Someone Great (film)

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Someone Great
Someone Great poster.jpeg
Official poster
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Written by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Produced by
Paul Feig
Jessie Henderson
Anthony Bregman
Peter Cron
Gina Rodriguez
Starring
Gina Rodriguez
Brittany Snow
DeWanda Wise
Lakeith Stanfield
Peter Vack
Cinematography Autumn Eakin
Edited by
Mollie Goldstein
Jeffrey Wolf
Music by Germaine Franco
Production
companies
Feigco Entertainment
Likely Story
I Can & I Will Productions
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
April 19, 2019 (United States)
Running time 92 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Someone Great is a 2019 American romantic comedy film written and directed by
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. The film stars Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda
Wise, Lakeith Stanfield, and Peter Vack.

Rodriguez plays a music journalist who decides to go on a last hurrah with her two
best friends after her boyfriend dumps her right before she is due to leave the
city to take her dream job.

It was released by Netflix on April 19, 2019.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Inspiration
4 Release
5 Critical response
6 Soundtrack
7 References
8 External links
Plot
Jenny, a music journalist living in New York City, lands her dream job with Rolling
Stone in San Francisco. Her boyfriend of nine years, Nate, breaks up with her, and
she spirals into a depression. Her best friends Erin, a real estate agent afraid to
admit her feelings to her girlfriend Leah, and Blair, a social media manager who
needs to break up with her boyfriend Will, with whom she has lost chemistry, are
the only ones who can bring her out of it. Jenny contacts Erin and Blair after
learning the concert series known as Neon Classic is putting on a pop-up show at
Sony Hall and proposes one last adventure together before she moves, both to
celebrate a new chapter in her life and to mend her broken heart.

The girls meet up by taking a day off from work. Throughout the day they find it
difficult to secure tickets for the concert, eventually obtaining them through
Jenny's former college crush, Matt, with whom Blair has sex. Erin and Jenny run
into Leah, and Erin clearly has some unresolved issues stemming from her fear of
commitment. Blair breaks up with Will after finding him at her apartment without
her, and it ends amicably. The girls all go to the concert in the evening and Jenny
runs into Nate, but cannot bring herself to talk to him, and gets separated from
her friends. Matt takes her to the after-party where she realizes she needs
closure.

After a heart-to-heart where Erin admits she needs to grow up and Blair admits that
she needs to lower her own expectations, they go to find Jenny at the after-party,
but not before Erin meets up with Leah and they acknowledge their feelings for each
other and agree to take their relationship slow.

They discover that Jenny is no longer at the after-party and are initially confused
when they are told that Jenny left to "finish it", referring to the relationship.
Erin realizes that Jenny went to Washington Square Park, where her relationship
with Nate began. Jenny is found sitting on the side of the fountain where nine
years prior he had written their initials and a smiley face inscribed within a
heart. Initially it seems that Nate came to apologize and ask to take her back, but
this is proven to be a dream that Jenny had after she passed out. Blair and Erin
come to find her and the three walk off together, promising that their friendship
will stay strong even after Jenny leaves for San Francisco.

Cast
Gina Rodriguez as Jenny Young
Brittany Snow as Blair Helms
DeWanda Wise as Erin Kennedy
LaKeith Stanfield as Nate Davis
Peter Vack as Matt Lasher
Rebecca Naomi Jones as Leah
Alex Moffat as Will
RuPaul Charles as Hype
Rosario Dawson as Hannah Davis
Michelle Buteau as Cynthia
Jaboukie Young-White as Mikey
Ben Sidell as Gus
Joe Locicero as Paul
Questlove as Himself
Jessie Reyez as Herself
Production
In February 2018, Gina Rodriguez signed on to star in and produce a film to serve
as the directorial debut of Jennifer Kaytin Robinson from a screenplay she wrote.
The story was described as being about loss, growing up and, above all, the
everlasting bond of female friendships.[2] In March 2018, Brittany Snow and DeWanda
Wise were cast to portray the close friends of Rodriguez's character, while Lakeith
Stanfield also joined the cast to portray the ex-boyfriend of Rodriguez's
character.[3][4][5] In April 2018, Rosario Dawson joined the cast of the film.
Principal photography on the film began on April 2, 2018.[4]

Inspiration
1989, the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, especially
the track "Clean", was cited as the inspiration for Someone Great. The film, in
turn, inspired Swift to write "Death by a Thousand Cuts", the tenth track on her
seventh studio album Lover (2019).[6] Robinson has also cited New Zealand singer
Lorde's 2017 song "Supercut" as an inspiration for the film; "[Supercut] existed in
the movie before any of the people in the movie existed"—she stated in an interview
with Rolling Stone.[7]

Release
The film was released on April 19, 2019[8] only to Netflix as a Netflix Original.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of
83% based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical
consensus reads, "What Someone Great lacks in originality it makes up for in
relatability and charm, thanks in large part to the undeniable chemistry between
its talented leads."[9]

Soundtrack
After the release of the film, the song "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo, which Erin and a
pantsless Jenny sung and danced to in the film's beginning, debuted at number 50 on
the Billboard Hot 100,[10] later peaking at number 1.[11]

References
"Someone great". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
Kit, Borys (February 26, 2018). "Gina Rodriguez to Star In, Produce Netflix
Romantic Comedy 'Someone Great' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved
February 26, 2018.
Kit, Borys (March 27, 2018). "Brittany Snow Joining Gina Rodriguez in Romantic
Comedy 'Someone Great' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3,
2018.
"DeWanda Wise in Talks to Join Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow in Netflix ROM-COM
'Something Great'". The Tracking Board. March 27, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Galuppo, Mia (March 30, 2018). "Lakeith Stanfield in Talks to Join Gina Rodriguez
in Rom-Com 'Someone Great'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Hughes, Hilary (August 25, 2019). "Taylor Swift Calls Rom-Com Inspiration Behind
'Lover' Song the 'Most Meta Thing That's Ever Happened to Me'". Billboard.
Retrieved August 27, 2019.
"Netflix's 'Someone Great' Is Inspired By The Director's Love Of Lorde's
"Supercut"". Genius. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
Sneider, Jeff (January 28, 2019). "Not sure if these Netflix release dates are
new, but here goes nothing! Brie Larson's UNICORN STORE coming sometime in April,
while @HereIsGina's rom-com SOMEONE GREAT will debut on April 19. We'll also get
Amy Poehler's comedy WINE COUNTRY on May 10. Drink up, baby!". Twitter. Retrieved
January 28, 2019.
"Someone Great (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
"Lizzo Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Entry With 'Truth Hurts'". Billboard. May
13, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
"Lizzo Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
External links
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Someone Great at IMDb
Categories: 2019 filmsEnglish-language films2019 LGBT-related films2010s buddy
comedy films2010s female buddy films2019 romantic comedy filmsAmerican buddy comedy
filmsAmerican female buddy filmsAmerican filmsAmerican LGBT-related filmsAmerican
romantic comedy filmsFilms scored by Germaine Franco2010s English-language
filmsLesbian-related filmsLGBT-related romantic comedy filmsFilms about
journalistsFilms set in 2010Films set in 2011Films set in 2019Films set in New York
CityEnglish-language Netflix original films
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