What's Your Number? (20th Century Fox)
Rated R for sexual content and language.
Starring Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley Jr.,
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Heather Burns, Eliza Coupe, Kate Simses, Tika Sumpter, Joel McHale.
Written by Gabrielle Allanand Jennifer Crittenden, based on the novel "20 Times a Lady" by Karyn Bosnak.
GRADE: C-
REVIEW:
Anna Faris is no stranger to playing promiscuous women. In What's Your Number?, Faris stars as Ally, a frustrated working girl whose little sister (Ari Graynor) is getting married. Right after getting fired and just before her sister's engagement party, Ally takes an accounting of the romantic partners in her life and discovers that she's "been" with no less than 20 men over the years.
Ally vows to look up all the men in her life, certain that one of them will work out better than the first run. She especially wants to re-connect with one of her former lovers because Ally believes that women who exceed 20 male partners will never find a true soul mate.
To locate all the men she's loved before, Ally enlists the help of her neighbor Colin (Chris Evans), an equally promiscuous 20something who uses her apartment to dodge morning company with his trysts. Colin is successful in locating most of Ally's former lovers, but in the process, the two lost souls become good friends, with possibilities.
When Ally is given the choice of re-connecting with her teenage crush (now a successful and good-looking man), she must choose between wealthy stability or her buddy Colin.
The premise and story of What's Your Number? is as worn out as Ally herself, with typical results in its conclusion. I don't think anyone would scream "SPOILER!" if I revealed who Ally chooses, which will not come as a shock to anyone.
There are a few laughs in What's Your Number?, but to be honest, I'm not that impressed with Anna Faris as a comedian, and I don't think she will ever pay anything more challenging than a promiscuous drunkard for the rest of her career. Chris Evans is his normal self, and gives What's Your Number? a little boost of charm, but not enough to overcome the over-worn premise.
The language and humor of What's Your Number? give the movie a deserved R rating, so you might want to skip taking Mom to see it.
