How Do You Know (2010)

After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.

Director:

James L. Brooks

Writer:

James L. Brooks

Stars:

Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reese Witherspoon	...	Lisa
Paul Rudd	...	George
Owen Wilson	...	Matty
Jack Nicholson	...	Charles
Kathryn Hahn	...	Annie
Mark Linn-Baker	...	Ron
Lenny Venito	...	Al
Molly Price	...	Coach Sally
Ron McLarty	...	George's Lawyer
Shelley Conn	...	Terry
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Bullpen Pitcher
John Tormey	...	Doorman
Teyonah Parris	...	Riva
Tony Shalhoub	...	Psychiatrist
Dean Norris	...	Softball Coach

Storyline

Star softball player, Lisa, has just been cut from the national team; Scholarly business man, George, has just been indicted from his father's company. With everything that they know in their lives taken from them, Lisa and George attempt to find romance. Lisa's potential boyfriend, Matty, however, is as clueless and perpetually single as they come, and George's girlfriend just dumped him. A chance hook-up through mutual friends, Lisa and George may be able to form a friendship, or more, that can help them climb out of the piles of lemons that life has handed to them.

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Plot Keywords:

hand over mouth | love | love triangle | embarrassment | revelation | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language (on appeal/re-edit)

Details

Official Sites:

Filmnegah.com (Persian) Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Everything You've Got

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,484,696, 19 December 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,212,620, 23 January 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Gracie Films, Road Rebel

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd were voice actress and actor in Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and their characters were love interests as well.

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Goofs

When he is typing an 'email' to his dad explaining why he needs to think about what he has just heard, he is actually using Word 2010, and although has typed about 20 words, the word count is stuck at 0 (bottom left)

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Quotes

Lisa: Never drink to feel better; only drink to feel even better.

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Connections

References Bambi (1942)

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Soundtracks

Perfectly Wrong
Written by Michael Demeter, Fernando Rodriguez and William Rowe
Performed by Jetboy
Courtesy of Music Dealers

User Reviews

Nice and unusual for big Hollywood movie

I can't believe the low rating of this movie. I guess it's because it does not give you usual polished Hollywood story of romance: boy meets girl, girl has a boyfriend/fiancé who at first seems perfect but then turns out to be douche bag and/or evil and there steps in this new perfect guy, they kiss and live happily ever after, the end.

Here, both guys trying to get the girl are screwed up in some way or another. Boyfriend (Owen Wilson) is not a bad guy. He is not too sensitive, he sleeps around, but the point is he doesn't try to hide it. He is honest about himself. And throughout the relationship he tries to better himself and the relationship with his girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon). On the other hand the "new guy" (Paul Rudd) is depressed, has no job or money and is facing prison time. And at the beginning the girl he's chasing considers him weird. His slime-ball/businessman father (Jack Nicholson) I think just adds likability to Rudds character.

Also, what I like is there is no perfect ending. There is sort of a feel-good ending but it's not perfect. Although, for that you'll have to see the movie.