How to Be Single (2016)

There's a right way to be single, a wrong way to be single, and then...there's Alice. And Robin. Lucy. Meg. Tom. David. New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match.

Director:Christian Ditter

Writers:Abby Kohn (screenplay), Marc Silverstein (screenplay) 

stars:Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann
 Storyline

There's a right way to be single, a wrong way to be single, and then...there's Alice. And Robin. Lucy. Meg. Tom. David. New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, be it a love connection, a hook-up, or something in the middle. And somewhere between the teasing texts and one-night stands, what these unmarrieds all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love. Sleeping around in the city that never sleeps was never so much fun.

Movie Reviews

How to Be Single is about a group of people who are trying to deal with relationships in their own way. That's the most simplest way I can explain the plot and this movie just evolves into so much more… drama. First off, the best thing I can say about this movie is the performances from Dakota Johnson and Leslie Mann. Johnson plays a girl in her 20s trying to get over a relationship with her college boyfriend while Leslie Mann plays a doctor who is not sure if she wants to be a relationship ever. Both of them do the best with what they have and they are probably the most enjoyable part of this movie. Also, there were 1 or 2 parts where I was laughing, but that doesn't save the movie from the bad things. First off, the writing is bad. It puts every character in a stereotype that doesn't make them interesting. Also, most of the humor was awkward or just not funny at all. Rebel Wilson surprisingly wasn't that funny. I've seen her in Pitch Perfect and I thought she was hilarious in that movie but in this, she's not that funny at all. Also, you can clearly tell that characters are so unrealistic and there is no way that any of these characters would do the things they do. Another thing that made me mad was the themes of this movie. From reading the title, you would think that it would be about how to get over a relationship and move on. In reality, this movie should've been called How NOT to Be Single because because the movie switches from "It sucks to be single and you need to be in a relationship" to "It's okay to be single" and then it just goes back and forth from there. Overall, this movie was saved just barely from the performances. I give this a 4 out of 10.

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