How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days Movie
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Storyline
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One of them is lying. So is the other.
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?
| Kate Hudson | Andie Anderson |
| Matthew McConaughey | Ben Barry |
| Kathryn Hahn | Michelle Rubin |
| Annie Parisse | Jeannie Ashcroft |
| Adam Goldberg | Tony |
| Thomas Lennon | Thayer |
| Michael Michele | Judy Spears |
| Shalom Harlow | Judy Green |
| Robert Klein | Phillip Warren |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Lana Jong |
| Samantha Quan | Lori |
| Justin Peroff | Mike |
| Celia Weston | Glenda Barry |
| James Murtaugh | Jack Barry |
| Archie MacGregor | Uncle Arnold |
| Donald Petrie |
6.10 out of 10 (16649 votes)
Visitor Reviews
exceeded expectations
posted on 10 Aug 2009My girlfriend had to force me at gun point to watch this, and by the end, I'm glad she did.The huge problem with the vast majority of people who review movies is that they over-analyze things. I don't know anything about character development or plot or anything else everybody professes to be an expert on in this page. What I do know is that this movie was light-hearted and fun to watch and THAT is really all that matters to me and the vast majority of people. Are the errors and problems with this film? Of course! BUT, it was a good movie and worth my 2 hours. Give it a try....and to all you supposed movie experts out there, please give it a rest.
Fun, but ultra commercialization.
posted on 31 Jul 2009I sat and watched this movie with a very open mind, and the hopes of seeing a fun romantic comedy. What I saw was a commercial for the NBA.WOW, talk about your product placement ads. Was it just co-incidental that this movie was released on the NBA's All Star Weekend ? If you were to remove the needles NBA nonsense, the movie was actually fun, and very enjoyable.
I find that Kate Hudson is a true, and genuine young star with endless talent. But, after a terrific film like "Almost Famous" this was a bit of a disappointment.
How to lose an audience .......
posted on 27 Jul 2009I'm sure you know the basic premise of this movie: girl gets assignment to write an article on how to lose a guy in ten days, guy takes a bet that he can make any woman fall in love with him in ten days. Nice setup. So, why aren't I laughing?This is a classic battle of the sexes, mistaken identity comedy, the kind audiences have been entertained by for centuries. I kept thinking this was a 60's movie, that Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant or even Doris Day and Rock Hudson would have taken the premise and made into a classic out of it. Was it just the actors?Matthew McConaughey is a very handsome man, but he's not a very good actor.
He delivers his lines in a steady monotone, as he does in pretty much every movie I've ever seen him in. There's no inflection in his voice, and he doesn't know how to milk a scene, which is necessary in comedy. He may be eye candy for the ladies, but the movie flatlines every time he's on the screen.Kate Hudson is a pretty good actress - you can really see her mother's influnce on her comedy skills in this movie - but she can't carry this film.
For one, her character lacks a foil to work off of - McConaughey is much too serious. Plus the script has her being a bit too obnoxious for my liking. There's a nasty edge to the plot to dump her guy, and that just doesn't work in a comedy.If this were a 60's movie, you'd have an entire ensemble of comedians playing secondary roles, like Paul Lynde or Thelma Diamond, to keep the laughter going. But here, the supporting cast draws a blank. Hudson's boss at the magazine should have been played for humor, but instead she's mean-spirited and controlling. The two female rivals at McConaughey's advertising firm are conniving and hard. The only bit players who understand this is a comedy are Robert Klein and Liliane Montevecchi (the jeweler's wife).As a love story, it doesn't really work either because you're left wondering at the final scene where they reconcile on the Brooklyn Bridge whether these two really know each other. I mean, they've been role playing the entire movie, and except for a brief moment at his parent's house, they really never let their guards down. They look good together, and I guess in this modern era of movie making, that's supposed to be enough.Mildly entertaining and funny at times, but you'd have to consider this movie a failure.
Good words for a good movie!
posted on 07 Jul 2009very good movie. not only are the 2 main characters great but there friends are too. when it comes to a romantic comedy this one rates at the top. the music is good too, plus the movie moves right along, nice job in editing.
well written, acted, and directed. The line about "calling him up in the middle of the night and telling him everything you had to eat that day" really made me laugh. That's just a small sample of great lines in this wonderful movie!
hey i actually liked this movie!
posted on 13 Jun 2009OK, to be honest i didn't expect much out of this movie,being a romantic comedy and all,but in the end i actually liked it, yes it's a chick flick ,and yes some things in it wouldn't really happen in reality,and the movie being so sweet and funny,the ending could have been a little better,but hey,these kind of movies always have something that we would like to be different,all in all i actually liked it,and enjoy watching it over and over again...Kate Hudson was really sparkling in this light spirited comedy, and i for one would like to see her more in funny comedies like this...Denny
Cringe
posted on 11 Jun 2009I want my money back. Oh, wait, I watched it on TV. OK, I want my 2.5 hours back. Not to mention my sanity.While I often enjoy "chick flicks", I can't imagine why *anybody* would like this movie. I watched it because of the 6.2 rating on IMDb. Not only was it a total waste of time, but it was just downright painful to watch. So why did I watch the whole thing? I just had to know why it got a 6.2 and kept wondering if something interesting was going to happen. But I still don't know where that 6.2 comes from...No matter how much one might like the actors, this was basically a 2 hour episode of "Three's Company" (a sitcom from decades ago.) If you value honesty in relationships, you should hate this movie.Of course there are no real surprises in the plot. And if you can't guess at the ending just from reading the various one sentence summaries of the movie, well, then, never mind, you're probably surprised when the sun comes up in the morning.I gave this a 2 rather than a 1 only because of the likability of the actors (*not* the characters they play in this movie!) Otherwise I'd be looking for a way to give it a rating of 0.
