How to Be Single

"Welcome to the party."

2016 1h 50m EN

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6.3

MID

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45%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 3,405🥫45%Rotten Tomatoes●51Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 100,381

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

“Welcome to the party.”

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Cast

Dakota Johnson
Alice Kepley
Rebel Wilson
Robin
Leslie Mann
Meg
Alison Brie
Lucy
Damon Wayans Jr.
David
Anders Holm
Tom
Nicholas Braun
Josh
Jake Lacy
Ken

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christian Ditter
Writers: Marc Silverstein, Abby Kohn, Dana Fox
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christian Ditter, shot by Christian Rein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fil Eisler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tia Nolan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the party.".

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7 / 7

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IMDB entry: tt1292566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Christian Ditter directs. Christian Rein behind the camera. Fil Eisler scores. Tia Nolan cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Christian Ditter, shot by Christian Rein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Fil Eisler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Tia Nolan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the party.".
7IMDB entry: tt1292566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Christian Rein
Original score: Fil Eisler
Editing: Tia Nolan
Production design: Steve Saklad
Costume design: Leah Katznelson
Makeup / hair: Nuria Sitja
VFX supervisor: Dan Levitan
Stunt coordinator: Declan Mulvey
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $112,343,513
Return: 296% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: How to Be Single (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 45% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 51/100
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 100,381 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 nominations total

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What people are saying

Reno2016-09-29
★ 7/10
The young women's attempts to get the life they wanted. Another novel based film from the director of 'Love, Rosie'. About the four young women that tells how to enjoy the life by balancing the men and the parties. Very interesting cast, hot ones like Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie and even she's in her 40s Leslie Mann looked so fantastic. The narration had layers to focus on these different people and their different attempt to get the life they wanted. In that, I kind of like Leslie's, maybe the age fact and to be touched by her love tale with decency. But Dakota and Alison led it with their glamorous way and theirs each tale as well not bad, particularly depicting the present world's youngster's culture. From the all, the biggest surprise was the Rebel Wilson, who I never liked much as I did for in this, definitely she was at her best. The story was good, seems it was squashed with the too many contents, but awesomely managed to bring them all in one direction by linking them to the main characters. So that makes the stories of everyone take place within the circle and delivered a good entertainment, Lots of fun, even though it is a pure commercial film, there are many things from it that makes us to think seriously. Particularly thinking them from the youngster's perspective about the current world status in the entertainment segment. I don't know those who are complaining about it had they watched the same film, Because it is a fine entertainment, even though it is chick film, anybody, particularly adults can have a great time. In a thin margin, there was about men as well, how they're caught between the women they are in love and those women what they believe in. I'm being a man, I really enjoyed it despite target audience is women. I know this is not a masterpiece, but definitely not the worst film of the year or decade. In the film, everyone wanted to be in the relationship, so I did not get it, but the end clarifies decently about the title. Surely worth a watch, if you want a good entertainment. 7/10
Andre Gonzales2023-07-04
★ 8/10
Really good movie. Really funny and not your typical romance movie. Very raunchy comedy.