He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers (WGA):

Abby Kohn (written by) &
Marc Silverstein (written by) ...
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Release Date:

6 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Are you the exception...or the rule?

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Bar | Advertising | Internet Dating | Cell Phone | Baltimore Maryland

Cast

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 #1
Alia Rhiana Eckerman	...	Sorority Girl #2
Julia Pennington	...	Sous Chef #1
Renee Scott	...	Sous Chef #2
Chihiro Fujii	...	Tokyo Girl #1
Sachiko Ishida	...	Tokyo Girl #2
Claudia DiMartino	...	Jogger #1
Eve Curtis	...	Jogger #2
Carmen Perez	...	Army Recruit #1
Traycee King	...	Army Recruit #2
Délé	...	African Woman #1
Eunice Nyarazdo	...	African Woman #2 (as Eunice Nyaradzo)
Anita Yombo	...	African Woman #3
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Gigi Phillips
Kevin Connolly	...	Conor Barry
Niki J. Crawford	...	Waitress #1
Scarlett Johansson	...	Anna Marks
Bradley Cooper	...	Ben
Joan M. Blair	...	Emotionless Cashier
Justin Long	...	Alex
Ben Affleck	...	Neil
Jennifer Aniston	...	Beth Murphy
Jennifer Connelly	...	Janine
Natasha Leggero	...	Amber
Anna Bugarin	...	Yoga Teacher (as Ana Bugarim)
Busy Philipps	...	Kelli Ann
Drew Barrymore	...	Mary
Angela Shelton	...	Angela (as Angela V. Shelton)
Frances Callier	...	Frances
Brandon Keener	...	Jarrad
Chris Miller	...	Baltimore Blade Staffer
Leonardo Nam	...	Joshua
Rod Keller	...	Bruce
Wilson Cruz	...	Nathan
Brooke Bloom	...	Paige
Hedy Burress	...	Laura
Sasha Alexander	...	Catherine
Marc Silverstein	...	Bartender
Cory Hardrict	...	Tyrone
Rene Lopez	...	Gregory
Annie Ilonzeh	...	Hot Girl
Mike Beaver	...	Cousin Jay
Kai Lennox	...	Devon
Shane Edelman	...	George
Stephen Jared	...	Steven
Kris Kristofferson	...	Ken Murphy
Melanie Stephens	...	Waitress #2
Nicole Steinwedell	...	'No Spark' Girl
Erik David	...	Slick Guy in Bar
Jarrett Grode	...	'Droopy Dog'
Ali Afshar	...	Skip (as Alex Dodd)
Bill Brochtrup	...	Larry
Corey Pearson	...	Jude
Sally Nisbet	...	Wedding Guest
John Ross Bowie	...	Dan the Wiccan
Sydney Lauren	...	Tall Girl
Googy Gress	...	Cousin Dominic
Derek Waters	...	Party Guest #1
Nana Hill	...	Party Guest #2
Peter O'Meara	...	Bill
Jocelin Donahue	...	Cute Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Behrendt	...	Priest (uncredited)
Cornelia Brown	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Josh Driver	...	Hot Guy (uncredited)
Johnny Drocco	...	Blade employee / Red Pirate on Float (uncredited)
Liam Ferguson	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer	...	Attorney (uncredited)
Jen Friel	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Bradfield Griffith	...	House Party Member (uncredited)
Luis Guzmán	...	Javier (uncredited)
Jean Huynh	...	Salon Manicurist (uncredited)
Ralph Kampshoff	...	Father of the Groom (uncredited)
Gina Limbrick	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Tam Nguyen	...	Salon manicurist (uncredited)
Brittani Noel	...	Consoling Friend #2 (uncredited)
Cristine Rose	...	Wealthy Divorcee (uncredited)
Abraham Rubio	...	Parade Marcher (uncredited)
Jana Savage	...	Yoga Student (uncredited)
Josh Shideler	...	Partygoer #3 (uncredited)
Amy Shuster	...	Single Girl (uncredited)
Monica Sly	...	Student in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Al Sotto	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Alex Spencer	...	Yoga Student (uncredited)
Carly Steel	...	Party Girl #2 (uncredited)
Patrick Michael Strange	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Hannah Rebecca Telle	...	Girl in Restaurant (uncredited)
Karmyn Tyler	...	Yoga Student (uncredited)
Sandra Valladares	...	Restaurant patron (uncredited)
Melissa Weiss	...	Yoga Student In Black (uncredited)

Directed by
Ken Kwapis

Writing credits (WGA)
Abby Kohn		(written by) &
Marc Silverstein		(written by)
Greg Behrendt		(book "He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys") and
Liz Tuccillo		(book "He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys")

Produced by
Drew Barrymore	....	executive producer
Michael Beugg	....	executive producer
Michael Disco	....	co-producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Nancy Juvonen	....	producer
Gwenn Stroman	....	co-producer
Michele Weiss	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Cliff Eidelman

