Movie Review: He's Just Not That Into You...3 Stars

Ken Kwapis’ “He’s Just Not That Into You” is a fragmented series of vignettes about the faulty reassurances that women make up to comfort themselves. There are several storylines with different couples that are all interconnected in a web of romance and relationships.

Gigi, Ginnifer Goodwin, is a woman who cannot seem to find love and desperately asks an acquaintance named Alex to explain why she is blown off time after time. He explains that these men are just not that into her. As Gigi’s friend Janine struggles with her marriage, Beth’s seven-year relationship falls apart after she insists on marriage. All the while, the male cast fluctuates between egocentrism and sensitivity.

Gigi’s plight of finding a man, and all the scrapes she finds herself in are uproariously funny. Beth’s sad predicament of becoming a single woman after a long-term relationship has the ring of truth for all women. There’s also a hilarious scene with two African American women describing how men make a breakup seem like the woman’s idea, even though it’s not.

Although the format of the film is innovative, there were some scenes that left the audience wondering when it was going to end. The make-out scene between Scarlett Johansson’s character and the husband of Janine develops in an incredibly awkward way. Even though it captures the passion of the moment, it was not well acted or choreographed.

In the end, “He’s Just Not That Into You” is an affectionate, adventurous film with plenty of aphorisms and pieces of wisdom to offer. The loaded cast makes for a slightly whimsical format, which can detract from the main plot, but is highly entertaining. Gigi’s character is warm and charismatic and captures the essence of the fight to find the one man who is into her.