The Ginnifer Goodwin-Kate Hudson chick lit adaptation Something Borrowed, based on Emily Giffin’s bestselling beach read, didn’t exactly score with critics (Read Stephanie Zacharek’s takedown here) and came in at #4 over the weekend with a $13.9 box office take. But producer Molly Smith, speaking to Movieline Monday, is optimistic that a sequel will move forward — and she’s counting on fans of the novel to buoy demand.
“It’s still a little early,” Smith admitted when reached by telephone Monday. “We think that we’re going to have great legs on this film and play for weeks and weeks to come. So it’s still a little early to make an official call on the sequel, but we’re still very hopeful. And we’re very proud of the weekend results.”
Critical support was low on the romantic comedy, about a single lawyer (Goodwin) who turns 30 and embarks on an illicit affair with her best friend’s fiancé (Colin Egglesfield). Her best friend (Hudson), meanwhile, is self-centered and maybe-kinda-sorta deserves what’s coming. Something Borrowed scored just 16 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but Smith shrugged off the lackluster reviews. “The one thing I’ll say is that this movie has had amazing word of mouth, and obviously [judging from] the CinemaScores [B overall, B+ among women] — people who are seeing it are loving it, which makes us very happy and proud.”
A major criticism of the film focused on the novel’s central predicament; Ginnifer Goodwin’s heroine, Rachel, sleeps with another…
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