How Do You Know
Published 2011-07-27
Film info
- Title How Do You Know
- Director James L. Brooks
- Year 2010
- Run time 2hr 1m
- Genres Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tagline How do you know it's love?
- Cast Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Kathryn Hahn
When everything she's ever known is suddenly taken from her, Lisa begins a fling with Matty, a major league baseball player and self-centered ladies man. Before their relationship takes off, Lisa meets up with George a straight-arrow businessman facing his own serious issues, both with his father and the law. Just when everything seems to be falling apart it doesn't.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 5:49 | She drinks Guinness. Mr C will approve. |
| 6:53 | She's in Mistresses! Blimey. |
| 8:13 | "You have all the signs of a handful." |
| 10:43 | I do like the idea of a drawer of toothbrushes though. There's nothing like a new toothbrush. |
| 13:59 | Paul Rudd's dad is Jack Nicholson. Huh. |
| 15:26 | "Drivel does not get to finish. Drivel gets interrupted." |
| 19:26 | No Macs in this film. All Sony's so far. |
| 22:10 | I like Paul far too much. |
| 25:18 | "I'm not sure how to further identify myself." Hehehe! |
| 29:14 | He ran! |
| 31:36 | They are both having the worst day ever. Great time for a first date. I suppose if you've seen each other at your worst, it can only get better! |
| 35:01 | Even just grinning like an idiot he is funny. Bah. |
| 38:11 | Retainer and escrow are all words I don't really know. |
| 39:49 | "Figure out what you want and learn to ask for it." If it was that easy, he'd be out of a job. |
| 45:02 | Owen Wilson looks old in this film. |
| 48:16 | He's got one of my Endless Pools! Want! |
| 53:21 | This must be the weirdest relationship someone can have with their assistant. |
| 56:13 | And there he was, wanting to make a good impression. |
| 1:00:51 | Not sure I've ever uttered this sentence before but: yay for the doorman! |
| 1:07:08 | His smaller flat is bigger than any I've lived in. |
| 1:11:29 | You don't get points for asking about points. |
| 1:20:30 | For a minute, I thought she was going to storm out in bare feet. That would be some proper anger if you can't pause to slip on some shoes. |
| 1:28:27 | Her instinct is to punch. That's funny. |
| 1:31:57 | Now that WOULD have been a bad day. |
| 1:37:03 | Re-enactment... it's never as good the second time. |
| 1:40:33 | You wait ages for a bus... |
| 1:48:51 | I love that she opens her presents slowly and carefully. I do that too! |
Thoughts
I am keen to watch any film that involves Paul Rudd because I love him. Not that big a fan of Ms Reese, although she's never done anything specific to offend. The trailer seemed intriguing, although I wasn't sure it was going to be the normal kind of rom-com.
I just couldn't figure this one out. It wasn't too smooshy, so I figured it must be more of a comedy than a romantic comedy, but even then, it wasn't crazy funny. Paul Rudd was brilliant, and I did like some of the conversations between Witherspoon and Wilson. The peripheral people were nowhere near as good. It almost felt like they were all given a bit of a skit - the dad going on about stuff, the assistant wanting to tell him things - but they just felt long and didn't work for me.
I really think if Paul hadn't been in it, I would have had to turn it off midway through. He really held together what was a strange story with odd characters.
Rating: 2 / 5