This is one of those films that would be enormously improved by the arrival of 100 crazy Somali pirates who would proceed to take the entire cast hostage.
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11/21/08
My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:8
Rotten:45
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: My Best Friend's Girl spends too much time being vulgar and offensive, leaving little room for laughs.
Theatrical Release:21-11-2008
Synopsis: Love conquers even the relentlessly foulmouthed Lothario played by master-class comic Dane Cook (GOOD LUCK CHUCK) in MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL. Tank (Cook) moonlights as an "emotional terrorist," which... [More]
Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin
Director: Howard Deutch
Reviews for My Best Friend's Girl
Tedious, largely unfunny and poorly written comedy with the least likeable collection of characters you'll see all year.
11/21/08
It's a wonder the guys don't just wear Flintstone loincloths. Now let's hear it: Yabba-dabba-don't.
11/20/08
...ultimately falls prey to the melodramatic silliness that one has come to expect from the romantic comedy genre.
09/28/09
mostly unwatchable
02/24/09
There's something genuinely transgressive beneath the movie's rom-com surface, though director Howard Deutch keeps retreating to the safety of frat-boy humor.
12/08/08
Yet another in a continuing line of dismal Dane Cook so-called romantic comedies.
11/20/08
Any schmuck with a typewriter and a dirty mouth can test the limits of good taste; it’s something else entirely to push the boundaries of narrative possibility and emotional empathy.
10/18/08
A rude, crude romantic comedy with a touch of nastiness that's refreshing and quite funny.
10/10/08
You should steer well clear of the nasty ideas that screenwriter Jordan Cahan has about relationships and how they work.
10/10/08
A film that truly bites.
10/10/08
Dane Cook proves why he is one of American comedy's favourite big-time naughty boys in this fast, funny, foul-tongued but sweet-natured adult-skewed romantic comedy.
10/10/08
The film veers off into that realm of unbelievability that I react against. But there is a certain fascination in watching Cook strut his stuff (and boy does he strut), and Kate Hudson is pleasant to watch.
10/10/08
If you like watching anarchy in action, this exhibition has its moments, but the anti-woman humour underpinning it -- and Cook's whole performance -- does cast a pall.
10/10/08
'There's this guy, Tank, and other guys hire him to give their exes "emotional terrorism." It's a romantic comedy.''Can you throw in a cheap anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic joke? And have Tank tell some kids how to pull a brutal sexaul trick on a woman?'
10/09/08
A raunchy vehicle for Dane Cook fans? A sprightly romance for Kate Hudson fans? A genial underdog comedy for Jason Biggs fans? The correct answer is: a big, steaming pile of horse manure.
10/08/08
It works much better as a comedy, but by the end, the romantic aspect has taken over and there's not much humor to be found after the first half.
10/08/08
It's coarse and funny, but there's something really endearing about this twisted romantic comedy in which the protagonist excels at being a self-proclaimed emotional terrorist
10/04/08
[Director Howard] Deutch passes the buck to his three stars...
09/29/08
... this is a verbally poisonous comedy that rattles the sensibility cage.
09/29/08
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