"___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film)

HES

This romantic comedy features Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Aniston, exploring modern dating from multiple perspectives in Baltimore. The title starts with a short, three-letter word that sounds like a hesitation.

This clue references the 2009 romantic comedy "He's Just Not That Into You," where the answer is the shortened form of "He's." The apostrophe in the title is dropped in crosswords for brevity, leaving just "HES" as the three-letter answer. It’s a common crossword trick to abbreviate contractions like this when space is limited.