'How To Be Single' A Review

How To Be Single is a romantic comedy about Alice(Dakota Johnson) who breaks up with her college boyfriend after graduation to be single and discover herself. She gets a job in New York City as a paralegal, lives with her older sister Meg(Leslie Mann) an OB/GYN, and befriends fun-loving partyer Robin(Rebel Wilson) who teachers her 'how to be single'.

The cast is packed with some substantive comedic talent but the plot is so convoluted many of the roles don't make sense and many of the characters flounder. Johnson as the lead is a patchwork of 20-something relationship cliches, a serviceable conduit for the mostly illogical and unoriginal script. Wilson brings confidence, energy, and charm as she always does but ultimately she is used only for laughs and her character remains two dimensional. Mann provides the only emotional truth of the film with a sub-plot more engaging than the main. Damon Waynes, Jr., Alison Brie, and Anders Holm, among others, put in serviceable supporting turns but without an overall narrative focus their presence in the film is confused.

A listless meandering narrative clogged with too many threads, populated by trite immature relationship observation.

Don't See It.