He's Just Not That Into Your Herpes Riddled Face

From the previews, He's Just Not That Into You can be seen as nothing more than a glorified chick flick that's released at the chick flickiest time of year, a few weeks before Valentines Day. Yet, it's much more than that. It single-handily represents the best and worst parts of modern relationships with a plethora of stories being told from separate perspectives that tie together in different ways. Now we're going to take a look at the cast of characters. You may want to go to the pottie before-hand, cause it's gonna be a doozy. OK. So. Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) goes on a date with Conor (Kevin Connolly) who confides in Alex (Justin Long) that he's still in love with his former girlfriend Anna (Scarlett Johansson) who meets and falls smitten for Ben (Bradley Cooper) who's married to Janine (Jennifer Connelly) who is work friends with both Gigi and Beth (Jennifer Anniston) who is in a long term, non married relationship with Neil (Ben Affleck). Now while Gigi agonizes over Conor not calling her, she gets to vent all of her modern dating frustrations out on Alex, a manager/bartender at the nearby bar everyone tends to go to. Add in a solo story-line of Mary (Drew Barrymore) who's trying to make things work for herself in the ever growing technological age. At first glance, this is a crap load of exposition and way too many characters and psychosis to keep up with. But what this film got right is that it doesn't try and tell every one's story in an equal amount of time. It takes the most interesting characters and develops them while the less interesting are assistants in the character development and story progression. As you can probably tell, all of the interlocking stories come to a semi-harmonious conclusion. Although some come to a sudden halt which you wouldn't expect in a romantic comedy, but is never-the-less very realistic. If you can get past the TV spots and movie trailers that shuck in 80's music in a montage of late 20's early 30 somethings going through their own romantic gauntlets, then I suggest H.J.N.T.I.Y. You'll leave the theatre either rejuvenated in your beliefs on life and love, or searching in great need for a 12 gauge and some buckshot to use on your love bird neighbors. Hopefully it won't be the latter.