"Something Borrowed" Movie Review

“Something Borrowed” Movie Review Table

Rating: 1-5 +’s

Category	Rating	Reasons
Mood	+ + + + +	Conflicting moods, going back and forth between good and bad as the scenes change, but most of the time a strong mood.
Plot	+ + + +	Not the most original idea, but a very interesting story that was fun to watch.
Location	+ + + +	Good dramatic scenes with pouring rain, nice beach scenes when the tension rises, a good scene walking around a nearly empty city. No extremely beautiful scenery.
Pace & Suspense	+ + + +	Not very much suspense, but plot moves fast enough to keep you interested.
Characters	+ + + +	Good casting, people appear to fit their characters very well, but with some of the minor characters it was hard to follow how they fit in and who they were.

Main Actors/Actresses: Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Colin Egglesfield
Director: Luke Greenfield
Writer(s): Emily Griffin and Jennie Snyder
Run Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
Release: 2011
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Website: Rotten Tomatoes

“Something Borrowed” Movie Review

    Recently I watched a new movie. The movie “Something Borrowed” is funny and has a good storyline. It stars Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Colin Egglesfield in a romantic comedy that was directed by Luke Greenfield and had Emily Griffin and Jennie Snyder as its writers. It is rated PG-13 and goes the length of one hour and fifty-two minutes. It is very recent; it was released in the last year. Is “Something Borrowed” worth watching?

The plot is good in this movie, but is fairly typical of a romantic comedy. The plot is not very original. The typical troubles with the best friend of many years and the male lead about to be married to the wrong girl; the twist comes at the end where the solution is a bit different than you have often heard of before. The story is of a woman, played by Ginnifer Goodwin, that has for a while been in love with a friend she met in law school, played by Colin Egglesfield. She introduced him to her long time best friend, played by Kate Hudson, and the characters of Kate and Colin are now about to be married. Many problems come up before the impending marriage; will the character of Ginnifer Goodwin form a relationship with the male lead, played by Colin Egglesfield, before it is too late? The plot has lots of twists and turns.

The location and characters in this movie are about average. The places always fit the mood very well. They are primarily on the beach and in a city, with weather to fit. The characters are well portrayed by their actors and actresses; it is well cast. The minor characters are sometimes a bit confusing as to who they are and how they fit into the story. Any confusions with them are inconsequential to understanding the story, so it is fine. Overall the characters and location in this movie are at a level to be expected.

The mood, pace and suspense have similar ratings to those of the plot, location, and characters; the mood being slightly higher. The mood is always very strong in this movie. They use elements with the weather and location to very clearly portray the mood. There is the typical stressful-because-characters-are-falling-apart scene in the rain, as well as a romantic walk down an abandoned city street. In this movie there is happiness primarily but in some scenes there is anger, and often humor. The pace in this movie is moderate. The storyline has enough twists  and turns to keep you interested, especially towards the end, when a twist comes with the character Darcy. The suspense in this movie is minimal, as it is with most movies of this genre. There is the suspense toward the end over what will happen as the plot wraps up, but other than that, there is very little suspense. Overall the mood, pace and suspense are not bad; but not extraordinary either.

The movie “Something Borrowed” is great. My friends and I had a wonderful time watching it, and I think I would enjoy watching it a second time. My rating scale was one through five using the plus symbol (+). The movie was a four in all of the categories: characters, pace and suspense, plot, and location; except one. In the mood category it scored a five. That is an average of 4.2 pluses out of five, which is very good. I would strongly recommend this to any lover of romantic comedies, or any one in general who wants to watch an upbeat movie that turns out good in the end.