Where the movie loses me completely is when Andie's behavior takes a turn for the psychotically infantile. I wish I could say the low point is the scene in which Andie begins making goo-goo talk to Ben's (still-trousered) male member
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
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Reviews Counted:146
Fresh:63
Rotten:83
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Good premise, dull execution.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis:
Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), Composure Magazine's "How-To" columnist, has a very unusual assignment and a quick deadline. She has to write a firsthand account of all the things that women do to...
Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), Composure Magazine's "How-To" columnist, has a very unusual assignment and a quick deadline. She has to write a firsthand account of all the things that women do to inadvertently drive men away…and she's got to do it in 10 days. Now she's on a mission to find a guy, get him to fall in love with her, then make all the classic dating mistakes so he'll dump her. Too bad Andie's target is ad agency hottie, Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey), who has just made a high-stakes bet with his boss that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Does a faux relationship based on deception stand a chance in a world where everyone says they're looking for honesty? You can bet on it!
Paramount Pictures presents "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," a Robert Evans/Christine Peters Production and a Lynda Obst Production, a Donald Petrie Film, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Donald Petrie, from a screenplay by Kristen Buckley & Brian Regan and Burr Steers, the film is based upon the book by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long. Lynda Obst, Robert Evans and Christine Peters are the producers and Richard Vane is the executive producer. Also starring in the film are Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Klein, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Celia Weston and Annie Parisse.
Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and media companies and a leader in the production, promotion and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and music.
The film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some sex-related material.
Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Lennon, Adam Goldberg
Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Lennon, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele
Director: Donald Petrie
Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan
Producer: Lynda Obst, Robert Evans, Christine Peters
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
She’s selling low self-esteem and an impossible image of femininity and he’s selling pieces of rock mined by slave labor and made artificially scarce by evil monopolies. Maybe they really are made for each other.
With its ungainly double-deception premise, How to Lose a Guy feels like it was made out of two connect-the-dots drawings laid haphazardly on top of one another.
Hudson is so impressive than she could charm the paint off the walls.
Cinematic costume jewelry...a more appropriate title would be 'How to Lose an Audience in 10 Minutes.'
This film sticks like high heels in gravel coming out of the gate. But after the necessary unpleasantness are over the bulk of the film is actually quite entertaining, funny and, well, cute.
This movie is so intent upon getting cheap laughs and putting the protagonists in uncomfortable situations that it forgets they're supposed to be falling in love.
This film will likely be enjoyed by anyone who has gone through their own share of 'clingy' girlfriends with a number of laughs and enough overall entertainment to recommend to anyone looking for a fun night out with their honey.
A tasty romantic comedy, featuring the battle of the sexes in its most fanciful light.
If you’re working for The New Yorker, the legality of Laura Elena Harring’s breasts is not an appropriate pitch for your “Annals of Law” column.
This is the kind of movie that was doomed on the page, both by an inherently problematic premise and ill-conceived character motivations.
An entertaining trifle to a point...but it doesn't treat the character's or the audience's intelligence with the respect they deserve. By the end, you just don't care anymore.
Not only does 10 Days rely on that old standby of romantic comedies -- "the bet" -- it one-ups the cliché with two bets!
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