Movie Review: Something Borrowed

By Boon Chan

ATTORNEY Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is the wallflower to Darcy’s (Kate Hudson) obnoxious Venus flytrap. Somehow, though, they have remained best friends through the years and Darcy even met her husband-to-be, Dex (Colin Egglesfield), through Rachel.

Then, one night, after having had too much to drink, Rachel ends up sleeping with Dex.

Goodwin is well cast as Rachel, bringing a degree of vulnerability to a character who is something of a doormat. It also means that we are firmly in her corner when Rachel slips up and sleeps with her best friend’s fiance.

In a sign that her star is not shining quite as brightly after ho-hum romantic comedies such as Fool’s Gold (2008) and Bride Wars (2009), Hudson has been relegated to playing second fiddle here.

And an unlikeable one at that.

Romantic comedy/113 minutes

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