Review of How Do You Know (2010) by Ole J — 24 Apr 2011

Lets start by saying, I had expected so much more, As Good as it Gets is definitely one of the films I like very much in the comedy genre and I had hoped this was up there.

Unfortunately it does not have the same intriguing story or the same level of comedian enthusiasm, but its not all bad.

The roles that Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd plays are great, and especially the way the audience really can believe that they are two troubled human beings, dealing with each their own problems. The roles played by Owen Wilson is also great, he is great at pretending (or so I hope, he does) to be a shallow, no brain stud, he often have this element in his roles and it works great.

I had hoped that Jack Nicholson had a larger role then what he had, I simply loved him in As good as it gets, in this he has a smaller role but he is still good, I especially love the last scene with him and the face he makes (that's priceless).

I did like the film, but I could have wanted some more fun and more "action" on the way, it takes time in developing and showing us the characters and usually that's not a bad thing, but when you expect comedy all the way, then it takes to long to get acquainted.