Someone Like You (2024 film)

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Someone Like You
Someone Like You 2024 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTyler Russell
Screenplay by
Based onSomeone Like You
by Karen Kingsbury
Produced by
  • Natalie Ruffino Wilson
  • Tyler Russell
Starring
CinematographyTrevor K. Ball
Edited byTrevor K. Ball
Music byTyler Michael Smith
Production
company
Karen Kingsbury Productions
Distributed by Fathom Events
Release date
  • April 2, 2024 (2024-04-02)
Running time
121 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.9 million [2]

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. [3]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

In September 2022, it was announced that Fisher, Allyn, Collins, Lively, Johnson and Reeves were cast in the film. [3]

The film was shot in Franklin, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee and Alabama. [4]

Release

The film was released in 1,802 theaters by Fathom Events in the United States on April 2, 2024. [4] It grossed $2.9 million its opening weekend and went on to gross a total of $5.9 million. [2]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 46% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. [5]

Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film two stars out of five. [6] Allison Gilmor of the Winnipeg Free Press awarded the film two and a half stars out of five. [7] 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. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Someone Like You (PG)". British Board of Film Classification . July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Someone Like You". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. 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 . Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Bowman, Bethany (March 27, 2024). "Movie Review: Someone Like You". The Tennessee Star . Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Someone Like You". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Sandie Angulo Chen. "Parents' Guide to Someone Like You". Common Sense Media . Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ Gillmor, Alison (April 5, 2024). "Novel flick offers odd storylines, predictable conclusion". Winnipeg Free Press . Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  8. ↑ Parker, Andrew (April 3, 2024). "SOMEONE LIKE YOU REVIEW; SOMEONE LIKE YOU CAN DO BETTER". TheGATE.ca . Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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