Sometimes a movie is just misleading in it's advertising campaign. When I saw several trailers for WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? it looked like it was going to be one of those poorly written badly acted raunchfests that would be a pleasant waste of time but absolutely forgettable 5 minutes after the end credits started to run. So when Troy and I sat down to watch it, it was with the lowest of expectations. So, imagine our surprise when it turned out to be a charming romantic comedy with a better than average screenplay filled with charming performances and actually not that raunchy. The story follows a woman who is tired of watching all of her girlfriends get married while she continues to have bad relationship after worse relationship. She finally decides that since she's not meeting anyone new that is worthwhile that one of her 20 ex's must have been the Love of her life and she just didn't see it at the time. So with the help of a hunky next door neighbor who is the son of a cop, she tracks down several of her old flames to see if in fact they are "the one". Anna Faris has always been one of my favorite character actresses in movies. She has a great look and terrific timing. This is the first film that I feel she has actually had opportunities to stretch herself and show that she actually does have some acting chops. She is very funny and also incredibly sweet and genuinely heartbreaking at times. Chris Evans is the hunk next door and he also proves that he's more than 'Captain America'. He proves to be a terrific romantic leading man who also has some terrific acting chops and great comedic timing. It's a feel-good comedy that is for Adults, but it's also not a gross-out comedy with raunch just for raunch sake. Might not have been worth $8.00 at the Cineplex, but absolutely worth your time as a Netflix or On Demand choice.
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