How Do You Know

2010 film directed by James L. Brooks
Movie film Q523197
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Summary

How Do You Know is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: James L. Brooks[3]
  • Screenwriter: James L. Brooks[4]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[5]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[6], comedy drama[7]
  • Cast member: Reese Witherspoon[8], Paul Rudd[9], Owen Wilson[10], Jack Nicholson[11], Lenny Venito[12], Molly Price[13], Shelley Conn[14], Dean Norris[15], Tony Shalhoub[16], Andrew Wilson[17], Domenick Lombardozzi[18], John Tormey[19], Kathryn Hahn[20], Mark Linn-Baker[21]
  • Producer: James L. Brooks[22]
  • Production company: Gracie Films[23]
  • Director of photography: Janusz Kamiński[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 4.9/10[27], 46/100[28], 31%[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2010[32], January 20, 2011[33]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[34], Netflix[35]
  • Narrative location: Washington, D.C.[36]
  • Official website: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/howdoyouknow[37]
  • Filming location: Adams Morgan[38]
  • Film editor: Richard Marks[39]
  • Title: How Do You Know[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[41]
  • Duration: 116[42]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 12[43]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category II[44]
  • EIRIN film rating: G[45]

Why It Matters

How Do You Know has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · ~2026-48705-73 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → Adams Morgan
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1341188
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  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14710 → F00884
    Filmová databáze film id → 76158
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2010-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → James L. Brooks
    Duration → {'amount': '+116'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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