How to Be Single is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by Christian Ditter and written by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein and Dana Fox, based on the novel of the same name by Liz Tuccillo.

It stars Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Damon Wayans Jr., Anders Holm, Alison Brie, Nicholas Braun, Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas, and Leslie Mann, and follows a group of women in New York City who have different approaches on how to be single.

She then moves to New York City to be a paralegal and live with her sister, Meg, an OB/GYN who has no interest in having a baby of her own or being in a relationship.

Shortly after she becomes pregnant, Meg unexpectedly hooks up with a younger man, Ken, after meeting him at Alice's office Christmas party.

Back at Tom's bar, Lucy has a string of horrible dates, at which point he realizes he has feelings for her.

In an attempt to put herself out there, Alice attends a networking event, where she hits it off with a man named David.

She runs into David, who shows her a private view of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, dazzling her, and they begin a relationship.

Finally, Alice is seen exploring the Grand Canyon by herself to witness the sunrise on New Year's Day: a dream she'd always had.

[10] Dan Stevens was also cast, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts in favour of Beauty and The Beast.

The site's critical consensus reads, "How to Be Single boasts the rough outline of a feminist rom-com, but too willingly indulges in the genre conventions it wants to subvert.

[20] Alonso Duralde of the TheWrap wrote: The script offers enough laughs to keep the movie from feeling completely disposable... and it outshines many of its genre peers through little touches like not punishing its female characters for enjoying sex and casting Damon Wayans Jr. (as a romantic interest for Alice) in a role in which his race is thoroughly irrelevant.

[21]The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw gave it 1/5 stars, writing, "Wilson has one or two good lines, but this film looks like it’s been put together by one of Brie's dodgy algorithms.

"[23] People's Choice Awards nominated How to Be Single as Favorite Comedic Movie, but it lost to Bad Moms.