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The Rule Or the Exception
A complicated comedy about the twists and turns of love and relationships. Set in Baltimore and focused more or less on a group of gal pals, their expectations of men, the men who don't want commitment and don't even call back, the disappointments, the deceit, the dissection of everything that was said between the opposite sexes.
The cast of characters includes:
Gigi (Gennifer Goodwin) who has been told since childhood that the boys who treat her shabbily really like her a lot and so she her philosphy is "We are all programmed to believe that if a guy acts like a total jerk that means he likes you."
Conor (Kevin Connolly), a real estate agent. meets Gigi on a blind date and leaves Gigi feeling as though he'll call her again.
Anna (Scarlett Johansson), a yoga instructor, is seeing Conor. She is somewhat unenthusiastic about him but continues to tease him.
Ben (Bradley Cooper) flirts shamelessly with Anna in the grocery store and promises to help Anna get started in the singing career she wants to have. In a moment of guilt, he admits to Anna that he's married but they agree to be friends and he assures her he can help her career.
Neil (Ben Affleck) is Ben's best friend and is commitment-phobic. He doesn't feel the need at all to marry his girlfriend of seven years.
Beth (Jennifer Aniston) is Neil's girlfriend and she desperately wants to marry him and is annoyed by his lack of commitment.
Janine (Jennifer Connelly) is Neil's wife and a firm believe in settling down and getting married. She initially set Gigi up with Conor. She advises Gigi against stalking Conor when he doesn't call her.
Alex (Justin Long) owns a bar and becomes Gigi's dating "shrink."
Mary (Drew Barrymore), an ad rep at an alternative newspaper, is trying to learn the lingo of the electronic era in the dating scene. "I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting."
Paige (Brooke Bloom) is Beth's younger sister who is preparing for her wedding.
Also appearing in cameo roles are Kris Kristopherson and Luis Guzmán.
Directed by Ken Kwapis.
Run time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.
My personal rating: B
A complicated comedy about the twists and turns of love and relationships. Set in Baltimore and focused more or less on a group of gal pals, their expectations of men, the men who don't want commitment and don't even call back, the disappointments, the deceit, the dissection of everything that was said between the opposite sexes.
The cast of characters includes:
Gigi (Gennifer Goodwin) who has been told since childhood that the boys who treat her shabbily really like her a lot and so she her philosphy is "We are all programmed to believe that if a guy acts like a total jerk that means he likes you."
Conor (Kevin Connolly), a real estate agent. meets Gigi on a blind date and leaves Gigi feeling as though he'll call her again.
Anna (Scarlett Johansson), a yoga instructor, is seeing Conor. She is somewhat unenthusiastic about him but continues to tease him.
Ben (Bradley Cooper) flirts shamelessly with Anna in the grocery store and promises to help Anna get started in the singing career she wants to have. In a moment of guilt, he admits to Anna that he's married but they agree to be friends and he assures her he can help her career.
Neil (Ben Affleck) is Ben's best friend and is commitment-phobic. He doesn't feel the need at all to marry his girlfriend of seven years.
Beth (Jennifer Aniston) is Neil's girlfriend and she desperately wants to marry him and is annoyed by his lack of commitment.
Janine (Jennifer Connelly) is Neil's wife and a firm believe in settling down and getting married. She initially set Gigi up with Conor. She advises Gigi against stalking Conor when he doesn't call her.
Alex (Justin Long) owns a bar and becomes Gigi's dating "shrink."
Mary (Drew Barrymore), an ad rep at an alternative newspaper, is trying to learn the lingo of the electronic era in the dating scene. "I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work, so I called him at home, and then he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I texted to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting."
Paige (Brooke Bloom) is Beth's younger sister who is preparing for her wedding.
Also appearing in cameo roles are Kris Kristopherson and Luis Guzmán.
Directed by Ken Kwapis.
Run time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.
My personal rating: B