Cinematography by
John Bailey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Cara Silverman

Casting by
Justine Baddeley
Kim Davis

Production Design by
Gae S. Buckley

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn		(as Andrew M. Cahn)

Set Decoration by
K.C. Fox

Costume Design by
Shay Cunliffe

Makeup Department
Germicka Barclay	....	hair stylist
Jamie Leigh DeVilla	....	makeup artist
Jorjee Douglas	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Connelly
Jorjee Douglas	....	personal makeup artist
Silvina Knight	....	makeup artist
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Connelly, Baltimore
Miia Kovero	....	hair stylist: Ms. Connelly, Baltimore
Angela Levin	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Aniston
Anne Morgan	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Connelly
Rhonda O'Neal	....	hair stylist
Bunny Parker	....	hair department head
Tina Roesler Kerwin	....	makeup department head (as Tina K. Roesler)
Kate Shorter	....	makeup artist
Heba Thorisdottir	....	makeup artist: Scarlett Johansson
Kim Urgel	....	hair stylist
Raqueli Dahan	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bob Dohrmann	....	production supervisor
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Joe Incaprera	....	assistant production manager: Baltimore
Rick Reynolds	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
E. Langston Craig	....	second second assistant director
Stephen P. Dunn	....	first assistant director
Paul Byrne Prenderville	....	second assistant director
Ken Twohy	....	assistant director
Xanthus Valan	....	second second assistant director: Baltimore
Anderson Vilien	....	assistant director: reshoots
Anderson Vilien	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	art coordinator (as Dawn Ascher)
Brook Bacon	....	set dresser
Jamie Bishop	....	assistant props: Baltimore
Robert J. Carlyle	....	construction coordinator
Chris Carriveau	....	set dresser
Peggy Casey	....	set decoration buyer
Susan Chooljian	....	prop buyer
Denise Ciarcia	....	assistant property master
Michael Davis	....	construction coordinator: Baltimore
Andrea Dietrich	....	storyboard artist
Patrick T. Eagan	....	set dresser
Richard Ewan	....	painter decorator
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer
Elizabeth Flaherty	....	assistant art director
Jimmy Flores	....	locations construction foreman
Ellen Freund	....	property master
Kristina Fuangkasae	....	props assistant
Ceri Glowacki	....	art department production assistant
Jeff Hay	....	set dresser
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones	....	scenic: Baltimore
James Kroning	....	assistant property master
Kay Kropp	....	lead painter
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
James R. Lord	....	carpenter gang boss
James R. Lord	....	propmaker gang boss
Eric Luling	....	on-set dresser
Gregory Lynch Jr.	....	carpenter
John Millard	....	leadman: second unit
Howard Payne Miller	....	set dresser
Sarah Regan	....	stand-by painter
Brent Rice	....	lead man
Lauren Ruggeri	....	art department assistant
Sharon Speller	....	painter decorator
John Warnke	....	set designer
Maret Wicken	....	set painter gang boss
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Tiffany Zappulla	....	set decorator buyer: Baltimore

Sound Department
David Baldwin	....	sound editor
John Cannon	....	assistant sound editor
Jed M. Dodge	....	dialogue editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	sound mixer
Glynna Grimala	....	foley editor
David Holmes	....	sound utility
Scott Jacobs	....	boom operator
Daniel R. Kerr	....	sound librarian
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound recordist (as Brian D. Magerkurth)
Lorenzo Millan	....	sound utility: Baltimore
James Moriana	....	foley walker
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	supervising sound editor
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Title	....	sound editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley walker
David Young	....	sound engineer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Larry Fioritto	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Michael Boggs	....	scanning manager
James P. Noon	....	tracking

Stunts
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Ahl	....	precision driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Arnold	....	lighting technician
Ken W. Ballantine	....	best boy electric
John C. Barber	....	dolly grip: "b" camera: Baltimore
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Steven W. Blumenfeld	....	video playback operator
Sarah Brandes	....	assistant camera: Baltimore
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Callow	....	grip
Bruce Chimerofsky	....	best boy grip
Fred Dale	....	company grip
Tulio Duenas	....	second assistant camera
Jim Duggan	....	company grip
Phaedra Eason	....	rigging grip
Toby Eversole	....	camera intern
Richard J. Fortkiewicz	....	grip
David Gamble	....	company grip
David Golia	....	camera operator
Joseph Graham	....	rigging key grip
Allen Harker	....	dimmer board operator
Matthew Haskins	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris Henry	....	lighting technician
Tony Hibbard	....	lighting technician
William T. Iversen	....	rigging grip: Baltimore
Timothy Jipping	....	company grip
Jimi Johnson	....	video assist operator
Philip Kathrens	....	lamp operator: Baltimore
Ted Lewis	....	rigging best boy grip
Damon Marcellino	....	set lighting technician
James M. McClure	....	dimmer board operator
James M. McClure	....	lighting technician
Darren Michaels	....	unit still photographer
Matthew Moriarty	....	Steadicam operator
Matthew Moriarty	....	camera operator
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer
George Santo Pietro	....	dolly grip
Aaron Schuh	....	film loader
Mike Shaheen	....	video playback operator
Suzanne Trucks	....	first assistant camera: 'b' camera
Wade Tyree	....	electrician
Darryl Wilson	....	company grip

