He's Just Not That Into You

    After watching "Rachel Getting Married," which was "The Hours" bad, I had the distinct pleasure to see, in the comfort of my den, "She's Just Not That Into You," and I am sincerely thankful for the producers that helped me get that other profound cinematic terrible taste from my mouth. The picture with its ensemble cast, featuring: Scarlett Johannson as Anna Taylor, Ben Affleck as Neil Jones, Jennifer Aniston as Beth Bartlett, Bradley Cooper as Ben Gunders, Jennifer Connelly as Janinie Gunders, Drew Barrymore as Mary Harris, Kevin Connolly as Connor Barry, Justin Long as Alex and Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi Haim, is a character driven drama / comedy that pulls off both, by entertaining the audience without offending our collective intellectual sensibilities.

    Therefore the premise of this film is to take a position that the collective interpersonal relationships between men and women are not that complex, that men and women have separate rules that govern their relative perspective on the reality of their individual sociological perspectives fitting into that great market of meat, which exists in present day Baltimore, Maryland. The film's protagonists either know that their individual love story is ruled by either the "norm or the exception," and what we learn is that, in interpersonal relationships, there are no rules or boundaries to confine the expectations of what will be their proper love interest going forward. The only constant is change, and each within the film's ensemble group discover that exception to the rule is them.

    The acting was good, with of course, Jennifer Connelly exhibiting her maturing level of intensity as the unhappily married woman, who is the good friend but, not so good wife. Bradley Cooper as her unfaithful husband, who initially attempts to distance himself from the carnal advances of the Scarlett Johannson character, are the only married couple amongst the ensemble cast. The rest of these thoroughbreds, in this race to discover who wins whom, are just jockeying for their position to find some measure of happiness as a couple.

    Director Ken Kwapis kept this 129 minute long picture interesting and the screenwriters, Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, adaptation of the Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo book, "He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys." The film is worth your time, but if you want to intensify the film's effect: Watch it after you fully experience the horrible "Rachel Getting Married."

    Rated PG13. Released on DVD June 2, 2009.