After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been betraying. And when yet another love affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot revenge on the three-timing S.O.B.
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun and comedic self-indulgence.
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
As their own mothers drop in unexpectedly, our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas.
After a humiliating commando performance at The Kennedy Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.
Director:
Elizabeth Banks
Stars:
Anna Kendrick,
Rebel Wilson,
Hailee Steinfeld
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers is forced to return to teaching to make enough money for breast implants after her wealthy fiancé dumps her.
Director:
Jake Kasdan
Stars:
Cameron Diaz,
Jason Segel,
Justin Timberlake
Follows the lives of five interconnected couples as they experience the thrills and surprises of having a baby and realize that no matter what you plan for, life does not always deliver what is expected.
Director:
Kirk Jones
Stars:
Cameron Diaz,
Matthew Morrison,
J. Todd Smith
Two hard-partying brothers place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves out-hustled by an uncontrollable duo.
Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices.
There's a right way to be single, a wrong way to be single, and then...there's Alice. And Robin. Lucy. Meg. Tom. David. New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, be it a love connection, a hook-up, or something in the middle. And somewhere between the teasing texts and one-night stands, what these unmarrieds all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love. Sleeping around in the city that never sleeps was never so much fun.
Ken (played by Jake Lacy) refers to a Christmas tree as "the John McClane of Christmas trees" to Meg. In his role as Pete on The Office, Jake Lacy plays Pete, who can recite the whole script to Diehard from memory. See more »
Goofs
The address given for the Wall Street law firm where Robin works would put it in the East River. See more »
Quotes
Robin:
If you use an emoji, I will tit punch you.
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Ms
Written by Gwil Sainsbury (as Gwilym Sainsbury), Joe Newman, Thom Green (as Thomas Green) and Gus Unger-Hamilton (as Augustus Unger-Hamilton)
Performed by Alt-J
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Canvasback Music
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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A gentle, over sentimental mess that yet cannot be faulted for not trying and not caring. The most irritating thing about a film is when you see the filmmakers having no passion about the project; that happens way to many times with this kind of mid budget film and so, if "How to Be Single" can be proof of one thing, is that investing passion in your film always gives some kind of results.
One thing that really emerges from this film is that it is actually more funny than I expected. Some of the comedy really pays off and curiously enough it is always coming from the characters that the film is more interested in. Dakota Johnson, as I have said for some time, is quite a good actress and manages to take out something good out of this mediocre material. So does Alison Brie and of course Leslie Mann is always fun to watch.
On the other hand Rebel Wilson is annoying, uninspired and worst of all an appalling cliché. I knew everything that was going to happen to her character two minutes into the film, probably the same time at which I gave up thinking she was going to be any kind of funny or interesting in the film.
Overall there is lots of sentimentality, too many times characters give up character coherence in favor of a shock value or a cool scene that doesn't fit and end up in clichés. Yet, the director still manages to find a small balance of some heartfelt moments and genuine good comedy with actually a couple of character archs that were surprising and paid off.
Unfortunately the cinematography of this film is a big low point. It is as standard and dull as photography can get. Basic coverage of every scene and the most basic and uninspired editing around it. It's not like it is out of focus or not lit properly, its just that it is so straight forward and dull it almost cheapens every moment in the film. For example, there is a piece of comedy involving Rebel Wilson getting out of a car that is shot with five freaking cuts. It takes away the whole comedy from the moment that could have been shot with a single steady shot and it would have made the scene ten times funnier.
Although it is really forgettable and right now as I am writing I can't remember a good portion of it, there is still something to be found here, even though I will never recommend this for a theater viewing.
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A gentle, over sentimental mess that yet cannot be faulted for not trying and not caring. The most irritating thing about a film is when you see the filmmakers having no passion about the project; that happens way to many times with this kind of mid budget film and so, if "How to Be Single" can be proof of one thing, is that investing passion in your film always gives some kind of results.
One thing that really emerges from this film is that it is actually more funny than I expected. Some of the comedy really pays off and curiously enough it is always coming from the characters that the film is more interested in. Dakota Johnson, as I have said for some time, is quite a good actress and manages to take out something good out of this mediocre material. So does Alison Brie and of course Leslie Mann is always fun to watch.
On the other hand Rebel Wilson is annoying, uninspired and worst of all an appalling cliché. I knew everything that was going to happen to her character two minutes into the film, probably the same time at which I gave up thinking she was going to be any kind of funny or interesting in the film.
Overall there is lots of sentimentality, too many times characters give up character coherence in favor of a shock value or a cool scene that doesn't fit and end up in clichés. Yet, the director still manages to find a small balance of some heartfelt moments and genuine good comedy with actually a couple of character archs that were surprising and paid off.
Unfortunately the cinematography of this film is a big low point. It is as standard and dull as photography can get. Basic coverage of every scene and the most basic and uninspired editing around it. It's not like it is out of focus or not lit properly, its just that it is so straight forward and dull it almost cheapens every moment in the film. For example, there is a piece of comedy involving Rebel Wilson getting out of a car that is shot with five freaking cuts. It takes away the whole comedy from the moment that could have been shot with a single steady shot and it would have made the scene ten times funnier.
Although it is really forgettable and right now as I am writing I can't remember a good portion of it, there is still something to be found here, even though I will never recommend this for a theater viewing.