How to Be Single

How to Be Single is over a half hour before it's over.

Wilson generates a number of heartfelt laughs, Johnson is a magnetically compelling lead and Mann is just plain spectacular, stealing every scene she's in with an effortlessness that's just plain super.

If only How to Be Single had the smarts to not just deliver twists on clichs, but avoid them altogether.

How to Be Single is an above average romantic comedy that excels thanks to stellar performances and the fact that Ditter makes an effort to make it a very human story.

True, your average broody careerist might struggle to find a gym-toned-cutie with a secret yearning to be a stay-at-home dad. Then again, what film doesn't encourage fantasies?

How to Be Single defies expectations in a satisfying way.

Feels more like a failed television pilot than a feature film.

As a statement on modern relationships it's muddled but it does deliver enough laughs and romance to make it a pleasing enough Valentine's Day diversion.

What a depressing assemblage of contemptible yet physically attractive people.

No, nothing about this world seems real, yet somehow this energetic subversion of typical rom-coms manages to be more relatable and entertaining than it has any right to be.