This mildly entertaining fluff of a comedy gave Jack and me some laughs. Not just a chick flick, it nonetheless is all about the women, starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, and Leslie Mann. Johnson is the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, starred in Fifty Shades of Grey (which we didn't see) and the series Ben & Kate (which we did). She joins her co-stars (last blogged in The Brothers Grimsby and Mr. Peabody & Sherman, respectively) at self-deprecating humor, venturing into humiliation, which is no big stretch for the latter two. Alison Brie's (best known as Annie Edison on 110 episodes of Community and Trudy Campbell on 38 of Mad Men) character is just as crazy but not as funny as the other three. It's been almost four weeks since we saw it so I can't go into much detail.
Liz Tuccillo's (story editor on Sex and the City, co-wrote the 2004 book He's Just Not That Into You based on a SATC episode, and wrote and directed a feature which no one saw) 2008 book How to Be Single was adapted by writing partners Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (scripts for Never Been Kissed (1999) and the 2009 movie He's Just Not That Into You, and story for Valentine's Day) and Dana Fox (The Wedding Date (2005), What Happens in Vegas (2008), and series creator and writer of Ben and Kate with Johnson). The director Christian Ritter is new to me.
Rotten Tomatoes ratings of 49% critics and 54 audiences are pretty valid. But it wouldn't ruin a date night to stream it after its DVD release May 24.
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