the next scene, there is that white index card. See more »Quotes
Lisa: George, this is my boyfriend MattyGeorge: Nice to meet you
Matty: Who is he?
Lisa: You didn't even say hello!
Matty: Yeah I think you ought to check with me before you invite some guy over so I'm a little bit too pissed off to say hello!
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Beneath The BleedingWritten by Jack Angel, Ros Savory, Timothy Kassner and Radek Kowalczyk
Performed by Inhumane
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I am very critical of slow pacing but did not find this comedy the least bit slow. As one who works on Wall Street, I can tell you that people like George actually do exist (promoted to a position of authority due to nepotism, but set up for a fall because he actually has ethics). I thought the way they set things up with the phone call by Reba, the pragmatic selfishness of his current girlfriend, and the non-date date worked well together and was plausible enough within context to be enjoyable. I also thought the relationship between jock-player (Wilson) and over-the-hill jock Witherspoon was sweet and funny in its own way.
However, Kathryn Hahn steals every scene she's in as Rudd's personal assistant who hates what's going on and is also a single mom-to-be. And her scene in the hospital alone was worth the price of admission to me. The ending was also well handled. This is the best Paul Rudd performance I have seen since The Shape of Things after many bad ones in-between. Witherspoon was fine even though she didn't seem to have sizzling chemistry with Rudd - she was wonderful with Wilson. The cameo by Shalhoub as a psychiatrist was hilarious. And Mark-Linn Baker was appropriately cowering as the corporate lawyer. Nicholson was fine - he felt the part even though he could have played it in his sleep. Not one of his best, but more than adequate.
So, is this an original and ground-breaking film? No. Is it a highly enjoyable romantic comedy with good supporting performances and funny scenes? Yes!