He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers:

Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein,

Stars:

Morgan Lily, Trenton Rogers, Jennifer Aniston

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Morgan Lily	...	5 yr. old Girl
Trenton Rogers	...	6 yr. old Boy
Michelle Carmichael	...	Mother
Jasmine Woods	...	Crying 20-Something (as Kristen Faye Hunter)
Sabrina Revelle	...	Consoling Friend
Zoe Jarman	...	Sorority Girl (as Zoë Jarman)
Alia Rhiana Eckerman	...	Sorority Girl
Julia Pennington	...	Sous Chef
Renee Scott	...	Sous Chef
Chihiro Fujii	...	Tokyo Girl
Sachiko Ishida	...	Tokyo Girl
Claudia DiMartino	...	Jogger
Eve Curtis	...	Jogger
Carmen Perez	...	Army Recruit
Traycee King	...	Army Recruit

Storyline

The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry, Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him, but she meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates.

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Plot Keywords:

advertising | dating | bar | father daughter relationship | xbox 360 | 

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Taglines:

Are you the exception...or the rule?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Films [fr] New Line Cinema [us]

Country:

USA Germany Netherlands

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Simplemente no te quiere

Filming Locations:

Handy Market - 2514 W. Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,913,542 (UK) (6 February 2009)

Gross:

$93,952,276 (USA) (12 June 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Flower Films (II), Internationale Filmproduktion Blackswan

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Greg Behrendt:  Co-author of the novel plays the wedding minister.

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Goofs

When Ben is teaching Janine the properties of wooden and engineered wood flooring, he's holding a dark brown wood in his left hand and a golden brown panel in his right. In the next shot, he holds up the golden wood in his left hand. In a moment, the panels have switched hands.

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Quotes

Gigi: I would rather be like that, then be like you.
Alex: Excuse me? What's that supposed to mean?
Gigi: I may dissect each little thing and put myself out there so much but at least that means that I still care. Oh! You've think you won because women are expendable to you. You may not get hurt or make an ass of yourself that way but you don't fall in love that way either. You have not won. You're alone. I may do a lot of stupid shit but I'm still a lot closer to love than you are.

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Connections

References Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Fruit Machine"
Written by Jules De Martino (as Julian De Martino) and Katie White
Performed by The Ting Tings
Courtesy of Columbia Records/Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Are we really that bad?

My girlfriend and I, both at or approaching our 50's, saw this in a theater that was absolutely filled with high school girls. That surprised me actually, given that most of the stars in this film are well-beyond high-school age. But they, like the rest of the audience, seemed to really enjoy this film, as did we. The relationships were nicely intertwined without being contrived ("Crash" anyone?), and unlike the similar movie "Love Actually," nothing portrayed was too outlandish. The convention of adding comments by "real" people to introduce story lines was well done and amusing. If I find any fault with the film, it's that all of the guys are presented as having relationship "issues" or as being total bone-heads. Hopefully there are more "nice guys" interspersed in society than what this film might lead you to believe (though I must say that the attitudes presented are definitely not inaccurate).

Overall, a very nice film whose 2 hour plus running time goes by rather quickly. If you've ever been in or tried to be in a relationship, you'll probably enjoy this movie.