Someone Like You

Based on Laura Zigman's 1998 novel -Animal Husbandry, this romantic comedy centers on Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd), a talk-show producer who finds herself suddenly abandoned by her boyfriend (Greg Kinnear). After this untimely breakup, Jane begins to develop a thesis that male behavior is directly ...more

About as knee-deep in unoriginal territory as you can get while still remaining entertaining and somewhat charming, Tony Goldwyn's romantic comedy is buoyed by its two appealing, confident lead actors (Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman) and a smartly chosen supporting cast. There is very little in this film that hasn't been lifted from countless other movies of its type (notably Billy Wilder's entire oeuvre, for starters), but like the actor/director's superb, highly underrated first effort A Walk on ...more