Someone Like You (2024 film)
{{Short description|Film by Tyler Russell}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Someone Like You 2024 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Tyler Russell
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Natalie Ruffino Wilson
- Tyler Russell
}}
| based_on = {{Based on|Someone Like You|Karen Kingsbury}}
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
- Karen Kingsbury
- Tyler Russell
}}
| starring ={{Plainlist|
- Sarah Fisher
- Jake Allyn
- Robyn Lively
- Bart Johnson
- Scott Reeves
- Lynn Collins
}}
| music = Tyler Michael Smith
| cinematography = Trevor K. Ball
| editing = Trevor K. Ball
| studio = Karen Kingsbury Productions
| distributor = Fathom Events
| released = {{film date|2024|4|2}}
| runtime = 121 minutes{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2024|title=Someone Like You (PG) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/someone-like-you-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiynzy4|access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=British Board of Film Classification}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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Someone Like You is a 2024 American romance drama film written by Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell, and directed by Russell. It stars Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, Robyn Lively, Bart Johnson, Scott Reeves, and Lynn Collins. It is based on Kingsbury's novel of the same title.
Cast
- Sarah Fisher as London Quinn / Andi Allen
- Jake Allyn as Dawson Gage
- Lynn Collins as Louise Quinn
- Robyn Lively as Dr. Jenny Allen
- Bart Johnson as Dr. Jim Allen
- Scott Reeves as Larry Quinn
- Austin Robert Russell as Matt Bryan
- Brandon Hirsch as Carl Smith
Production
In September 2022, it was announced that Fisher, Allyn, Collins, Lively, Johnson and Reeves were cast in the film.{{cite web|last=Complex|first=Valerie|title=Karen Kingsbury's Someone Like You Starring Sarah Fisher And Jake Allyn Begins Production In October|date=September 27, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/karen-kingsburys-someone-like-you-starring-1235128171/|accessdate=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511082056/https://deadline.com/2022/09/karen-kingsburys-someone-like-you-starring-1235128171/|url-status=live}}
The film was shot in Franklin, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee and Alabama.
Release
The film was released in 1,802 theaters by Fathom Events in the United States on April 2, 2024.{{cite web|last=Bowman|first=Bethany|title=Movie Review: Someone Like You|date=March 27, 2024|website=The Tennessee Star|url=https://tennesseestar.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-someone-like-you/bbowman/2024/03/27/|accessdate=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511082331/https://tennesseestar.com/entertainment/movies/movie-review-someone-like-you/bbowman/2024/03/27/|url-status=live}} It grossed $2.9 million its opening weekend and went on to gross a total of $5.9 million.{{Cite web |title=Someone Like You |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1029799937/?ref_=bo_tt_gr_1 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
Reception
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|46|5.1|13|consensus=|access-date=July 16, 2024|ref=y}}
Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film two stars out of five.{{cite web|author=Sandie Angulo Chen|title=Parents' Guide to Someone Like You|website=Common Sense Media|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/someone-like-you-0|accessdate=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511083611/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/someone-like-you-0|url-status=live}} Allison Gilmor of the Winnipeg Free Press awarded the film two and a half stars out of five.{{cite news|last=Gillmor|first=Alison|title=Novel flick offers odd storylines, predictable conclusion|date=April 5, 2024|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/04/05/novel-flick-offers-odd-storylines-predictable-conclusion|accessdate=May 11, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511084944/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2024/04/05/novel-flick-offers-odd-storylines-predictable-conclusion|url-status=live}} Andrew Parker of TheGATE.ca gave the film a negative review, calling it "a silly, unknowingly creepy, and wholly earnest Christian romance made for people who find Pumpkin Spice Lattes too spicy and Hallmark movies too secular.{{cite web|last=Parker|first=Andrew|title=SOMEONE LIKE YOU REVIEW; SOMEONE LIKE YOU CAN DO BETTER|date=April 3, 2024|website=TheGATE.ca|url=https://www.thegate.ca/film/066207/someone-like-you-review-someone-like-you-can-do-better/|accessdate=May 11, 2024}}
References
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