Something Borrowed

Based on Emily Giffin's bestselling novel, filmmaker Luke Greenfield's Something Borrowed finds Manhattan attorney Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) feted with a surprise 30th birthday party by her lifelong best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson), who's also celebrating her own upcoming wedding to handsome Dex (Colin Egglesfield), whom Rachel has known since law school. After vivacious Darcy drinks too much and retires early, previously platonic Rachel and Dex wind up in bed. Now, Rachel is torn between her loyalty to Darcy and her long-repressed love for Dex. Rachel's confidante, Ethan (John Krasinski), serves as her conscience, particularly when the group winds up at Dex's beach house, along with womanizing Marcus (Steve Howey) and crazy Claire (Ashley Williams). The central dilemma hinges on the fact that good-hearted Rachel is also weak-willed, always allowing petulant, demanding Darcy to run roughshod over her, while Dex repeatedly demonstrates a lack of backbone. Formulaic and overladen with flashbacks, Something Borrowed does boast a hilariously harrowing badminton game, but that's not enough to make this more than an optional purchase. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include deleted scenes (8 min.). Exclusive to the Blu-ray release are “Marcus's Guide to the Ladies” with costar Steve Howey (7 min.), a gag reel (6 min.), location tours with author Emily Giffin (5 min.), a “Something…Old?” featurette on turning age 30 (4 min.), a behind-the-scenes featurette (3 min.), a “What Is Something Borrowed?” segment on the custom (2 min.), and bonus DVD and digital copies of the film. Bottom line: a solid extras package—on the Blu-ray edition—for a disappointing film.] (S. Granger)