Something Borrowed Review

I had to write one for my newspaper class so here it is. Kinda sucks but you know :)

The ordinary girl and boy romance story has changed. Emily Giffin’s novel, Something Borrowed, now takes its spot on the big screen and prevails. The confusing web of love between the characters was portrayed well and quite convincingly. The actors were well chosen and you could feel the connections between them. The setting of the movie was well chosen and a great treat for the eye.

In Something Borrowed, Darcy (Kate Hudson, Almost Famous) is best friends with Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin, Walk the Line) for all of their lives. When Rachel is in law school she meets dreamy law student Dex (Colin Egglesfield, Beautiful Dreamer) and falls for him. Being the shy law student though, she never asks Dex out and lets Darcy date him, never telling him her true feelings. Darcy and Dex later become engaged and Rachel must sit back and let it all happen with her trusty friend Ethan (John Krasinski, The Office) who stays by her side. A monumental scene occurs and the drama explodes. The movie takes a huge twist and you’ll be rethinking everything.

Goodwin was my favorite actress of this movie, Hudson and Krasinski following close behind. I found her acting very sincere and how she portrayed Rachel was very convincing. She kept my attention and worked wonderfully alongside her other big name actors. Though, the movie did leave me a bit disappointed. I felt that some ends were not closed at the end of the movie that was needed to be in the movie. It left me wanting an epilogue or something, to really show me what happened in the end.

Being quite fashion-minded, I felt the costume design was fantastic. I enjoyed when Darcy and Rachel were together because you could clearly see their different personalities. Darcy always wore very showy pieces and vibrant colors, while Rachel wore more muted tones. As Rachel changed throughout the movie though and gained her confidence, her clothes did get a bit more attention grabbing.

After all is said and done, I would give Something Borrowed three out of five stars. It was different then your average romance movie and all the actors were well chosen, and the setting was lovely. But, I didn’t like the ending quite as much as I thought I would, which was disappointing. I would definitely recommend this movie to any romantics like myself.

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