The Film Reports

4/5 stars

Comedy, Romance

The thing about Someone Great is that it is not the best movie ever, and it doesn’t try to be either. It’s a very solid film following a trio of best friends the day after Jenny (Gina Rodriguez) breaks up with her long term boyfriend Nate (LaKeith Stanfield). It’s almost like a romantic drama but with the three friends at the core instead.

There’s flashbacks throughout the movie showing the history between Jenny and Nate. At times, cute and warm, and at times, viscerally real. The scenes detailing the break down of their relationship is heartbreaking and honest. Did I root for them as a couple? No. But you feel something like nostalgia for them. There was a couple of scenes later on of them arguing where I couldn’t look away, so caught up in the horror of it. It’s so good.

The movie also spends sizeable time on Jenny’s friendship with Erin (DeWanda Wise) and Blair (Brittany Snow). Like the romantic side, this is real. They have quite crude conversations, they fight, they apologise. I really enjoyed their friendship and this was possibly the reason why there wasn’t a single boring scene in the movie. I can’t say enough good things about them.

All in all: I really enjoyed this movie. I think it’s got heart.

Watch it: girls night in.