Ok, everyone who reads this knows of my penchant for romantic comedies so I owe no one an apology for it

That being said, Sunday afternoon after lunch, I snuck off to see “He’s just not that into you” which is being billed as a romantic comedy about dating, breaking up, and coming together.

There are “chick flicks (which sometimes masquerade as date movies)” and there are “girl movies”. “He’s just not that into you” falls clearly and strongly into the latter.

While I certainly admit that I laughed a few times, adding the word comedy to the promotion is kinda misleading. Instead, what we get is a — sometimes funny, sometimes painful — look into situations that both women and men encounter while dating, or even in a committed relationship.

- The obsessive woman who goes on what she considers a great date with a guy who never returns her phone calls.
- The married man who got married out of a sense of obligation, and now finds himself attracted to another woman.
- The dating couple who’ve been together for 7 years but aren’t yet married because he doesn’t want to.

etcetera.

I have to say that the casting in this movie is absolutely phenomenal, from Aniston, to Cooper, to Barrymore, to Affleck, to well.. Just everyone in what seems like a 20 member cast. I don’t mean to leave ANYONE out, because EVERYONE did such a great job with their roles, I just would spend the entire blog talking about each individual cast member, and that’s not what it’s about.

What it is about, if I “get it”, is looking at what we — as human beings — put ourselves through to find the perfect soul mate. Presented in “chapters” or better yet, “scenarios”, the movie takes a while to put each couple through the “whyzzat” of how they got to where they are. Trouble is, and the reason I use the word “painful” is because every single one of us has gone through one or more of these scenarios on a very personal level.

Like I said, the obsessive, the cheater, the liar, the “can’t commit” guy, the user, and so forth. Sometimes, especially in my case, watching what appears to be a VERY honestly written movie can strike close to home, but in a good “substitute shrink” kind of way.

Would I recommend this movie?
Yes. I already have recommended it to a friend, but as a matinee.

Will I remember this movie after six months?
Unknown. While the subject matter was phenomenally presented, there’s just something there that is more “art film” than entertaining.

Would I buy this movie?
Yes, probably on DVD (not BluRay) because of the cast and high level of acting and the fact that ya never know when I might want to bundle up on the bed and cry myself to sleep..