“You’re not going to pull some Julia Roberts, ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ type shit are you?,” Cassidy asks Ally at one point, perfectly timed with the realization that yes, that’s exactly what Ally is doing. Plus, a nostalgic literal walk down memory lane soothes her career-focused mind for the time being. Invite them to the wedding and mayhem will ensue! It’s not so much that Ally wants Sean back, she just needs something to focus on, manipulate, and conquer. Sean becomes Ally’s obsession and project, with her determined to dredge up dirt and drama on his bride Cassidy, whose bisexuality turns out to have estranged her from her homophobic parents. Ally, with the mind of an “UnReal” reality producer, quickly identifies the fraying seam at which to tug at to inevitably unravel Cassidy and Sean’s bliss. Cassidy is the lead singer of a Seattle-based punk band, but she’s grappling with stepping away from touring to be Sean’s picture perfect wife and start making a domestic life together. Yet Sean strategically leaves out that he’s engaged…a fact Ally only learns once she puts on her best Ann Taylor Loft blouse and knocks on the door of Sean’s parents’ house the next day.Īlly becomes immediately ingrained in Sean’s upcoming nuptials to his younger bride Cassidy (Kiersey Clemons), whose devil-may-care nature reminds Ally of her own aspirations in her twenties. After spending all night revisiting their own haunts and gorging on melted cheese shots, Ally sees if Sean would be into a casual hook-up. The first twist: Ally hasn’t spoken to Sean in over a decade since their split, and it’s Sean who seeks out local celebrity Ally at a pub to catch up for old time’s sake. While on the surface that may seem like “Somebody” is already falling into the classic rom-com career woman tropes, Ally doesn’t solely think of Sean as her biggest regret, and nor do they immediately get together upon her landing in her German-settled town where “it’s always Christmas,” as she quips. Ally (Brie) chose her TV producer career over her hometown love Sean (Jay Ellis) and is flying back home after losing a reality show gig and questioning her life choices now that she’s thirtysomething and romantically alone.

“Somebody I Used to Know” begins at what usually is the third act of a standard rom-com.

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