How to Be Single
Published 2016-07-02
Film info
- Title How to Be Single
- Director Christian Ditter
- Year 2016
- Run time 1hr 50m
- Genres Romance, Comedy
- Tagline Welcome to the party
- Cast Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:40 | That’s a lot of cowbell. |
| 3:34 | “Are we happy? Or are we just boring?” |
| 5:01 | Chooon! |
| 5:12 | “It hurts when IP.” Nerd puns! |
| 10:48 | Argh! Rebel Wilson doing an awesome Friends reference! Love! |
| 18:30 | There’s no way you can fit that all in twenty minutes! |
| 23:29 | “What if you need to wash your hands?” “What am I, a surgeon?” |
| 26:58 | She’s so right! All they ever did was look for boyfriends. |
| 28:38 | Pros and cons lists are the best. |
| 39:08 | “You’re so handy!” |
| 49:54 | Hahaha, he tried to drink a candle. |
| 51:51 | She’s properly terrifying. |
| 1:01:09 | I love that Dexter is a verb now. |
| 1:02:28 | “I don’t like that stuff that’s on the ground that gets on you.” |
| 1:09:11 | Don’t totally understand why you have to be single to do all the awesome things. |
| 1:19:40 | The light means his house keeps changing colour, I would find that way distracting. |
| 1:22:07 | “Because I thought it would be funny… for me.” |
| 1:32:26 | Amazing way to stop cabs, not recommended though. |
| 1:37:30 | Magnet unzipped like Bond! |
| 1:43:30 | HAIZ!!! |
Thoughts
Really loved this film, it was laugh out loud funny in a lot of places. Oddly, none of the characters were particularly sympathetic, and a couple of them were seriously annoying, but even with that, the script and the laughs shone through.
Rebel Wilson continues to be a favourite, and her trying to attract the attention of cabbies on behalf of a pregnant lady was brilliant. On the flip side, I'm not much of a fan of Dakota Johnson and her character didn't really strike a chord with me, so having her link all the characters together wasn't the best.
Nevertheless, the stories were interesting, the music was good, and there was a lot of fun to be had.
Rating: 5 / 5