Review of Something Borrowed (2011) by Matthew B — 04 Sep 2011

Something Borrowed is that type of average comedy / love story that everyone likes to watch. The story is just some more of that typical love stuff, friendship and so on, yet, it is accompanied by a terrific soundtrack and a bunch of good actors - which made the movie worth while.

About the story, as I said before, it is quite typical - a girl is about to marry the guy her best friend has always been in love with. What made it interesting ? The fact that the guy is actually in love with the best friend and not the one his supposed to be marrying. As soon as they find out they're in love with each other, they start this really odd relationship (at least until he decides to call off the wedding), that brings out some funny moments (especially envolving a lot of jealousy, dance moves, tequilla and a badminton racquet). This kind of adventures brought a funny and fresh flavor to the movie, making the story a lot less boring.

About acting, I think it was quite impressive. Ginnifer Goodwin (spite of her weird name) has been a huge breakthrough performer that caught my eye with the movie He's Just Not That Into You (2009) and also Take Me Home Tonight (2011). She is quite amazing in this movie. Kate Hudson, on the other hand, is getting kinda boring - i'm so used to see her doing this type of roles (exept in a drama or two and The Skeleton Key)! Also her lines weren't the best (but that's another story). Yet, I think everyone was right for each role, and acting was indeed good.

The soundtrack is absolutely awesome, featuring tracks by Anna Nalick (Breathe), Natasha Bedingfield (Little Too Much), Collective Soul and many others.

Overall, Something Borrowed is nothing I haven't seen before. Yet it is a good, funny movie - definitely worth watching if you're into this type of films.