Someone Great

I thoroughly enjoyed Someone Great from start to finish. This movie really captures the emotional turmoil of both break-ups and transitioning from 20's to 30's. The chemistry between the actors, both romantically linked and platonic, was excellent. I was emotionally invested in the cornerstone relationship and keenly felt the highs and lows in their romance revisited through flashbacks. I was actually very impressed with how seamless the flashbacks felt. It was true to life, as far as when you see or hear something that brings a memory to mind. I felt Jenny's crippling sadness at the end of an era: her 20's in NYC, her comfortable proximity to her oldest friends, and the recent end of her long-term relationship. Her present is so comfortable and the future so uncertain. Her friends drop everything to be with her. They felt fully realized as characters and not just plot devices to help Jenny's story along. Even small side characters were really fleshed out. I laughed, I cried, I experienced a large portion of the emotional spectrum. This movie is one of the best I've seen in the vein of romance, in a very long time. It was a love letter to anyone who has had to face major life changes and struggled to cope. I really enjoyed it and it will probably be a movie I revisit regularly.

It's one of those flat-lined movies it doesn't have ups and downs moments it just ends with the same pace that it started with, if you go in expecting some kind of a powerful message I would suggest you tone down your expectations. it's not bad it's just not great, i enjoyed the diversity and the sense of friendship that it had but that's about it.

I loved this movie. I loved the characters. The visuals and the story. It's nice to see a love story and a break-up story that you can actually identify with. It was so real and so raw it actually made me cry and hurt my heart, but I laughed a lot as well. It's very accurate to what relationships are now and the ending was amazing. I loved it!

It seemed like the actors had a lot of fun working on this film, especially with the witty, lively dialogue. The writing was sharp and really allowed their talent and chemistry to shine, which made it a pretty enjoyable watch. The three female mains (Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise) were all on point, and Lakeith Stanfield was excellent, as always. The scene with RuPaul's cameo was worth the watch all by itself.

People leaving bad reviews have complained that the movie is not realistic, but... have they ever seen a romantic comedy or buddy comedy before? Or, like, *anything* on TV? Did they grow up without screens? I felt the attempt to portray cool young people going through a dramatic time in life was pretty par for the course for this type of film. Some reviewers even oddly seemed a little jealous, if I'm being honest.

Where the movie suffers is plot. The flashbacks and scenes involving emotion and conflict were strongly-acted--they did hit home. But in my opinion too little time was spent on them so they didn't go deep enough to have the full power that they had the potential to have. I also agree with other reviewers that a bit much time was spent on drugs, but I feel this about most youth pop culture so maybe I'm just an old fart.

Overall, this was a solid film. It has wonderful highs, wonderful lows, and lots of laughs--I just wish there was more. I'm glad I watched it and would recommend it to fans of shows like Broad City, Shrill, and High Fidelity (the show starring Zoe Kravitz, although the original film is amazing too).

I laughed and cried and celebrated their friendship with these ladies. Acting was good and no, I don't think it felt forced. I only wish there was more comedy or more backstory on the two friends of the main character. I really like this in the frame of his romcoms are evolving. While it's not for everyone, I really think we need more like this. More romcoms- for this age group and for older, too. (I'm especially needing this as therapy for the current political climate!) PS the scene with singing and dancing to Lizzo was the best- but too short!!!