Communication In The Film 'He's Just Not That Into You'

Communication Paper: He’s Just Not That into You
In the movie He’s Just Not That into You, there were six relationships that were formed based on communication or a lack of communication. The couples presented in the movie are, Alex and Gigi, whose relationship began as a friendship. Ben and Janine, who have been together since college and are married. Ben and Anna, who had a share of intimacy with each other although Ben was married to Janine. Beth and Neil, they were together for 7 years but have yet to get married due to Neil’s “beliefs”. Connor and Anna, were the “could have been” couple. Connor liked Anna a lot, but Anna maintained a friends with benefits relation with him. Lastly, Connor and Mary accidentally turned their business relationship into a full blown intimate relationship. Every relationship has a starting point, a middle point and ending phase. All parts of a relationship can be proven and backed up by the interpersonal relationship stages, theories, and communication, or interpersonal conflict and conflict management.
Gigi and Alex
Their relationship began when Gigi went to the bar to “run into” Connor. From the beginning, Gigi liked the fact that Alex was very honest with her regarding males and their outlook on relationships and dating in general. Both characters displayed parts of the Social Exchange Theory, because they looked forward to maximing the rewards that came along with their growing friendship (DeVito, 2016). Alex liked giving Gigi advice and helping her realize her worth. Gigi was comfortable calling Alex while he was at work, Alex was even more comfortable taking her call and making time to answer her questions. It didn’t matter if he was working or on a date with someone, whenever Gigi called he gave her