What's Your Number

I apologize for my lack of posts recently. I am also sad to say that as the school year begins, it is not likely to improve anytime soon.
Anyways, let me get on to the next movie in the long line of features I have watched this summer: What's Your Number. This movie stars Anna Ferris as a young woman who realizes - thanks to her sister's wedding and a magazine article - that she ha slept with a whopping 19 men. Obviously this disappoints her since statistics are that after 20, you are far less likely to find your soulmate. Besides, her friend are all have far lower numbers. The opening scenes include her breaking off a relationship with her activist  boyfriend played by Zachary Quinto, and getting fired. The morning after her sister's bachelorette party, she wakes up in a fit after sleeping with her ex-boss (I don't know how else to refer to him) played by Joel McHale, making her number 20. Enter another celebrity: the player neighbour across the hall, Chris Evans. The hot guy wakes up every morning after entertaining yet another girl, and comes out into the hall holding only a towel over his groin. It is both awkward and strangely attractive, especially since it's Chris.
To make a log story short, they make a deal that she will let him hide in her apartment from the girls every morning until they leave his place and he will help her track down all of her past partners to figure out which of them was her soulmate. As with all chick flicks, the following event are cute and hilarious. She tracks down a stream of past boyfriends including many more celebrities such as Martin Freeman, and her husband, Chris Pratt.
Meanwhile, the romance forms between them, while she stays oblivious to it. He sees that her passion is art rather than the jobs she has been doing, and she learns that he is a good musician who can't find any good gigs. They become close and inspire each other to chase their dreams. Then, as with all rom-coms, they hit a rough patch. He has been hiding from her that he tracked down the ex she most wanted to find, and they call off their deal. She dates the guy for a while and it seems that they may be falling in love. However, she realizes during her speech at her sister's wedding that she loves her neighbour, not this rich ex-boyfriend. Knowing that he has a wedding gig, she runs all over town until she finds him and they admit to being in love with each other. The final scene is sweet, but a little inappropriate and completely hilarious.
This whole movie is a rather mature subject, and contains a large amount of swearing. Clearly I would not recommend this movie for young viewers. However, it is a good plot made better by the numerous appearances of big-name celebrities. If you're into chick flicks, you should definitely consider watching this...but maybe not with parents around; that might be a bit too awkward.

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