Casting Department
Michael Cohen	....	casting intern: local
Dawn Marie Deibert	....	extras casting
Rich King	....	extras casting
Freya Krasnow	....	casting assistant
Meagan Lewis	....	location casting associate
Pat Moran	....	casting director: local

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kent Cummins	....	style consultant
Deb Dalton	....	key costumer: Baltimore
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	assistant costume designer: Baltimore
Alyssa Kim	....	key set costumer
Jason M. Moore	....	set costumer
Meredith J. Murray	....	costumer
Lisa D. Quercioli	....	key dresser: jennifer aniston
Katie Saunders	....	costume supervisor
Jennifer Day Young	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Nic Angell	....	post coordinator
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Jim Eberle	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Jim Flynn	....	first assistant editor
Matt Maddox	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Katie Pastore	....	post-production coordinator
Gregory Plotkin	....	first assistant editor
Richmond Riedel	....	assistant editor
Erik Rogers	....	senior digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Danny Bramson	....	music supervisor
Jay Duerr	....	auricle operator
Cliff Eidelman	....	conductor
Nic Harcourt	....	music consultant
Will Kaplan	....	music editor
Philip Klein	....	orchestration intern
Penka Kouneva	....	orchestrator
Matt LaPoint	....	music pre-recording engineer
David Low	....	orchestra contractor
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Margarita Sullivan	....	music clearances

Transportation Department
Mike Belt	....	mechanic
Neil Chisholm	....	driver
Mark Dobkousky	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Chris Haynes	....	driver
Kirk Huston	....	transportation captain
Zoa Keith	....	transportation
Hugh Kelly	....	driver
Jay Krueger	....	driver
Seth Levine	....	driver
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation coordinator: Baltimore
Hardy Ophuls	....	transportation co-captain
Marty Osborne	....	driver
John Pellegrino	....	driver
Adam Pinkstaff	....	driver
William Smallwood	....	driver: production van
William Smallwood	....	generator operator/driver
Gerald Titus	....	driver
Jay E. Vigil	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Dana Belcastro	....	production executive
Lisa Marie Boiko	....	stand in: Drew Barrymore
Amber Bollinger	....	additional set production assistant
Christine Bonnem	....	location manager
Zach Book	....	additional production assistant
Lindsey Jayne Boyd	....	production assistant
Kris Bunting	....	assistant location manager
Meghan Burchfield	....	additional set production assistant
Anna Burd	....	production secretary
Benjamin Cantler	....	location assistant
Brian M. Chilcoat	....	production assistant
David Chiu	....	production assistant
Ann Christman	....	production coordinator: Baltimore (as Ann Christmas)
Joseph Faulstich	....	production assistant
Todd Feaser	....	location assistant
Robert L. Fiks	....	production assistant
Scott Foster	....	production assistant: Baltimore
Jeffrey Garrett	....	assistant location manager
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Erica Getler	....	additional production assistant
Sarah Grant	....	production assistant
Kelly Hannon	....	set production assistant
Jeffrey Harris	....	second assistant accountant
Lauren Henry	....	head animal trainer
Tom Holzhauer	....	production assistant
Douglas M. Jones	....	set production assistant: Baltimore
Matti Klutz	....	set production assistant
John Latenser V	....	location manager
Angela S. Lee	....	accounting clerk: Baltimore
Hiromi Marder	....	payroll accountant
Georgina Marquis	....	production coordinator
Kent Matsuoka	....	location scout
Laura Maurer	....	assistant: Nancy Juvonen
Franka Mavrides	....	production assistant
Matt V. Messina	....	key assistant location manager
J. Matthew Miller	....	stand-in (as Matthew Cannon)
Keri Moorhouse	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Neipris	....	marine coordinator
Mitul Patel	....	production assistant
Amanda J. Powderly	....	accounting clerk
Wendy Price	....	production accountant
Katie Pruitt	....	production assistant
Rebecca Rajkowski	....	assistant to director
Anne Rapp	....	script supervisor
Jacob N. Rhodes	....	production assistant
Michael Shanahan	....	assistant location manager
Josh Slates	....	assistant location manager
Josh Slates	....	location scout
B.J. Smith	....	medic
Kelly Dean Smith	....	assistant: Drew Barrymore
Roland Sonnenburg	....	animal trainer
Michael Swafford	....	first assistant acccountant
Korin A. Tarin	....	construction accountant
Peter F. Tegan	....	stand-in: male
Luther Trotter	....	assistant: Michael Beugg
Shane Tunney	....	location assistant
Angelo Vacco	....	voice actor
Leah Warshawski	....	marine crew
Troy Witkovic	....	accounting clerk
Ryan Young	....	production assistant
Marc Garcia	....	life guard (uncredited)
Kazumi Nakamura	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Flower Films (II)
• Internationale Filmproduktion Blackswan
• Sessions Payroll Management

