TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

cathylr A bit like ´Friends´, it is a sitcom that has no other aim than entertaining. It is not particularly smart but thanks to the story line, it is never boring. The actors are clearly enjoying themselves and it is great to see such a good chemistry on the screen. In a deeper analysis: season 1 is rather cheesy but showing a great potential, seasons 2 to 7 are great, the two last seasons may have some lengths but it is expected that if you are watching these, it means that you like the characters so you shouldn´t mind. There has been quite a lot of debate regarding the end and there were few alternatives shot but I must agree with the final choice as it is the only one that makes sense to me. As maybe a more personal and less objective note: the show owes a lot to Neil Patrick Harris. I honestly don´t know if it would have last this long without his character and the energy the actor put in it.

bobbysidhartha I am writing this review after 3rd marathon of all seasons. So I am not a critic who talks about how it should have been but a common audience who just loves it. Its a big write up so get ready. For 'Friends' comparison scroll down.One thing I like about this show is the audience laugh in the background. They're at the right levels. Unlike the some shows where audience have to laugh at crap, HIMYM was just played to audience after making hence you'd find the laughs exactly at the write moment and well timed.You want to laugh out loud, you got it. Need a ride into a whole new romantic world, you got it. Learn some life lessons and be inspired by moments in the show, you will feel it. The show's characters are not newly written instead they're huge upgrade on what we already know. Editing is done brilliantly as the plot moves from scene to scene from set to set. Director certainly know what she is doing and you have to commend her abilities to do it consistently for 9 seasons. Writers, take a bow. The characters just don't make random jokes and sarcastic punchlines instead they behave how you imagine one would in the real world.Now to the actors, I watch a lot of Sitcoms that are comedy and romantic but I feel a connection this show. Ted Mosby played by Josh Radnor is the soul of the show. His character has so many shades that everything written for him just suits him (He never suited up). He is just flawless. Jason Segel as Marshall, you wish you have a friend like him. He brilliant and looks at ease in every scene he was in. Never disappoints for 9 seasons. Allison Hannigan as Lilly is one of the best actresses out there. She pulled it of effortlessly. Lilly has the best chemistry with everyone on the show. Cobie Smulders sparkles through the show. She is perfect as Robin and you'll fall in love with Robin from the pilot. Robin's character brings out what we see in people regularly. Loving, hating people, snappy decisions about life, rigid mentality, idealistic. It is hard to imagine anyone but Cobie Smulders as Robin. She can emote well in any type of scene. Finally, if Ted is the soul of the show then Barney is everyother thing. Neil Patrick Harris, my man take a bow. He can dance, sing, act, does magic. There is nothing he can do and no words can describe his acting. He deserves all the awards that have come to him for Barney. Without Barney this show would be a romantic weep show. Barney is legend Neil Patrick Harris dary. People often compare it to Friends and magnify similarities between the two but it depends on your connection to the characters. I feel that the characters are more dark in HIMYM. Each of them have more layers and subplots for the background and how they behave. Yes there is larger than life comedy but its comedy. Friends is more into jokes and funny dialogues where as HIMYM is more about the plot. Call me biased but after watching both, I felt characters in HIMYM have more depth than those in Friends. Every scene and dialogue in Friends has calculated amount of jokes where as in HIMYM, every scene leads to the next one directly. Both are great shows and it is unfair to compare. I prefer HIMYM as I can relate my life and friends more with it.Hope you'll like it too.

janerosslj Okay sure. It's funny. Has the similar issues we can go through. Watching your friends get married. Jumping from relationships, work life ect. But S1 E14 is the one that broke the camels back. There are plenty of episodes that are funny and relatable. Unfortunately, there are some that are a complete waste of time and realistically, don't make any sense. The sound track is child ish. Good story line, but I'm afraid I just can't seem to commit and follow through. I can't believe they made 9 seasons of this. If you like to watch someone without thinking to hard about it, watch this. But I'm pretty picky with my shows. Brilliant acting, but the soundtrack and some corny scenes ruin it for me.

friekie6 This show has a lot of issues, with the main character Ted just barely being the worst. He's obsessive when it comes to Robin, in an unhealthy way, and every other relationship he's had since meeting her have ended because of this obsession. It's hard to meet 'the right one' when he won't allow himself to forget Robin. Luckily the writers had a solution for that when it came to the actual mother: kill her off. In a 15 second scene where they don't bother to explain what's going on (because, let's face it, Tracy actually looks healthy lying in that hospital bed), they completely destroy everything they've worked up to for years just so Ted can finally be awarded for continously screwing up everything in his life for a woman whom he finds too independent and who's never wanted kids. Guys, just because she comes to visit him & his kids to have dinner, does not equal wanting kids. If she wanted kids, she would've had them with whatever guy came after Barney.Now that we're at Barney: Whatever the writers were thinking, it wasn't anything good. They wanted a womanizer and instead created a monster with daddy issues so deeply disturbing that not even marrying Robin could get rid of it. Because of course there was a divorce and he's lost all his hope in love because of that. Like, dude, go see a shrink you don't bang in the end. The many conquests achieved through ridiculous lies may seem funny if you look at it superficially, but even then it's just a way to portray how stupid women can be and how easily they're seduced if there's a 'hot guy' involved. To anyone who thinks that Barney is the way to treat the other sex: don't ever talk to the other sex.Honestly I could go on and on about the problems with each individual character, but I'll leave you to rewatch the episode where Robin's ex-psychiatrist shares what he thinks of the group and leave it at that.If you believe in true love and romance, I highly suggest you don't watch this show. Unless you want to get an idea of how to turn love into a disturbing obsession, then go for it of course.