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How Do You Know
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How Do You Know is a 2010 American film written, directed and produced by James L. Brooks for Gracie Films. It is a romantic comedy and comedy drama set in Washington, D.C., with a score by Hans Zimmer and editing by Richard Marks. The cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson. Columbia Pictures and Netflix distributed the film, which had a budget of $120,000,000 and a revenue of $48,668,907, with a runtime of 121 minutes.
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5.3After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Lisa
- Paul Rudd as George
- Owen Wilson as Matty
- Jack Nicholson as Charles
- Kathryn Hahn as Annie
- Mark Linn-Baker as Ron
Themes
- love triangle
- baseball
- aftercreditsstinger
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James L. Brooks
- Written by
- James L. Brooks
- Produced by
- Julie Ansell James L. Brooks Laurence Mark Paula Weinstein
- Starring
- Reese Witherspoon Owen Wilson Paul Rudd Jack Nicholson Kathryn Hahn
- Cinematography
- Janusz Kamiński
- Edited by
- Richard Marks
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Gracie Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- December 13, 2010 ( 2010-12-13 ) ( Westwood ) December 17, 2010 ( 2010-12-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $120 million
- Box office
- $48.7 million
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Official website
HOW DO YOU KNOW | Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- James L. Brooks
- Screenwriter
- James L. Brooks
- Cast member
- Yuki Matsuzaki
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- James L. Brooks
- Production company
- Gracie Films
- Cinematographer
- Janusz Kamiński
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 248501
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/howdoyouknow
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- publication date
- 2011-01-20
- title
- How Do You Know
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Richard Marks
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 31%
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Encyclopedic overview
How Do You Know is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed, written and produced by James L. Brooks, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson in his final appearance following his retirement. It was the third film to feature Witherspoon and Rudd following Overnight Delivery and Monsters vs. Aliens. The plot follows softball player Lisa (Witherspoon), who is caught in a love triangle between two men—the charming baseball player Matty (Wilson) and George (Rudd), a businessman who is the target of an SEC stock fraud civil suit.
The film was shot in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and was released on December 17, 2010. It underperformed at the box office, grossing $48.7 million against a $120 million budget, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.
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