
Rachel is a lawyer. When she was in law school she fell for another student, Dex, who comes from an affluent family, but she was too shy to say anything. When Dex meets her best friend Darcy, who sometimes treats her like dirt, Darcy makes a move on Dex and gets him. Eventually, they get engaged and Darcy asks Rachel to be her Maid of Honor. However, Rachel still has feelings for Dex and still can't say anything. Darcy throws her a birthday party and Dex is there. When she an... (Full plot summary below)
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Rachel is a lawyer. When she was in law school she fell for another student, Dex, who comes from an affluent family, but she was too shy to say anything. When Dex meets her best friend Darcy, who sometimes treats her like dirt, Darcy makes a move on Dex and gets him. Eventually, they get engaged and Darcy asks Rachel to be her Maid of Honor. However, Rachel still has feelings for Dex and still can't say anything. Darcy throws her a birthday party and Dex is there. When she and Dex are alone she blurts out that she had a thing for him in college which surprised him, and after drinking a little they spend the night together. They try to forget the whole thing and agree that it means nothing. Ethan, Rachel's close friend, tells her that she'll spend her entire life regretting that if she does nothing.
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| The PlaylistKimber MyersFrom its empty soul to its poorly framed shots ready for pan-and-scan conversion, Something Borrowed seems primed to play on Saturday afternoons on E!, sandwiched between reruns of Keeping Up with the Kardashians... |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerAlthough 'Something Borrowed' deals with serious love vs. friendship issues, Kate Hudson's performance is over-the-top funny. |
| Screen JunkiesFred TopelI can't believe Something Borrowed is based on a book. I can take this sort of thing from a Hollywood screenwriter, but an author actually wrote a story that's so completely derivative of Hollywood rom-coms? |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevySimply a misfire, a flat rom com, not even well acted |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfA romantic comedy doesn't have to be a hardcore slog through the crippling realities of love, but fantasy shouldn't feel like punishment. Who needs substance when the obvious is a proven seller. |
| Associated PressChristy LemireMany melodramatic revelations come to light in the film's third act, then they're just as quickly resolved. But don't feel daunted: You'll probably have checked out mentally and emotionally long before any of this anyway. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashLike a trashy paperback you take to the beach, I'm not proud of liking it and I'm not saying it doesn't have problems, but in the end I kind of enjoyed it anyway. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...has a cast that's too good for the script-manipulated characters they play. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohKate Hudson's amusing portrait of an egomaniacal frenemy is the best reason to see this overextended soap opera. |
| The Movie MinuteJoanna LangfieldHow annoying is this movie? This watered down chick-flick gives not just chicks, but flicks a bad name. |