If you have already begun to suspect that Something Borrowed may be something less than the sum of its parts-all of which do indeed seem borrowed from other movies and TV rom-coms too numerous to mention-you are right.
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Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
It's clear that Something Borrowed finds it easier to tell us about relationships than to show us them under way.
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MovielineStephanie Zacharek
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
As horrific as Something Borrowed is, it's compelling in its own sick way.
Doesn't so much borrow from other movies as settle into a comfort zone of raising provocative questions regarding love, commitment and marriage only to dismiss them with a brush of a hand as so much dandruff.
Try as she might, Hudson can't turn Darcy into a three-dimensional character: She's astonishingly easy to dislike, but not nearly amusing enough in what could have been an unforgettable camp performance.
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Time Out
Time Out
This rom-com certainly has something old, something borrowed and something blue-the something new, however, is MIA.
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Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Thank heavens Krasinski, at least, had the screenwriter's ear. He makes every one-liner land. "The Hamptons are like a zombie movie directed by Ralph Lauren."
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Soul-sucking romantic comedy.
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Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Something Borrowed is a romantic comedy in which absolutely no one deserves to end up happy.