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Something Borrowed
pits Kate Hudson
against another
female yet again. In
this case, it’s over
a man… Kate Hudson
vs. Ginnifer
Goodwin, next on
Celebrity Deathmatch!
Not so much, it’s
the overly obnoxious
character Kate
Hudson is playing
named Darcy vs. her
supposed best friend
Rachel (Ginnifer
Goodwin.) Darcy is
borderline evil and
uses her best friend
Rachel at every
opportunity. Rachel
does something
unspeakable to Darcy
and yeah… if these
two are best
friends… I’d hate to
see what they do to
the women that they
don’t like.
Rachel and Darcy are
BFFs; they grew up
together and did
everything together
that’s from
childhood all the
way through college.
Eventually they go
on to do different
things, but they
still latch on to
each other. Rachel
goes to law school
and becomes a lawyer
while Darcy just
becomes
insufferable. That’s
important back story
#1. Important back
story #2 has to do
with Rachel and
Darcy’s hubby-to-be,
Dex (Colin
Egglesfield.) Rachel
and Dex knew each
other first. After
passing a test in
law school, the two
went out to dinner
to celebrate, but
for whatever reason
Darcy decided to
crash the unofficial
date. On the date,
even though Dex is
somewhat smitten
with Rachel, she’s
unable to go after
anything she wants.
As a result, Rachel
and Dex never get
together and Darcy
and Dex somehow get
together by default
it seems. Six years
and one crazy party
later, Dex and
Rachel end up
sleeping together
when Dex is engaged
to Darcy. The
fallout of that and
the feelings they
always have/had for
each other mixed in
with the two’s
different
relationships with
Darcy spells
romantic comedy
genius… not really…
but it is decent.
Something Borrowed
is based on the
novel by the same
name that was
written by Emily
Gifin and was a best
seller in 2004.
Gifin’s story isn’t
perfect, but it is
likable. That’s just
the subject matter
of course, but it
all starts there. As
for the screen
adaptation written
by Jennie Snyder,
she did a great job
here. Sure,
Something Borrowed
takes a bit from
different romantic
comedies, but there
are also a few
original twists and
turns that make it
likable. That and
with the exception
of Kate Hudson’s
most annoying
performance to date
as Darcy, all the
characters are very
likable and somewhat
realistic. I liked
the story here, I
loved the
characters, and I
also loved John
Krasinski as
Rachel’s other best
friend Ethan. He’s
such a cool guy and
he’s genius here.
When he’s on the
screen here he’s
brilliant, the
bummer of it all is
he doesn’t get as
much limelight as he
should have with
this movie.
Krasinski not
getting enough
screen time is a
downer, but the
biggest knock with
Something Borrowed
is
Hudson’s Darcy.
She’s either written
too well or not well
enough, I can’t
really decide which
one it is. I do know
that every time
Hudson was on the
screen I cringed
remembering
different annoying
women from my past.
The
Blu-ray version of
Something Borrowed
is decent enough.
The audio mix was
good. It didn’t push
things too hard, but
it just seemed to do
the trick. If I can
watch something at
home and it sounds
the same as it did
in the theatre then
the audio mix is
great. The extras on
this Blu-ray are
decent too. There’s
about a half hour
total with a feature
with Giffin, a gag
reel, a dopey
featurette on
turning 30, and a
funny dating how to
with the Steve Howey.
Something Borrowed
is good not great.
Every year we get
treated to a four or
five decent romantic
comedies,
Something Borrowed
is one of them in
2011. Ginnifer
Goodwin is likable,
Kate Hudson is
despicable, John
Krasinski is
awesome, and the
rest of the cast is
good enough here
too. The story is
decent and an ending
that makes sense
completes a decent
watch. I’d recommend
this for a date
night.
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