How to Be Single

There are enough pieces that work to offset the pieces that don’t.

There are some sharply observed little moments that anyone who’s lived alone will recognize...

...Johnson comes out unscathed with a naturalistic performance that provides a wonderful counter to Rebel Wilson’s brazenly outlandish turn as her boozing best pal.

What gives it a real edge, however, is that it’s one of those rare films that endorses the status of being single.