Mean, crass and tasteless, "My Best Friend's Girl" is only pretending to be a romantic comedy.
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... 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 means when a guy wants to keep a girl from dumping him, he hires Tank to intervene. Tank arranges an accidental meeting with the girl, charms her at first, then takes her through the worst date of her life, sending her running back to the safety of his client. Jason Biggs (AMERICAN PIE) is Dustin, the nerd who wants his best pal Tank to work his magic on Alexis (Kate Hudson), the stunning girl from work who "just wants to be friends." Dustin makes a big mistake, since Alexis herself is looking for the raunchy fling Tanks offers, and Tank suddenly finds himself in the position to betray Dustin's trust. Taking a page from the book of Apatow (SUPERBAD, KNOCKED UP), director Howard Deutch and writer Jordan Cahan compensate both sides of the cup-holder armrest: amidst the frat boy-friendly shenanigans lurks girl-pleasing soap-opera hand-wringing as Tank faces tough romantic choices, and vice versa. Adding to the deal are some hilarious bits from Alec Baldwin--as Tank's "feminist studies" professor father--and Lizzy Caplan, as Alexis' roommate. Mainly this is for the Cook fans out there, and they should be pleased by his general free-form display of loutishness. [More]
Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin
Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Lizzy Caplan
Director: Howard Deutch
Director: Howard Deutch
Screenwriter: Jordan Cahan
Producer: Greg Lessans, Adam Herz, Josh Shader, Guymon Casady, Doug Johnson, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss
Composer: John Debney
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Reviews for My Best Friend's Girl
Hitch has nothing on My Best Friend's Girl... the best romance since The Notebook.
It's a movie that ultimately fails because it features characters that are so unlikeable that it's difficult to care whether they form a love connection or not
When it comes right down to it, the less said about the movie the better. But in lieu of that, let's just tackle it, vilify it, screw it to the wall, and send it back into the sewer from which it came.
Induces that dull pain at the back of the head that I believe to be the result of brain cells crawling away to die of embarrassment.
Golden Girl Kate Hudson gets tarnished by associating with Dane Cook in this tasteless, terrible movie
Raunchy and wretched...profoundly unfunny and sophomoric sludge...meaningless material that wouldn't be suitable for lining your pet parrot's birdcage.
Cahan's curious and increasingly sincere slant on modern romance outshines its efforts to please Cook's MySpace fan base with gross-out gags (some of which are damned funny).
In order for My Best Friend's Girl to work at all, it needs a leading man with the charisma to suggest the soulful, lovelorn gentleman behind the crude serial womanizer.
There are no surprises here, but speedy pacing and a smattering of laughs along the way, as well as a knowing turn by Alec Baldwin as Tank’s even more piggish father, make My Best Friend’s Girl a date not entirely to be skipped.
An ugly, strictly-for-meatheads comedy that can only be recommended to couples who wear matching Tie Domi Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys out on a date.
It lacks the courage of its swinish convictions, and abruptly acquiesces to bland rom-com clichés three-quarters of the way to its appointed end.
It borrows from much funnier movies such as Hitch, Wedding Crashers and My Best Friend's Wedding. Never has a romantic comedy seemed less romantic or less comedic.
A light smattering of funny moments can't save this misogynistic, feel-bad romantic comedy.
A nauseating fraud from start to finish ... The film's level of awfulness is nothing new for Cook, but Hudson hits a new low.
My Best Friend's Girl ultimately fails to measure up to its own standards.
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