SOMEONE LIKE YOU
Someone Like Hugh!
Should You Watch It?
SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a witty, charming romantic comedy with a fine cast. Ashley Judd gives a convincing performance, and the chemistry between Jane and Eddie is enchanting. Some predictable moments turn out to be surprising, making the movie a pleasure to watch.
But the film’s entertainment value comes with serious costs. It contains plenty of foul language, strong obscenities and profanities, crude sexual habits, immoral situations, and a pagan worldview. The story does allow one womanizer to become reformed, but that does not remove the broader content concerns.
This is a well-acted movie for discerning adults, not a family film. If you can engage its romance and worldview thoughtfully while accepting its content, it is worth the trip — adults only.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESJane Goodale is a young New Yorker pursuing success in the business world while searching for lasting romance. After a painful breakup, she studies animal mating habits to explain why men lose interest in one woman.
She moves into the apartment of Eddie, a womanizing co-worker, hoping to make her former partner jealous. With encouragement from her best friend, Jane turns her ideas into an anonymous column that becomes a huge success. Meanwhile, Jane and Eddie begin to discover an unexpected friendship—and perhaps something more.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a genuinely enjoyable but imperfect comedy. The acting is excellent, with Ashley Judd giving a convincing performance and Hugh Jackman bringing charm to a role far different from his previous character. The chemistry between Jane and Eddie is enchanting.
The movie is witty and charming, and its fine cast makes the romance engaging. Some moments seem predictable but become surprising. Its pleasures are marred by plenty of foul language and Eddie’s crude sexual habits.
The Worldview
SOMEONE LIKE YOU has a pagan worldview with romantic and feminist elements. It follows a woman who wants success in the working world as well as romance, and it treats her study of animal mating habits as a way to explain human relationships. The film portrays a man as a womanizer, includes sexual elements, and presents lying and cohabitation as part of its relationship story.
The movie does affirm that people can find love unexpectedly and that a man with despicable sexual habits can become reformed. Jane and Eddie are opposites who discover that they are searching for the same thing in life. Still, the film’s understanding of romance and commitment departs from a biblical view by framing relationships through pagan ideas about mating rather than God’s design for marriage.
Scripture presents marriage as more than changing romantic desire: “What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate” (Matthew 19:6).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Pagan worldview with romantic elements as well as feminist elements about a woman who wants success in the working world & romance; some crude language, including 16 strong obscenities, 4 mild obscenities, & 13 profanities; sexual elements such as cows mating, man portrayed as womanizer, mention of masturbation, heavy kissing, woman searches for diaphragm, implied fornication, man has hickey on neck, & man touches woman’s breasts; partial rear male nudity, woman & man in underwear & couple lies naked under covers together; alcohol use; smoking; and, lying & cohabitation.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Jane searches for both professional success and romance. How can ambition be pursued faithfully without allowing romance or achievement to define your worth?
Matthew 6:33 · Colossians 3:23–24The film connects human relationships to animal mating habits. What makes biblical love and commitment different from instinct or changing desire?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · Matthew 19:4–6Eddie’s sexual habits are described as despicable, but he becomes reformed. What does genuine repentance look like, and how is it different from merely regretting consequences?
2 Corinthians 7:10 · Acts 3:19The story includes lying and cohabitation. How should truthfulness and sexual integrity shape romantic relationships?
Ephesians 4:25 · 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5The Final Word
SOMEONE LIKE YOU is witty, charming, and well-acted, with an engaging romance and a reformed womanizer at its center. Its strong language, sexual elements, and pagan worldview make it unsuitable for children and young teens. For discerning adults, the answer is WORTH THE TRIP — ADULTS ONLY. For a family movie night, see.
