Review of What's Your Number? (2011) by Raquel T — 18 May 2014

I thought it was funny enough. The major criticism I had heard before watching it myself was that it perpetuated a sexist stereotype but in all honesty, that could be said for almost every single chick flick/romcom ever.

The concept of being ashamed of the number of lovers a woman has, is not great. But as the idea came from a fashion magazine and as she did eventually abandon the quest to be with her 21, the take away was that it ultimately didn't matter.

Granted, the last scene of the movie undid that with the phone message from one ex saying that they actually didn't sleep together, but that was really just a quick last joke to close the movie. It's not like it validated her worth as a woman and her reaction was somewhat tongue in cheek.

Ultimately, as a feminist, I wasn't as horrified by this one as I expected I would be. It's by no measure the worst of its genre.