Distributors

• ARM Distribution (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• New Line Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Corbis  thanks
• Designer Wardrobe Trailers  wardrobe trailer
• EFilm  digital recording services
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Getty Images  thanks
• Los Angeles Center Studios  sound stages
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• MySpace  thanks
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  star trailers
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

Er steht einfach nicht auf Dich! (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44390) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Ireland:15A | New Zealand:M | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:A | Argentina:13 | Sweden:Btl | Peru:PT | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Flower Films (II)

Trivia:

The same-titled-book the movie is based on was a line featured in an "Sex and the City" (1998) 2003 episode "Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little".

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Mary ('Drew Barrymore') is looking at the website of her latest boyfriend, the rocker, he says that his favorite quote, "All I need is this guitar, three chords and the truth," is from Bon Jovi. That quote actually comes from U2's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", not Bon Jovi.

Quotes:

Mary: What if you meet the love of your life, are you supposed to let them pass you by?

Movie Connections:

References "Dateline NBC" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Her Look At Night

Bland but yet inoffensive film that is superficial in every regard and appears to be totally fine with it

Since I would normally go out to meet people, it is infrequently that I find myself "staying in" to watch a movie with more than one other person, although it does happen. With any mixed group you will have such differences in terms of taste and moods that it is hard to get a film that everyone wants to see – hence you often end up with a "safe" choice being made of a blockbuster film or something that is equally generic enough to be able to provide minimum offence to those that hate it, even if that comes at the expense of the group as nobody will really love it either. This preamble has a vague point because this was how I ended up watching this film. After 5 minutes of "seen it", "don't want to see it" on the on-demand screen, the decision was taken and, since my mild-OCD means I try to watch every film that comes my way, I figured it wouldn't hurt – even though the only person I know who had seen it had told me only a week earlier than it was awful.

He was wrong as it turns out because HJNTIY is not awful – it is just entirely forgettable fluff that never really does anything beyond the basics. It didn't have to be that way though because although it is built on modern relationship clichés, there is an element of truth to all of them and anyone with even a passing involvement in modern dating will find characters or situations that they can relate to. The problem comes when one expects the film to do something with that base, because it really doesn't do much. I expected to care about the characters but the film never really develops any of them or their situations beyond the level of cliché sketched out in pencil. It doesn't even really have anything of value to say about these modern "problems" either beyond letting them play out on a basic level and/or copping out just to bring things to an inoffensive and safe conclusion. In fairness though, the film didn't have to go that way because it could also have worked if it had worked on staying superficial by being fun, playful, light and refreshing about the whole thing. As you will have guessed already, it didn't do that either because the whole thing is lacking in real wit or invention as it moves along – providing far too few laughs or good moments to be considered to work on that level.

It is a shame because it leaves the whole thing feeling like an big shrug of a film, with nothing awful about it but just a complete unwillingness to do anything of specific interest good or bad. The real work that should have gone into the content appears to have gone into the casting because this is a film that not only has a lot of star names in it but it is one that does almost nothing to justify having them in there. OK so some will question the quality of some of the cast but regardless it is a starry film. Of course the film gives them little to do but mostly the lack of substance kinda plays into the range of some of the cast by allowing them to turn in equally so-so, light performances. Goodwin is likable and fun in her role and it is a shame that the material took her a path she couldn't do much with at the end. She works well with Long though and he is also reasonably OK. Cooper and Connelly both have harder jobs to do in regards the more serious aspects of the plot but they do not manage to do better than the material gives them. Usually Johansson fails to impress because she comes over as superficial but here it is a strength and she is actually pretty good because the material plays to her strengths. Aniston, Affleck and Barrymore are all fairly so-so, with Barrymore being the weakest mainly due to her material being weak to the point of being unnecessary.

Overall HJNTIY is more or less what it appears to be – a bland but yet inoffensive film that is superficial in every regard and appears to be totally fine with it. Nobody appears to want more depth than it offers and nobody appears to want to break the "safe" level of cosy entertainment by doing anything too funny, upsetting or challenging. Of course this is why many people seem to enjoy the film but for me it was so pointless that I had practically forgotten it even as it was still on.