Someone Like You...
Fox 2000 Pictures | Release Date: March 30, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
12
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The film is a distinct pleasure. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
There are three main reasons for seeing Someone Like You - Ashley Judd, Ashley Judd, and Ashley Judd.
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
An altogether enjoyable ride.
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Smart, amiable and well-paced, and director Tony Goldwyn brings to it an all-too-rare buoyancy and breeziness. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
A blah romantic comedy that has the bad taste to force the heavenly Ashley Judd into being an insecure, date-desperate, quirky career gal. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Goes down easily only because Judd and Jackman are eye candy, and because Kinnear and Tomei provide solid comic support. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
The various talents on display aren't enough to overcome the sheer blandness of the material. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
In supporting roles, Ellen Barkin and Marisa Tomei are marvelously light-footed. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
As a movie, it knows little about men, women or television shows, but has studied movie formulas so carefully that we can see each new twist and turn as it creeps ever so slowly into view. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Soft and predictable -- which might be OK if there were more laughs and insight.
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Could hardly be more predictable.
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Someone Like You is from Hollywood's bottomless box of cliches. Read full review
50
Film.comSean Means
Jackman and Judd are sweet together, so much so that you wish they were in a fresher movie than this. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
An oddly flat, quirky romantic comedy.
50
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Starts as light, fluffy fun but becomes so blithely preposterous that it ceases to exist. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A so-so romantic comedy. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It was originally called ''Animal Husbandry,'' and while the producers were throwing away that title, they might have done well to chuck the movie along with it. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Sexist, plot-hole-riddled movie equates women with cows and men with bulls. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Another dim adaptation of a bright comic novel.
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
So witless, sit-com shallow and bad in every way that it's just not worthy of much discussion. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's a romantic comedy with insights into sex and relationships that are old and obvious. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
This chick flick never should have made it out of the incubator.
20
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
The movie is trite like the ocean is big. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Heaven forbid a Hollywood romantic movie have any narrative surprises. Read full review
20
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A romantic comedy as lamely generic as its title. Read full review
20
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Another insulting women's comedy. Read full review
16
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Surprisingly bland even within its dubious genre of "chick flick."
10
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Chandler's script has, by my count, exactly one sort-of-funny line and not a single scene whose comic possibilities are successfully exploited. Read full review
10
Washington PostRita Kempley
A gooey romantic comedy that sticks to everything except its principles. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
It's cheap and it's lowdown, and to those responsible for this exercise in devolution: Honestly, I'm not sure I want to know someone like you. Read full review
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