Something Borrowed Steals Two Hours of Your Life

I love romantic comedies. I have a good laugh, and the boy and the girl get together in the end. Usually I want the boy and the girl to get together in the end. However, Something Borrowed kind of ruined that, and left me with a romantic comedy that was not at all romantic.

Something Borrowed did have funny moments. Sadly, John Krasinski’s character Ethan was the only one bringing the laughs, and he moved to England at some point during the course of the movie. Ethan was also the only character I cared about and wanted good things for, because he was the least selfish in the entire movie.

The movie was so disappointing that I found other ways to keep myself entertained while watching the movie. One way was noticing that Geoff Pierson was in the movie as Dex’s dad. I have loved Geoff Pierson since Unhappily Ever After, a show that I loved so much I went to a taping and own a copy of an episode script. Another way I kept entertained was try to figure out where I knew Steve Howey, who played Dex’s friend Marcus, from. The answer turned out to be an episode of Psych and the webseries Ctrl. The other thing I did was to put my film school education to use and pick up on every filmmaking mistake I could find. The most blatant was an instance of “crossing the line” in a scene in the house in the Hamptons with Rachel, Darcy, Dex, and Marcus, but there’s also scenes that just have bad continuity.

It is very hard to explain how unsympathetic all the main characters were. First, there was Kate Hudson’s character of Darcy. Darcy was incredibly selfish and made everything about her, but even when she made mistakes couldn’t forgive anyone else for making the same mistakes towards her. I don’t know if Darcy was supposed to be likable at all, and given how Rachel feels about her, maybe she was, but she is one of the most annoying characters in the history of ever.

Ginnifer Goodwin’s character of Rachel was the main character, and she wasn’t that great, herself. Rachel cared so little about her own happiness that she goes completely overboard when she decides that she should be happy, too. Of course, she lies, still doesn’t assert herself, and drags innocent bystanders down with her. If at any point, Rachel had just said, “This is what’s really going on,” she would have been much more likable, but she never does.

Colin Egglesfield’s character was Dex, and Dex was the female Rachel. He was more willing to hurt Darcy and Rachel than just be honest and say, “This is how I really feel.” He only cared about how people would view him, and he didn’t want to do anything about the situation he was in until it was literally too late.

The only sympathetic character, as I mentioned before, was John Krasinski’s character of Ethan. Ethan was silly and fun, but he was the only one who would tell Rachel what she needed to hear. Ethan and Rachel were fun to watch because they had great chemistry, and the only time the movie is worth watching is when they were on screen together. Ethan is the least selfish character, too, because he does at one point admit he’s in love with someone, but also decides that he can live without them as long as they’re happy. Ethan was the only character I wanted to get a happy ending, and they left him in England and didn’t give him his true love.

The funny moments of the movie were not enough to save it, and Something Borrowed is definitely a movie you should miss. If you’re desperate to watch it, wait to rent it, and even then be prepared for disappointment. It’s a movie that’s impossible to get into, and you’ll quickly be searching for other ways to keep yourself entertained.