Something Borrowed
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
19
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondMay 4, 2011
The film is terrific: smart, sexy and funny. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie OgleMay 12, 2011
Something Borrowed commits the most fatal mistake of all: Its characters are so deeply uninteresting that the audience can't get invested in their eventual happiness. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickMay 6, 2011
It's a testament to Goodwin's skill as an actress that we almost buy this. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriMay 6, 2011
Doesn't break any new ground, but it is a decent way to spend a girls' night out. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 5, 2011
Goodwin radiates probity and makes waiting almost look interesting, and so, for all the movie's awkwardness, it remains watchable. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyMay 5, 2011
To paraphrase one of its few laughs, it's a zombie movie directed by Vera Wang. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 5, 2011
Overlong and at times tedious; the taste is gritty and lingers unpleasantly. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesMay 5, 2011
A genial cast and moderately funny script prevail over the sort of sappy music cues and white-bread settings that have become the grating norm in Hollywood rom-coms. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMay 5, 2011
All of the characters are treated sincerely and played in a straightforward style. It's just that we don't love them enough. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 5, 2011
Fairly uninspiring, but it still manages to ingratiate itself, largely through the efforts of Krasinski in a secondary part. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonMay 3, 2011
It's clear that Something Borrowed finds it easier to tell us about relationships than to show us them under way. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedMay 3, 2011
If you have already begun to suspect that Something Borrowed may be something less than the sum of its parts-all of which do indeed seem borrowed from other movies and TV rom-coms too numerous to mention-you are right. Read full review
45
MovielineStephanie ZacharekMay 5, 2011
As horrific as Something Borrowed is, it's compelling in its own sick way. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasMay 5, 2011
Yes, perhaps the audience will like its favored couple more, but all the engineering that goes into making them sympathetic results in a film that feels agonizingly synthetic and alien. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyMay 5, 2011
Despite the pretty overload and the smoldering blue-eyed handsome of Egglesfield, the heart-pounding, palm-sweating, heavy-breathing chemical reactions that should be causing major blackouts in Manhattan, where this story unfolds, are nowhere to be found. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 5, 2011
The most dispiriting thing about Something Borrowed is that with a little more art, craft and wit it could have been a lot better, maybe even good. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelMay 5, 2011
Will anyone really believe in this GQ-perfect big man on campus who lacks the courage to ask her out on a date? Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsMay 3, 2011
This rom-com certainly has something old, something borrowed and something blue-the something new, however, is MIA. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMay 2, 2011
Doesn't so much borrow from other movies as settle into a comfort zone of raising provocative questions regarding love, commitment and marriage only to dismiss them with a brush of a hand as so much dandruff. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 2, 2011
Try as she might, Hudson can't turn Darcy into a three-dimensional character: She's astonishingly easy to dislike, but not nearly amusing enough in what could have been an unforgettable camp performance. Read full review
38
Washington PostStephanie MerryMay 6, 2011
Something Borrowed clinches it: It is not okay to sleep with the fiance of one's best friend. What's odd, and ultimately icky, is how enthusiastically the film attempts to justify doing so. Read full review
38
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 6, 2011
It is fluffy, yes, but it also is ugly and annoying and something you neither want nor need. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigMay 5, 2011
Bonds are tested and feelings hurt, but who really cares? The story takes predictable turns, embraces clichés and dodges all humor. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisMay 5, 2011
I don't know whether she's (Hudson) drunk, stoned, or simply out of her mind, but if it weren't so sad watching her pick away at this skimpy, overlong romantic lie, she might be entertaining. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreMay 4, 2011
Thank heavens Krasinski, at least, had the screenwriter's ear. He makes every one-liner land. "The Hamptons are like a zombie movie directed by Ralph Lauren." Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumMay 4, 2011
Soul-sucking romantic comedy. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMay 6, 2011
The sisterhood is already grumbling about a movie that suggests women will happily choose a mate over friendship, but actually it's the stereotypes of good behaviour rather than bad that bring this rom com crashing down. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMay 4, 2011
Something Borrowed is a romantic comedy in which absolutely no one deserves to end up happy. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 6, 2011
Even if you've got a soft spot for silly rom-coms, know that this one is as empty-headed as it gets. Read full review
12
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 5, 2011
The half-star rating goes to John Krasinski for heroically rising above this vile dung heap of a movie. Read full review
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