There's got to be a darned good reason if I'm gonna watch an out and out romcom. Fortunately What's Your Number? has two...Anna Faris and Chris Evans. Both are under rated actors that have been in leading or supporting roles for years but haven't quite settled on the A-List, even though they have the range, looks and charisma to make it big time.
Unfortunately What's Your Number? isn't the movie to cement their talent in the minds of the general movie going public. It plays the romantic comedy rulebook step by step and, like a lot of comedies this year, doesn't exploit it's R-rating to the full. The other big complaint is that it rarely exploits its leads abilities to the fullest. Evans is roguish and charming and Faris is often goofy and out of her depth, but for two actors that can push roguish and goofy to far more entertaining extremes (Evans in Fantastic Four / Faris in House Bunny) this seems like a half arsed, wasted opportunity, probably watered down by a studio cutting off all the ruff edges.
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