Someone Like You (2024 film)

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Someone Like You
Directed byTyler Russell
Written by Karen Kingsbury
Tyler Russell
Based onSomeone Like You
by Karen Kingsbury
StarringSarah Fisher
Jake Allyn
Release date
  • April 2, 2024 (2024-04-02)
Running time
138 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Someone Like You is a 2024 American romance film written by Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell, directed by Russell and starring Sarah Fisher and Jake Allyn. It is based on Kingsbury's New York Times best selling novel of the same title. [2]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

In September 2022, it was announced that Fisher, Allyn, Collins, Lively, Johnson and Reeves were cast in the film. [2]

The film was shot in Franklin, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee and Alabama. [3]

Release

The film was released in theaters by Fathom Events on April 2, 2024. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Reception

The film has a 46% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews. [7] Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film two stars out of five. [8] Allison Gilmor of the Winnipeg Free Press awarded the film two and a half stars out of five. [1]

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. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gillmor, Alison (April 5, 2024). "Novel flick offers odd storylines, predictable conclusion". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Complex, Valerie (September 27, 2022). "Karen Kingsbury's 'Someone Like You' Starring Sarah Fisher And Jake Allyn Begins Production In October". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Bowman, Bethany (March 27, 2024). "Movie Review: Someone Like You". The Tennessee Star. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  4. Windsor, Pam (March 21, 2024). "Stars Turn Out For The Nashville Premiere Of Karen Kingsbury's Film 'Someone Like You'". Forbes. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  5. Major, Michael (November 1, 2023). "Karen Kingsbury's Debut Film SOMEONE LIKE YOU Opens In Theaters In April". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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  8. Sandie Angulo Chen. "Parents' Guide to Someone Like You". Common Sense Media. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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