My wife and I liked it.
SPOILERS
* "Little Black Book" does not follow the standard Romance Novel ending where the gal ends up with the guy.
Instead the story exposed that the love interest, Derek, only saw Stacey as a placeholder until he got up the nerve to marry Joyce.
Derek had taken Joyce to meet his parents but not Stacey.
Derek had the boomerang (given to him by Joyce) which meant he was open to going back to Joyce.
Derek visited with Joyce and lied about that with Stacey.
(Derek also lied about seeing Rachel on a regular basis to talk about their dog.)
* Another refreshing thing about "Little Black Book" was that the friend role Barb, (played by Holly Hunter) is a back stabber rather than just to be there for jokes and support.
And there is some commentary about trash, reality TV interview shows.
** Why didn't some people like it? My guesses;
- "Little Black Book" does not follow the happy ending romantic novel cliche.
- The story focuses on how people can be jerks which was too negative for some.
- Finally, the movie exposes the jerkiness of day time (yell in your face) TV interview shows.
And some people didn't like that part of the TV industry exposed.
** But for me I liked all those things.
BB ;-)
it's just in my opinion - imo -
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