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How to Be Single
2016
· Movie
· 110 min
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4383
- IMDb #4371
- Google retired #2434
- Rotten Tomatoes #3949
- Metacritic #3591
- Letterboxd #4460
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4039
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4200
- Metacritic Critics #3322
- Metacritic Audience #3815
- Criticker #3749
- Douban #1846
- Kinopoisk #4047
- AlloCiné #3397
- Trakt #3452
Every rating
26–82
out of 100
A young woman moves to New York City and decides to take a break from her long-term boyfriend to discover who she is on her own. She is guided by her wild coworker who excels at the single life. Their stories intertwine with others navigating the complexities of dating, love, and independence.
Details
- Director
- Christian Ditter
- Writers
- Abby Kohn, Dana Fox, Marc Silverstein
- Based on
- How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo
- Released
- 8 February 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $38.0M
- Box office
- $112.3M
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