Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
Someone Like You... is a passable early-2000s romcom with a mildly clever conceit (the 'Old Cow/New Cow' theory of male behavior) that gives it a thin intellectual veneer, but the plot is largely formulaic and telegraphed from the outset. Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman share genuine chemistry and deliver performances above the material's demands, elevating the film. Cinematography is unremarkable NYC romcom visual language. The ending resolves predictably with little surprise. Novelty is limited — the pseudo-feminist framing is a slight hook but the film otherwise follows the genre blueprint closely.