It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

Someone Like You (2001): Dir: Tony Goldwyn / Cast: Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin: Very dull romantic comedy about individuality. Ashley Judd uses a lame cow theory to dissect her failed relationships. She users her co-worker played by Hugh Jackman to demonstrate this theory. She gets involved with Greg Kinnear who cannot commit to her even after a three year relationship. The conclusion is every bit as boring. Directed by Tony Goldwyn who previously made A Walk on the Moon and does his best with this lame material. Judd is unable to make this woman look intelligent. She comes across as the kid who always had "kick me" signs on their back and had no idea. Jackman's role consists of him getting drunk and having sex with a different woman. Perhaps that is his only benefit for doing this travesty. Kinnnear is a fine actor caught in a routine and dull role. Marisa Tomei makes what amounts to an agonizing appearance. She has done better and hopefully will so again. Even casting Ellen Barkin in this garbage cannot elevate it beyond someone more interesting than watching paint dry. Its take on relationships falters due to its pathetic juvenile delivery. Perhaps Goldwyn should check out a bunch of Woody Allen films before tackling this issue again. Foolish dog show that should be locked away and buried…by someone like you. Score: 2 / 10

Ladies, we know what it feels to be completely in love and then be cast aside for little or no reason and it stings. Well our heroine in "Someone Like You" set about expressing her disgust of male behavior and her anguish at being dumped in unorthodox methods. I had no clue what to think of the film when I first watched, but within five to ten minutes I was laughing so hard that I began to enjoy the story. Now I'm not a girl who likes players, but I couldn't help immediately falling in love with the character of Eddie Alden, played by Hugh Jackman, just like Ashley Judd's character did. Way too funny and being a huge fan of Hugh's acting, how can I resist.Not a fan of rom-coms either, but as previously stated the acting and the wit and humor of the script was appealing to me. Give it a shot if you're a fan of the rom-com or comedy genre or if you need a good laugh on a bad day.

I really don't like this movie because is extremely predictable, the performances are really bland and also the story doesn't bring anything new to the genre. Overall the movie is just unfunny, plain and ridiculous.This is one of the most shameless romantic comedies I've ever seen. I really don't like romantic comedies because they are completely fictitious, after soap operas romantic comedies are the most unrealistic shows ever, but anyways in my most humble opinion the story of the movie is so cheap and silly that I really hated every single thing of this movie.The performances are really terrible, well I've never taken seriously Ashley Judd but in this movie she gave the simplest performances ever but in the end is not her fault If I should blame someone I'd blame the writer. And of course Hugh Jackman and Greg Kinnear made the typical handsome men falling for the "nice" girl and Ellen Barking performing the other girl.Of course the worst of this movie is the fake script and the silly story I mean romance is sometimes ridiculous but this movie exceeded expectations. The worst part for me was especially the ending when we realize that writer most be from another planet or most live in another reality far away from us.I know that romantic comedies have to have happy endings but this movie doesn't make the ending just predictable and silly, but makes it cheesy and cheap.

This is an oft-overlooked romantic comedy, probably because its uneven casting, overall clumsy production, and competent-but-not-brilliant-directing make it feel small, especially when compared to your standard Hugh Grant/Sandra Bullock/Meg Ryan/Richard Gere type of outing. Ashley Judd is passable. With her stiff, over-enunciated dialogue, she has never been a good actor and is not qualified for top billing in anything but (maybe) a direct-to-DVD romp, but she is at least *somewhat* stable here. Marisa Tomei is truly awful in her usual, annoying, ill-gotten-Oscar overacting, and Ellen Barkin gets the job done as always but plays an irritating character. The real starpower comes from the skillful Hugh Jackman, who was a newcomer at this time but provides the first of many lovable and convincing performances, the first of many bad boy/good guy roles that we love, and fodder for the first of many questions like, "Why is he forever surrounded by so much inferior talent?" Certainly, we would love to see him in more roles like this, and probably will, as he was recently sentenced to "Sexiest Man Alive."As for Greg Kinear, never was Fry's comment more true: "I feel myself disappearing. Like... Greg Kinear !"This film's premise is based on the "broken heart" of Jane Goodall, who becomes involved with Ray (Kinear) and is promptly dumped, but Ray has no depth or personality, and their attraction is never grounded in anything real or interesting, so it makes no sense for her to be in love in the first place, let alone be devastated by the loss or driven to analyze it for "New Cow Theory." However, this film is worth a viewing for Jackman, and has some funny and great moments (most of which belong to him). It also covers some interesting new territory in the animal aspects of human relations. However, right about the time it becomes sexist and offensive, the animal theory is proved wrong, mankind is vindicated, and our heroes obey the romantic comedy cliché of getting together even though they don't seem compatible. The whole thing feels like a good idea executed with insufficient writing and script to cover the plot, which could have been great.Overall, definitely worth it as eye candy and a good laugh for chicks. Otherwise, a decent flick if you keep the FF Button close at hand to survive some of Tomei's more dreadful scenes. I have it at home and watch it whenever I need a light, pick-me-up type of film.