What's Your Number? isn't half as bad as I thought it would be after seeing the trailer, and I was duped into looking for a plot twist about midway through thinking there would be some big third act reveal. Nope, it's a straight-forward rom-com that goes exactly down the path you'd expect and is made only slightly more enjoyable thanks to an R-rating, a few punchy one-liners and a couple of satisfactory performances from the lead cast. All in all it's comfort food and you won't mind consuming it, but you won't exactly feel full when you're done.
What's Your Number?
Review
Review
Grade: C+
"What's Your Number?" is a 20th Century Fox release, directed by Mark Mylod and is rated R for sexual content and language. The running time is 1 hour 46 minutes.
The cast includes Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Andy Samberg, Zachary Quinto, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, Joel McHale, Chris Pratt, Martin Freeman and Anthony Mackie.
The cast includes Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Andy Samberg, Zachary Quinto, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, Joel McHale, Chris Pratt, Martin Freeman and Anthony Mackie.
Yes, What's Your Number? is highly predictable and the ending inevitable. And once again inevitability proves to be its downfall, just as is the case with so many films before it. Filmmakers need to learn that once your audience is 100% sure what's going to happen in the end you need to get to that end unless you have something of the utmost importance to tell us. What's Your Number? director Mark Mylod ("Entourage") apparently hasn't learned that just yet. Fortunately, he has Anna Faris along the way, not to forget a helping hand from Ari Graynor as her sister.
I don't make it a habit to catch all that many of Anna Faris's films. The Alvin and the Chipmunks movies don't interest me and I'm not running out to see Yogi Bear, Mama's Boy or any of the Scary Movie sequels any time soon. However, I found her to be quite funny in The House Bunny and her delivery here is quite good as well. She has some high quality reaction moments and she's able to sell a punch line and make it funnier than it actually should be. There aren't nearly enough good things to say about this film to make it comparable to House Bunny, but tolerable would be a good description for it.
Chris Evans does his thing, as the male whore across the hall, but he's always been charismatic so that's no surprise. And if you're wondering about the supporting performances from the likes of Andy Samberg, Zachary Quinto, Joel McHale, Chris Pratt, Martin Freeman and Anthony Mackie, they are simply a few guys that make up Ally's list of exes. They have their part and are gone in such a way that's quite forgettable, though Pratt does make the most of his few scenes.
What's Your Number? is a movie you won't mind you saw, but you may mind it if you pay full price. There are a few R-rated bits you don't get from the trailers, but the film itself isn't delivering any surprises.
I did appreciate a brief moment near the end where Faris's character is doing anything she can to get to her man and while climbing over a fence she says what we're all thinking, "Why didn't I just wait for him at home?" A similar version of that question will likely be asked by several moviegoers on opening weekend, because this is a film you can wait to watch at home and will get just as much enjoyment out of it there at a fraction of the price.
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