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Title: How Do You Know (2010)
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| 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 | |
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. Written by napierslogs
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As for a romantic comedy, then "How Do You Know" was fairly slow and lacked some of that special ingredient to make it stand out from the many, many others in the same genre.
Sure the movie had an impressive list of cast, and there was some good chemistry between Reese Witherspoon (playing Lisa) and Paul Rudd (playing George). And they worked well together on the screen. Also Owen Wilson (playing Matty) was well cast for that particular role. Most impressively was seeing Jack Nicholson (playing Charles) in this movie, he truly is a diverse actor.
The story in "How Do You Know" is basically right out of the romantic comedy cookbook; two people meet and eventually get to find love, and of course need to get through the obstacles along the way. Pretty textbook material there, so don't expect any major new-thinking in the movie. But still, the story was enjoyable, though at times very slow moving.
There are other romantic comedies that have more meat on it, so to speak. But for fans of Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd or Owen Wilson, then this movie is a good addition. I didn't mention Jack Nicholson here, because he is better in other types of movies.
I was entertained throughout the movie, despite the long patches of endless dragging on. However, I can't say that I will be putting the movie on a second time. For me, it just doesn't have that much appeal.