How to Be Single fingerprintFunny, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Deeply romantic and hopeful
Plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit
Everyday modern life
Standout dialogue and characters
Functional look and sound
Deeply romantic and hopeful
Emotionally, it's deeply romantic and hopeful.
Plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit
Expect plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit.
Everyday modern life
Its world is built around everyday modern life.
Standout dialogue and characters
The dialogue and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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How to Be Single is included with a subscription to Netflix in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 53/100 (IMDb 6.1, Rotten Tomatoes 45%, and Metacritic 51). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: strong language and sexual content.
1 h 50 min
How to Be Single runs 1 h 50 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate How to Be Single higher (56) than critics (48). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $38 million to make and earned $112 million worldwide, 3.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+76GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for How to Be Single in 90 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 6 storytelling tropes for How to Be Single, including Boyfriend Bluff, Breast Attack, The Film of the Book.
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