[Autevielle]

Sometimes I can’t help feeling that this urge to classify and label things all the time has done more harm than good. Using keywords to determine your movie choices will put the brilliant While You Were Sleeping and the less than stellar (though not in terms of casting) He’s Just Not That Into You into the same category. More to the point, having watched the former, you go in prejudiced against the latter from the outset. At least that was my error when I watched it for the first time. It seemed to be yet another attempt to clone the success gene of Love Actually while keeping a dozen storylines straight. That ship never actually sails. If you go in expecting a good story, you’re going to end up feeling distinctly underwhelmed.
The romcom label actually stands for two completely distinct things. Either it’s a story about love and tribulations and the triumph at the end, following a single basic formula from start to finish, kind of like an episode of Friends; or it’s, well, for want of a better word, a study. Much like a cinematic guidebook, a movie of this kind would explore a single issue, covering every aspect the scriptwriters deem relevant.
In He’s Just Not That Into You the issue is, oddly enough, self-delusion, particularly in the field of relationships and marriage. It’s not a movie about love. It is about the stereotypes you grow up with and the delusions these help to perpetuate. As a self-help book it would be unbearably tedious; acted out as episodes in a movie, its observations provide a clear and concise study of causality in relationships for singles adrift. It’s Dating 101, really, something your granny could have told you, but would you listen? If he never called you back, he simply did not want to; a married guy who is dating another woman on the sly will be faithful to neither; if one of you wants to get married and the other doesn’t, one of you will break things up; a new account in yet another social network will take up your time but you will still be staring at the screen alone; everyone knows at least one exception to any of these; you’re not the exception, you’re the rule. From cutesy to poignant, each character falls for the delusion and crashes against the hard bulk of truth.
The movie ends up on an upbeat note (or a series of them; as previously mentioned, the story never quite comes together), but the lessons remain. Under all the fluff and the gushing and the witticisms, several hard truths are hammered home again and again. So if you’re looking for a genre-transcending brilliance, watch While You Were Sleeping (again). But if you’ve got a friend who consistently picks the wrong ‘un and comes to cry on your shoulder, try He’s Just Not That Into You.

[Fox]

Of course, labelling this movie as a romcom is a very strange idea.
When I started watching He’s Just Not That Into You I was annoyed with the idiocy of Ginnifer Goodwin’s character - Gigi - that, I suppose, is understandable. The girl is the most outrageous stereotype I’ve ever seen. However, as the movie progressed I found myself starting to like it. By the time it ended I was glad it didn't turn out to be just another trivial romantic comedy.
Ginnifer Goodwin as the hapless dater and Justin Long with his eagerness to always assist are really good. (Though I still think that a little subtlety would have made Gigi more believable). As for me Alex is the best character in this movie.
All relationships were nicely intertwined without being contrived, and unlike the above-mentioned Love Actually, nothing was portrayed too outlandish.
The movie has a number of extremely predictable outcomes (remember that it was announced as a romantic comedy!), and nevertheless for me the main disappointment about HJNTIY was the absolute happy ending (for some women, not for me) of Beth and Neil’s story – their marriage.
I think such end ruins what their relations were intended to represent: the triumph of love over social rules. My version: After their break-up when Neil refused to get married he appears to support Beth at a trying moment. Beth understands that he is better than someone who is married, says that he is more of a husband to her than her sisters' spouses are to them, and she will not insist they be married. THE END. Great, isn’t it? That would be a real exception.

[Autevielle]

It bothers you that Neil decides to give in on the one point that was bothering her, after she stops insisting? Isn't it the ultimate chivalrous gesture?

[Fox]

The gesture is definitely chivalrous but it's just a bit corny for me; and also I never can help making up the ending of the story if I'm discontented with the original one. Please don't take it too seriously!

[Dmblock]

Let me join in the conversation. I haven't seen this movie yet but I totally agree with opinion that all movies classification is very relative. I have my own classification system for selecting movies. The system is useful only for internal application and requires more time to collect the data. All movies seen are classified by the level of resemblance between each other. Accordingly, when you are talking about some movie you should mention a similar one which has been seen already. No doubt your friends will understand you if they know and respect your taste. Of course this classification is suitable only among friends who know your opinion.