I wanted to but couldn't!

Crappy film

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Izzy Finkelstein/Isabella Patterson (Imogen Poots) recounts her story to reporter Judy (Illeana Douglas). It's four years earlier. Family-man director Arnold Albertson (Owen Wilson) arrives at his Manhattan hotel and calls for an escort. Vickie (Debi Mazar) sends Isabella over to the hotel. He gives her $30k to get out of sex work to pursue her acting dreams. Jane Claremont (Jennifer Aniston) is Izzy's callous therapist. Next, Izzy shows up at an audition for Arnold's play.Peter Bogdanovich seems to be going for the Woody Allen vibe. Imogen Poots is trying for the Jersey girl hooker with a heart of gold. I can't get over the Brit pushing her accent work. Mira Sorvino was much better in this role. Aniston is playing an inappropriate therapist which borders between trying too hard and the only consistent wacky laughs. She's doing a different movie. The cast is top notch. Overall, the laughs don't come often enough but is enough to keep things interesting.

I chose She's Funny That Way randomly in a rental store. It seemed like an easy, cute movie to watch. And I can't believe how much I actually love this! She's Funny That Way has that weird yet charming atmosphere mostly created by the music and the dialogue. It's what I'd want from certain director's who are popular but whose films are actually very boring to the common viewer. This film is hilarious because of the chaotic way everything just piles up and how many characters know each other and run into each other during the movie. She's Funny That Way is an excellent and charming comedy, which I warmly recommend to everyone.

Imogen Poots is very good in an exhausting role, that of a starstuck "paid muse" (i.e., call girl) in New York City who manages to land an audition for a new Broadway play--one being directed by the same man who recently requested her services and then paid her $30,000 to find a new profession (he has a soft spot for beautiful prostitutes with ambition, and has been 'tipping' them all over town). Director and co-writer Peter Bogdanovich (who shares the screenplay credit with ex-wife Louise Stratten) is a softie for neurotic, lovestruck characters who come in and out of each other's lives, and his dialogue is, by turns, witty, funny, abrasive and annoying (but never ugly--Bogdanovich is a lot like the Poots character, he believes in charmed lives, meaningful encounters and happy endings). High-strung screwball comedy starts out fun but then begins to grind the viewer down in lopsided valentines. As per usual in a Bogdanovich picture, there are a lot of people to look at and fast patter to pick up on, and the colorful cast happily goes with the flow. Not a comeback for the filmmaker, but not an embarrassment either. ** from ****

This film tells the story of a call girl who becomes a successful actress. She recounts her journey from meeting a patron, to an eventful audition then meeting her true love. I simply cannot believe how funny "She's Funny That Way" is! The story is about eight interconnected individuals whom all have something to hide. As their secrets unfold, drama and hilarity ensues. The quick pacing and wordy dialogue reminds me of Woody Allen films. The constant appearances of familiar faces, even for tiny roles such as a security guard in a department store, or a call girl who gets lost in the hotel, makes the film even more fun to watch. I laughed out loud many times. I really enjoyed it.