Someone Like You...

Right now you can watch Someone Like You... In Australia on Disney Plus — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. With 413 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Ashley Judd — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight on Disney Plus and see for yourself.

Someone Like You... Arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Someone Like You... Does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2001. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Someone Like You... Holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Someone Like You.... It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Ashley Judd anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.