Some Girl(S) (2013)

• Year: 2013
• Released: 26 Jun 2013
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2201221/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/some_girls
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 90 min
• Writer: Neil LaBute
• Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
• Cast: Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan
• Keywords: woman director,

	4.5/10
	48/100
	43% – Critics
	42% – Audience

Some Girl(S) Storyline

Based on his play by the same name, Neil LaBute’s script follows a nameless and successful but misanthropic and narcissistic writer who, on the eve of his wedding, travels across the country to meet up with ex-lovers in an attempt to make amends for past relationship transgressions. Crisscrossing from Seattle to Boston, he reunites with high school sweetheart Sam in Seattle, sexually free-spirited Tyler in Chicago, married English college professor Lindsay in Boston, his best friend’s little sister Reggie in Seattle, and “the one that got away” Bobbi in Los Angeles. A modern-day Candide stumbling through a landscape familiar to most men-messy breakups.—Leeden Media

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great actresses but kind of pretentious

Adam Brody plays a successful unnamed writer who is on the verge of getting married. He meets his high school sweetheart Sam (Jennifer Morrison) whom he left before prom instead of staying on the path to marriage. She is now a married mom back in their hometown with a stable husband. Then there is Taylor (Mía Maestro) who is single and just wants to have fun. His married college professor Lindsay (Emily Watson) who feels slighted after their affair and eventually him writing about it. Reggie (Zoe Kazan) is his former best friend’s little sister remembering her 12th birthday. Bobbi (Kristen Bell) is the love of his life who has an identical twin Billie.

This starts with an interesting scene between Brody and Morrison. It’s funny and awkward. Then I think the movie follows the wrong character. He’s uninteresting, pretentious, and really really whiny. At least, she has a family that could give some real human interactions. For most of the movie, he is annoyingly clueless like he’s not a real human being. The ending helps explain some of that but it’s too little too late. Most people wouldn’t stick around till the end. It’s frustrating to watch this.

The other problem is that the interactions are too static. It doesn’t have any cinematic style and can’t justify jumping from a play to a movie. The scenes need movement desperately.

LaBute’s Latest Just Amounts to Pretentious Babble

In my opinion, Neil LaBute’s latest film just ends up amounting to pretentious babble. He wrote the screenplay, based on his stage play, but the direction here is done by Daisy von Scherler Mayer.

Prior to his impending marriage, Adam Brody (he’s given no name in the movie) is traveling around the country trying to find and meet with five women from his past that’s he’s selected. Apparently, he feels he’s wronged them in some way and is trying to make sure all can be forgiven and forgotten. He’s a teacher and writer, with his latest article, in The New Yorker magazine, on his relationships with women receiving lots of acclaim and even getting him a movie deal.

The five women he meets, in order of appearance are Jennifer Morrison, Mia Maestro, Emily Watson, Zoe Kazan, and Kristen Bell. All these actresses are very talented and perform well in their meeting with Brody, with Bell’s performance a real stand-out, in my opinion.

However, we soon see that these attempted amends by Brody are half-hearted and insincere, not honest attempts like you might find in a 12-step program. The conversations end up being very awkward, talky, at times mean-spirited, and quite pretentious.

Very late in the film, we get a twist in the plot that makes the whole film just seem even more seamy and ugly.

I would say, although this may work better on stage, it doesn’t have the sharp and cohesive dialog to work on screen, and never meshed for me as entertainment. A disappointment from Neil LaBute.

major disappointment, really BORING

I really wanted to like this film. I like many of the actors, but probably 5 minutes into the film I was bored to death. I was checking the clock every minute, honestly. I see no point in it, nothing to keep the viewers interested, involved. I just didn’t care about any of the characters and the main character came off as an idiot, someone I could not only not imagine being a writer or a teacher, but a guy so many women would be into. I only watched it until the end, because I know these actors are good, but no actor could have made a difference, when the main concept of the film is just useless, non existent. I felt the whole thing was just pointless. Major disappointment.