10s Movie Review - How to Be Single

Director: Christian Ditter
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Runtime: 109 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alison Brie, Damon Wayans Jr., Anders Holm, Jake Lacy, Colin Jost

Description: A group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City.

Review: A film with multiple storylines is a common given in modern day romantic comedies. There is off course so much to tell about love. Since “Love Actually” this concept has almost become a romcom cliché. “How to Be Single” is also set in this format. Not persee a search for love, but the will to live without. And it soon shows there is not a lot to talk about, because the message is clear pretty quick.
In “How to Be Single” we follow four women in New York. All have a difficult time dealing with relationships in their own way. Either because they can’t commit or they simply can’t let go. Alice has decided to take a break from her relationship, in order to find herself. Her older sister Meg is a workaholic with the dream of becoming a mother, without a man. Alice friend Robin lives for parties and having one night stands. Lucy is focused on online dating, without noticing the men surrounding her. And there are plenty of great men in new York. But if you don’t know what you want, it doesn’t help you much. First get to know yourself, before getting to know someone else. This is something that the women in this film don’t really understand.
Alice’s story is the lead, mainly because she is the connection to Robin and Meg. Lucy’s storyline is dangling on the side. And Alison Brie’s talent is underused this way. I will choose Brie’s energetic performance over Dakota Johnson’s anytime. Her character Alice is constantly needing people around her, she is hopelessly naïve and her storyline quickly bores. Her sister’s story has that same effect. And all the male roles lack any depth. Thank goodness for Rebel Wilson, because she is the funny aspect in “How to Be Single”. If it wasn’t for her and Alison Brie, this film would be even worse.
“How to Be Single” does something that has been done so many times before. A very forgettable romcom.

Rating: 2/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (214)

Here are this weeks trailers.

The Huntsmen Winter's War

Description: The sisters, Freya (Emily Blunt) and Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron), live together until the Ice Queen gets her heart broken by a man. Devastated, she flees from the kingdom and builds an icy empire as she assembled a legion of huntsmen. The deadly pack of warriors includes Eric (Chris Huntsman) and Sara (Jessica Chastain), who were reprimanded to follow one rule from the cold-hearted queen: "forever harden your hearts to love." However, Freya's most beloved warriors defied her rules, as they fell in love, and she banished Eric and Sara into the wilderness.Fast forward into the Snow White plot, the Ice Queen learns that her sister has been killed and demanded her soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror to a sorceress who has the ability to harness its power. Freya learns that her sister can be resurrected and together, they come back for a deeply dark retaliation by combining their disastrous forces.As the wicked sisters plan for vengeance together with their seemingly formidable troops, the two huntsmen will reunite and try to conquer the dark forces.

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Nick Frost

Trailer: Trailer "The Huntsman Winter's War"

Comment: Four of my favorites in one movie!!!!!

A Monster Calls

Description: A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.

Director: J.A. Bayona

Starring: Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell,

Trailer: Trailer "A Monster Calls"

Comment: Curious about this film.

Midnight Special

Description: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Director: Jeff Nichols

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard

Trailer: Trailer "Midnight Special"

Comment: Can't wait to see this.

The Benefactor

Description: A philanthropist (Richard Gere) meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.

Director: Andrew Renzi

Starring: Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James

Trailer: Trailer "The Benefactor"

Comment: An Indie with Rochard Gere.

How to Be Single

Description: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

Director: Christian Ditter

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacey

Trailer: Trailer "How to Be Single"

Comment: Rebel Wilson as the awkward single chick, that's new!