Someone Great

2019 1h 32m EN

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6.4

MID

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84%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

⭐

6.2

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 1,211🍅84%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 27,803

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gina Rodriguez
Jenny Young
Brittany Snow
Blair
DeWanda Wise
Erin Kennedy
Peter Vack
Matt
RuPaul
Hype
LaKeith Stanfield
Nate Davis
Alex Moffat
Will
Rebecca Naomi Jones
Leah

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Writers: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, shot by Autumn Eakin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

ERA

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

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6 / 7

CAST

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Gina Rodriguez and Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8075260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson directs. Autumn Eakin behind the camera. Germaine Franco scores. Mollie Goldstein cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Released 7 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, shot by Autumn Eakin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Germaine Franco. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Mollie Goldstein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gina Rodriguez and Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt8075260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Autumn Eakin
Original score: Germaine Franco
Editing: Mollie Goldstein
Production design: Lisa Myers
Costume design: Stacey Battat
Makeup / hair: Kharisma Pari
Sound: Tom Ryan
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Someone Great (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 84% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 27,803 votes
MPAA: R

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Peter McGinn2023-03-08
★ 8/10
I have often said in reviews that I can be a bit of an easy grader with romantic comedies. Perhaps because I write my own novels featuring witty characters flirting with romance, a film mostly has to just have witty leads and not insult my intelligence with the plot to gain a favorable overall response from me. This movie clears that admittedly low- to mid-height bar. Of course it also is required that the romantic leads have a chemistry together. This story seems original to me in that regard, as the main relationship seemed centers around the platonic love the three women feel for each other. They talk about men and obsess about men, but I felt like as long as they had each other they would be fine. So I was relieved the script didn’t opt for the low hanging fruit of having two of the woman seriously competing for the same guy. In fact, there seemed to be an awkwardness between Nate and Jenny despite their being so much in love for so long. Given the subplot surrounding their affair, if that chemistry hitch was purposeful acting, it was brilliantly done. In fact, yeah, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was presented that way on purpose. The supporting cast was also good, especially Ru Paul coming close to a rush of scene-stealing brilliance. Was he just being himself? Whatever; it works. Jenny’s flashbacks approached having clumsy transitions at times, but once I was used to it I was fine with it. And the film seemed to rely on chiche one-night stands peppered here and there. It is this genre’s version of the explosion in action film or a chase scene in adventure tales. Perhaps it is expected by the more ravenous viewers. It just seems to lack imagination that could have been better utilized in other scenarios. But I found the movie entertaining and burdened by fewer cringeworthy moments than found in many rom-coms.

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