this movie is often talked about like it’s just another rom-com, but to me it felt like much more than that. it’s honest in a way that most romantic comedies aren’t. it talks about love, commitment, heartbreak, and the painful realization that sometimes the person you love isn’t necessarily the person you’re meant to stay with.
sometimes loving someone isn’t enough. sometimes you have to let go and move forward, even when it hurts.
someone great follows jenny young, a writer who lands her dream job at rolling stone. the catch is that she has to move from new york to san francisco. the move becomes the final breaking point in her nine-year relationship with her boyfriend nate, and the sudden breakup leaves her heartbroken and lost.
before leaving new york, jenny spends one last wild day with her two best friends, erin and blair. they smoke, drink, party, and wander around the city together, trying to make the most of their final moments before everything changes. throughout the day, the three of them also confront their own relationship struggles and personal dilemmas.
what i really liked about this movie is that it doesn’t try to romanticize everything. yes, there are cute and tender moments that make you smile, but it also shows the uncomfortable parts of relationships. the arguments, the misunderstandings, the quiet moments where you start realizing things aren’t working anymore.
through flashbacks, we slowly see how jenny and nate’s relationship evolved over the years, and how it eventually fell apart after almost a decade together.
even though the story centers around a breakup, the heart of the movie is actually about friendship. jenny’s relationship with erin and blair feels just as important as the romantic relationship she lost. the movie shows how powerful it can be to have people who stand beside you while you’re trying to rebuild yourself.
watching it felt both fun and emotional at the same time. there are moments where you laugh, moments where things get messy, and moments that hit a little too close to home.
especially the poem jenny wrote. that part still stays with me even now.
Do you think I can have one more kiss?I'll find closure on your lips, and then I'll go.Maybe also one more breakfast, one more lunch, and one more dinner.I'll be full and happy and we can part.But in between meals, maybe we can lie in bed one more time.One more prolonged moment where time suspends indefinitelyas I rest my head on your chest.My hope is if we add up the "one mores" they will equal a lifetimeand I'll never have to get to the part where I let you go.But that's not real is it? There are no more "one mores".I met you when everything was new and exciting,and the possibilities of the world seem endless.And they still are... for you, for me, but not for us.Somewhere between then and now, here and there,I guess we didn't just grow apart, we grew up.When something breaks, if the pieces are large enough, you can fix it.Unfortunately sometimes things don't break, they shatter.But when you let the light in, shattered glass will glitter.And in those moments when the pieces of what we were catch the sun,I'll remember just how beautiful it was. Just how beautiful it'll always be.Because it was US. And we were magic.Forever.
overall, the movie didn’t disappoint me at all. it was exactly the kind of experience i hoped it would be. emotional, comforting, and painfully relatable in some ways.
xoxo, A.