July 16 - Someone Like You

Today’s movie is a romantic comedy with a scene that happens on July 16. Watch it tonight and enjoy.   

SOMEONE LIKE YOU 

Jane Goodale is a production assistant for the Diane Roberts TV talk show. Eddie Alden is the show’s womanizing producer. Ray Brown becomes the show’s new executive producer. Even though he’s in a long term relationship, he and Jane start an affair. This develops to the point where he dumps his current girlfriend and asks Jane to move in with him. Then after Jane has ended her lease, he dumps her. Jane is forced to share Eddie’s apartment, as she can’t find anywhere else to live.  Jane develops the ‘new cow’ theory that men won’t commit because they’re always looking for new conquests. Jane’s friend Liz, who works for M, a magazine for men asks her to write a column about male behavior from a female perspective. They create the persona of the elderly “Dr. Marie Charles” to be Jane’s alter ego and the listed author of the articles. On July 16, 2000 [52:35 to 52:41] the issue of “M” magazine containing “Dr. Marie Charles” first article hits the newsstands.  The column becomes a huge hit. Diane Roberts wants Marie Charles as a guest on her show. Ray asks her out for New Year’s Eve, but stands her up and Jane learns his girlfriend is none other than Diane Roberts. She argues with Eddie over the new cow theory, but after seeing the love between her sister and husband after her sister miscarries, tells Diane that Dr. Charles will be on the show.  She had intended to do the interview over the phone, but at the last minute appears on the show and confesses. She says no theory can be one size fits all for all men. She races after Eddie and they kiss.

A decent romantic comedy. The leads work well together and have good chemistry. Just enough quirky cinematic tricks to keep it interesting.

Date given in film at 52:37, where if you zoom in and freeze, you can see the caption of an article which appeared in The New York Times on this date titled “Amid Race Profiling Claims, Asian-Americans Avoid Labs”.

Producer - Lynda Obst

Director - Tony Goldwyn

Screenplay - Elizabeth Chandler

Runtime – 1 hour 37 minutes

Released – March 30, 2001

Starring –

Ashley Judd as Jane Goodale

Greg Kinnear as Ray Brown

Hugh Jackman as Eddie Alden

Marisa Tomei as Liz

Ellen Barkin as Diane Roberts

Catherine Dent as Alice

                                     

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.