Ally (Anna Faris) reads in a magazine that the average
number of sexual partners women have in their lifetime is 10.5 and that if your number is more
than 20 then you’re less likely to get married. She is currently at number 19
and that same night she hits the 20 mark. Not wanting to go any higher, she
decides to go back through her exes and see if she’ll end up with one of them.
In order to track them down she enlists the help of her neighbour Colin (Chris
Evans).
The synopsis on IMDb says, “A
woman looks back at the past twenty men she's had relationships with in her
life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.” That
would make you think that perhaps Ally had decided what was best for her and
thought she’d find what she was looking for in a past relationship. But you
would be wrong in thinking that. In the film she is essentially slut-shamed
into not going any higher than 20 and she only decides to trawl through her
exes because she doesn’t want to be a woman with a higher number than 20
because guys don’t like it. Which makes me want to explode. At one point she
tells a guy that she’s had 20 partners and he actually says “yuck.” Her friends
try to make her feel bad about it and one of them says that women who have sex
with lots of different guys have low self-esteem. I’m not saying that’s not
maybe true of some women but that’s not just universally true. Some women just
like sex and they enjoy it with more than one partner. And it’s not “gross” and it doesn’t say anything about who the woman is herself. So, enoooough.
Once you ignore the ridiculous plot of the film, it’s
alright. There are some funny bits and Colin was sweet. But seriously, people
of the planet. It doesn’t matter if you have sex with lots of different people
or if you don’t have sex at all. All that matters is that it’s what you want.
5/10
"Why would you go to all that effort to get all properly dressed and pretend that's how you woke up?
ReplyDeleteTrying to remember all the guys she's slept with and getting drunk when she realises it's 19. Why not.
Why is it bad that it's 19?
You've slept with your ex-boss haven't you, aw man.
This is ridiculous, it doesn't matter what your number is aaah.
Don't get back with exes, come on now.
God, that is a terrible orgasm face.
What are you even talking about, that is an awful dress.
Gaaaay, knew it.
Aww, he cheered her up. I like you, Sir.
Aw, she didn't get up and get all ready quickly and he said she looks beautiful.
I dunno, tying your hair back doesn't really scream 'let's have sex and get married', y'know?
I love cute vows. Much better than mushy ones.
What, you just dismissed her sculptures and made out like you're the most important thing to her? Suuuuch a dick.
Ugh."