Something Borrowed

It's a thin line between love and friendship.

A young woman is a talented attorney at a top New York law firm, a generous and loyal friend and, unhappily, still single...as her engaged best friend is constantly reminding her. But after one drink too many at her 30th birthday party, she unexpectedly ends up in bed with the guy she's had a crush on since law school, who just happens to be her best friend's fiancé. When the gals' lifelong friendship collides with true love, it leads to unexpected complications and potentially explosive romantic revelations. Meanwhile, her best male friend has been harbouring a secret of his own ...

113 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Female interest, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Two girls, one guy ...

Credits

Cast	Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski, Steve Howey, Ashley Williams
Director	Luke Greenfield
Screenplay	Jennie Snyder, from the novel by Emily Giffin
Music	Alex Wurman
Cinematography	Charles Minsky
Editing	John Axelrad
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2011
Produced by	2S Films, Alcon Entertainment, Wild Ocean Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Infrequent, mild
Nudity	None
Sex	Implied and some references
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Moderate use of alcohol
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Predictable rom-com	5
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Verwaterende romantiesse komedie	5
Cape Times Christy Lemire Melodrama drawn from Griffin's book	5
Box Office Pete Hammond Something Borrowed is a snappy rom com about intersecting desires among a group of twenty-something friends. The film is terrific: smart, sexy and funny.	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Both ''blue'' (in terms of how one will feel after watching yet another mediocre rom-com) and ''borrowed'' (from other films of its ilk), ''Something Borrowed'' may make you wish for a bump on the head so you can forget having seen it.	8
Metacritic.com 30 critics	7
Rottentomatoes critics 108 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer In spite of solid performances from Kate Hudson and John Krasinski, Something Borrowed is an unpleasant misfire that lives down to its title.	3
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	8
Movie Review Intelligence 42 critics	7
What the People say
Internet 3514 Netizens John Krasinski steals the movie!!!!	11
Average .. 36%	7