Overview
On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Sean's fiancé, Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
I am sure that some people who started watching this probably were expecting the normal romcom schlock and were disappointed by it. In short, I loved the hell out of this movie. It was an adult drama that didn’t fall into the same traps that have pretty much killed the genre over the last couple of decades. It didn’t rely on stupid best man speeches or hacky best friend characters. Most importantly, you couldn’t guess how it was going to end up ten minutes into the movie. The movie had real characters and there was real development.
And at what point does Alison Brie get the credit that she deserves? Not only is she a great actress, now she is also (co-) writing movies? I have loved everything she has done since Mad Men.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Somebody I Used to Know
Movie title: Somebody I Used to Know
Movie description: On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Sean's fiancé, Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
Date published: 2023-03-03
Director(s): Dave Franco
Actor(s): Alison Brie, Jay Ellis, Kiersey Clemons, Danny Pudi, Haley Joel Osment, Amy Sedaris, Julie Hagerty, Olga Merediz, Zoë Chao, Evan Jonigkeit, Ayden Mayeri, Kelvin Yu, Ted Rooney, Jeanine Jackson, Fabi Reyna, Sam Richardson
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
My Review
I am sure that some people who started watching this probably were expecting the normal romcom schlock and were disappointed by it. In short, I loved the hell out of this movie. It was an adult drama that didn’t fall into the same traps that have pretty much killed the genre over the last couple of decades. It didn’t rely on stupid best man speeches or hacky best friend characters. Most importantly, you couldn’t guess how it was going to end up ten minutes into the movie. The movie had real characters and there was real development.
And at what point does Alison Brie get the credit that she deserves? Not only is she a great actress, now she is also (co-) writing movies? I have loved everything she has done since Mad Men.
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My Review - 8.5/10
8.5/10