What's Your Number?

"Ally's looking for the best ex of her life."

2011 1h 46m EN

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6.5

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23%

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★6.5TMDB · 2,483🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes●35Metacritic★6IMDB · 90,583

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

“Ally's looking for the best ex of her life.”

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Cast

Anna Faris
Ally Darling
Chris Evans
Colin Shea
Ari Graynor
Daisy Darling
Blythe Danner
Ava Darling
Ed Begley Jr.
Mr. Darling
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Eddie Vogel
Heather Burns
Eileen
Eliza Coupe
Sheila

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mark Mylod
Writers: Jason Mayoh, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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315+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mark Mylod, shot by J. Michael Muro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Anna Faris and Chris Evans and Ari Graynor carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Ally's looking for the best ex of her life.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0770703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Mark Mylod directs. J. Michael Muro behind the camera. Aaron Zigman scores. Julie Monroe cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2315+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Mark Mylod, shot by J. Michael Muro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Aaron Zigman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julie Monroe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Anna Faris and Chris Evans and Ari Graynor carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Ally's looking for the best ex of her life.".
8IMDB entry: tt0770703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 15 themes, including "based on novel or book", "romcom", "basketball", "womanizer".

The technical file

Cinematography: J. Michael Muro
Original score: Aaron Zigman
Editing: Julie Monroe
Production design: Jon Billington
Makeup / hair: Whitney James
VFX supervisor: Dottie Starling
Sound: Mathew Waters
Stunt coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $30,426,096
Return: 152% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: What's Your Number? (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 35/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 90,583 votes
MPAA: R

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Kamurai2020-09-15
★ 7/10
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. A good sex / romance based humor from the feminine perspective, almost like "Bad Moms" without kids, but one single lady. To set a low bar of expectations, imagine most of the comedians you don't want to picture having sex, and Chris Pratt in a fat suit, and that's most of the dirty humor in the movie. It's surprisingly charming with Anna Faris and Chris Evans (Captain America, but really, Johnny Storm) helping each other with their conspiracies, and instead better there lives. Yes, its the cheesy crap that rom-coms get made fun of for doing (even in this movie, I think), but it does it pretty well, it's funny, and deals with a concept that looks like an extension of the sequence in "Just My Luck" where she has to hunt down and kiss some dancers. It's a stupid concept but it's fun and maybe I just like Anna Faris, but she carries the movie and when something is done well, I typically enjoy it.
Peter McGinn2021-12-08
★ 7/10
I tend to be an easy grader for romantic comedies. As long as the script isn’t too dull or insult my intelligence, with witty dialogue and good chemistry between the lead characters, I will overlook minor silliness or predictability in the name of entertainment. Let’s face it, most genre films are predictable to some extent, since they stay within the genre. Of course, I know Anna Faris from her later starring role in the excellent long-running comedy series Mom. Her performance here is quirky enough to keep it interesting, but sweet at times so that I rooted for her. This is not groundbreaking stuff here, or top ten quality filmmaking, but I enjoyed it enough to stick with it, and that is what counts with rom-coms.