How Do You Got Everything?

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I thought James L. Brooks' How Do You Know (sans question mark) had been retitled as Everything You've Got. Did they switch back again? The 12.17 Columbia release, obviously comedic, is about a romantic triangle between a professional softball player Lisa Jorgenson (Reese Witherspoon), a corporate executive (Paul Rudd), and a slightly obnoxious big-league pitcher and poon hound (Owen Wilson).

'How Do You Know' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 13, 2010 at 11:33 AM

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LexG says ...

First trailer looked better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6E0DdvzR0

Posted by LexG at August 13, 2010 11:54 AM

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Sean says ...

I guess James L. Brooks is an auteur because I could not believe how James L. Brooks that felt.

Posted by Sean at August 13, 2010 12:19 PM

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Eloi Wrath says ...

That looks absolutely shite. And the scene of Herc from the Wire and Owen Wilson pretending to have some cutesy guy-talk in the middle of a professional baseball game was flat-out embarrassing, even if the condom line was the only funny joke in the entire thing. The green-screen was awful too. Looks like some cheap-ass Dick's Sporting Goods commercial or something.

Christ, that looks poor. And you just know it'll last for two and a half hours. Even the trailer dragged.

Posted by Eloi Wrath at August 13, 2010 12:25 PM

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George Prager says ...

This doesn't look like it's good enough to be released in theaters.

Posted by George Prager at August 13, 2010 12:38 PM

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Terry McCarty says ...

Was an extra on I'LL DO ANYTHING back in 92. A maternity ward scene was being shot to the backing music of the never-to-be-heard-by-the-general-public song "Wow."

Posted by Terry McCarty at August 13, 2010 1:30 PM

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maxfm says ...

As a die-hard fan of Broadcast News, I'm still a little worried. No one in the real world talks like these people.(Scene in question: Rudd's response when Nicholson says he wants to tell Rudd the bad news in his office.)

No one talks like that!

Of course, there are a lot of similar lines in Broadcast News, so...

Posted by maxfm at August 13, 2010 1:41 PM

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lazarus says ...

I'm disappointed in you, Jeff. You should be calling for the head of the jackass who decided to drop the question mark. If it's Brooks he should be ashamed of himself and return his Oscars for betraying his fellow writers.

That kind of loose grammar infuriates me to no end.

Posted by lazarus at August 13, 2010 1:48 PM

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Snoop Marlo says ...

Sluggish trailer. No rhythm. Almost looks like deleted scenes from a dvd.

Posted by Snoop Marlo at August 13, 2010 1:58 PM

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Mark says ...

How many 42-year old MLB pitchers are so unsure of what to do?

Posted by Mark at August 13, 2010 2:01 PM

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115thDreamer says ...

Well....I'm on the fence for now. But trailer-wise, add a question mark and kill whatever song that it at the end - too cheesy.

And Lex - why does Reese look like Ledger-as-the Joker in your trailer? If that's how you think of her, that's troubling on all sorts of levels.....

Posted by 115thDreamer at August 13, 2010 2:37 PM

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clockwork taxi says ...

I really dig Rudd. Probably the most likable persona in Hollywood. I'll check it out. Reese is way hot too. Saw Cruel Intentions the other night, in which she literally looked like a pig. So thakful she lost that baby weight.

Posted by clockwork taxi at August 13, 2010 2:39 PM

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Snoop Marlo says ...

Just read the EW Movie Preview issue. 'How Do You Know' is short for 'How do you know when you're in love?'. They did mention that they went back and forth on the title. Also, Jack Nicholson replaced Bill Murray at the last minute. Trailer still stinks.

Posted by Snoop Marlo at August 13, 2010 3:45 PM

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Mr. F. says ...

Wow.

Here's the list of Brooks' alternate titles to "How Do You Know" that he was choosing from:

"Everything You've Got"
"Relationship"
"I'll Do Everything"
"Dilemma"
"I Love You"
"The Choice"
"Bland White People In Love"
and the most creative option, "James L. Brooks' Untitled"

I love, love, LOVE the man's writing... but I don't think he's ever come up with an interesting, relevant, meaningful title. "As Good As It Gets" is, no pun intended... as good as it gets.

Posted by Mr. F. at August 13, 2010 3:57 PM

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DiscoNap says ...

This and Love and Other Drugs look ridiculously like they're going to premiere on ABC in October.

Posted by DiscoNap at August 13, 2010 4:35 PM

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Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

It's kinda sad that it seems Brooks is making movies for and about people much younger than himself in order to make them more palatable for the studios.

Let's just hope that he gives Witherspoon a better character and better lines than Tea Leoni got stuck with in SPANGLISH. It was criminal how badly she was under used in that film.

Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie at August 13, 2010 4:39 PM

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Krillian says ...

If you picture Jack taking a step too close to a sweating Leonardo and saying the title, it doesn't need a question mark.

Posted by Krillian at August 13, 2010 5:19 PM

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Wrecktem says ...

Nice to see Jack working again, even if it's in a formulaic rom-com like this. Someone should tell Owen Wilson to cut his hair. He ain't 25 anymore and his face shows it.

Posted by Wrecktem at August 13, 2010 5:28 PM

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Gordn27 says ...

"That kind of loose grammar infuriates me to no end."

Really? Because you're wrong too.

If you add the question mark, it just becomes a sentence fragment. It should actually be an ellipsis followed by a question mark.

Posted by Gordn27 at August 13, 2010 7:00 PM

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Gordn27 says ...

Although, yeah, you could assume it's a line of dialogue (which is more forgiving to sentence fragments). You'd just have to add quotation marks on both sides.

Posted by Gordn27 at August 13, 2010 7:01 PM

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hiviper says ...

Prager - I'm inclined to agree, this is garbage.
Straight to Video

Posted by hiviper at August 13, 2010 9:31 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Lex: It's ironic you hate toons, 'cus you could be able to get work as a voice actor.

Posted by DeeZee at August 13, 2010 11:32 PM

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AH says ...

I kinda dug the trailer. It didn't have any kids, special effects, a wedding scene, or any of that other garbage. On top of that, you have to give the film a little bit of room because of Brooks' previous work and because its an original non-comic book piece. Plus, the condom line is so true.

Posted by AH at August 14, 2010 1:22 AM

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