HOW TO BE SINGLE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey), Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect), Alison Brie (Sleeping with Other People), Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Nicholas Braun (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Jason Mantzoukas (Bad Neighbours), Damon Wayans, Jr. (Let’s Be Cops), Jake Lacy (Carol), Anders Holm (The Intern), Nick Bateman (Hobo with a Shotgun)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Christian Ditter (Love, Rosie), director; Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas), writer, producer; Abby Kohn (The Vow) and Marc Silverstein (Never Been Kissed), writers; Drew Barrymore (Charlie’s Angels), Nancy Juvonen (50 First Dates) and John Rickard (Horrible Bosses 2), producers; Fil Eisler (Natural Selection), composer; Christian Rein (Wholetrain), cinematographer; Tia Nolan (Friends with Benefits), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In a city of lonely hearts and one too many bad relationships, a group of singletons (Johnson, Wilson, Brie, Mann, Holm) attempt to go out and have fun with their singular statuses, all with varying results…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Perhaps a much-needed antidote for the dozens of romantic-comedies opening around Valentine’s Day, How To Be Single shows the positives of having no attachments and just having fun with it.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2016

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