Hilarious but totally romantic
posted on 22 May 2009Great romantic comedy in long time...the perfect mix between funny and romance. Some people would call it a chick flick but it had lots of cracks that men would find funny too. Kate Hudson and Matthew look great together which makes the movie all the better.I give this movie a 9/10 (Everything was just a little too perfect)
Entertaining
posted on 20 May 2009A cute flick...Kate was hilarious, & Matthew was charming. I enjoyed this movie very much. I laughed a lot, and there were times that I felt embarrassed for Kate Hudson's character, because she really played up the "mistakes women make in relationships". I would definitely recommend this film for a girl's night out.
Not too Shabby
posted on 18 May 2009OK. Im a guy. I hate chick flicks. Ms congeniality, 2 weeks notice, legally blonde.....I HATE THEM ALL! i wasnt to optimistic about seeing this movie, but of course i heard it was good from some girlfriends of mine.i am not a fan of matthew mcghauney(?). all his movies his characters are the same. but in this movie, his same old character actually fit him. I thought he portrayed his character very well. he was actually quite funny. And then theres little Kate Hudson. Not only is she gorgeous, but at times, i swear i was watching Goldie Hawn. she was so annoyingly funny in this movie, that you actually cringed when she did some of her horrible tricks. I also thought there chrmistry was perfect.But the UNSUNG HEROES of this movie are DEFINETLY McConaughy's best friends/coworkers. Adam Goldberg is HILARIOUS with his dry sense of humor, and if you listen carefully to each of his lines, you will laugh your #@! off. He and Thomas Lennon are two KEY roles in this movie.Overall, BEING A GUY, i give this movie a 7/10. Adam Golberg saved this movie.............
Funny little comedy that left you feeling good!
posted on 22 Apr 2009Over the last month or so, a lot of these little romantic have come out (ie "2 weeks notice", "Maid in Manhattan", "Just Married" and so on), well I have seen them all and this was by far the best of the 4.By now you have all seen the preview so you know what it is about. So I won't bore you with that. It is a real good date movie that will have you laughing from start to finish. Tony (Adam Goldberg) had a very small role although he and Thomas Lennon III were extremely funny as Matthew McConaughey's friends and coworkers. But the real show stealer was Kate Hudson and her antics that absolutely torture Ben. In closing don't over analyze this movie. It isn't going to win any Oscar's but it is a fun comedy that you will enjoy.
So-so comedy
posted on 20 Apr 2009HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS is a slight comedy about two urban singles who meet cute and eventually fall in love, although the original intention of the relationship is for her (Kate Hudson) to garner material for a magazine article and for him (Matthew M.) to win a bet about how fast he can make any woman fall in love with him. The plot gets unnecessarily complicated from time to time, and the whole setup is not particularly believable, but the two leads try their best and cannot be faulted for their performances. Hudson, who is the only reason for seeing the recent THE SKELETON KEY, strongly reminds me of her mom, Goldie Hawn, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Her only flaw here is a really awful hairdo. Matthew M. is in his typical light leading man mode, of which he is a longtime master. The whole thing collapses like a house of cards by the finale, unfortunately. The ending may remind you of several other movies where two young people -- often played by Freddie Prinze Jr. and some interchangeable starlet named Rachel or Monica -- are having trouble staying together when there is a last-minute, often illogical reunion in order to achieve a happy ending.
Conventional Tripe!!
posted on 02 Apr 2009Thank God for beautiful women. I especially thank God for my fiancé. It's just too darn bad she has such conventional taste in movies. So of course I have gotten very used to the occasional chick flick. They make her laugh, even if I don't get it or care too. They fill her with glee but they fill me with loathing. But every once and while a chick flick comes along that is so conventional, and so silly. That I'm am filled with Apathy instead of loathing. So I guess that's the only way to describe HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN TEN DAYS: a conventional film that filled with apathy.Like every romantic comedy 10 DAYS tells the story of two beautiful people and how they get to know each other, falling in and out of love with each other, and then telling there less attractive friends about how happy they are. In this film those two people are Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson, Almost Famous) and Ben Barry (Matthew McConaughy, EDTV), they are so adorable their first names have that same first letter as their last name (they might want to shoot their parents). They each meet under dubious circumstances, she has to write and article about the mistakes women make while dating, and he has to make her fall in love with him to win an advertising account. So of course in the process they both fall in love and wild comedic scenes take place.What works in the film are Hudson and McConaughy, they have really nice chemistry together. They have a really sweet conversation when they first meet. It is constructed with just pithy little statements, and it is both silly and charming. Hudson also relishes torturing McConaughy with her silly dating games. The scene in which she breaks up the boy's poker game really enchanted me. Not a terribly inspired scene but it has a really nice comedic tone. So at least it worked for me.I also liked the scene at Ben's parent's house. The game of B.S. was inspired. This scene works because for once the colorful family doesn't act like buffoons. This scene is also much too good for this movie.I just hated that the film was so conventional. In the course of an hour and forty minutes, they meet, fall in love, fall out of love, and realize they both really love each other and live happily ever after. Its plot is constructed out of every romantic comedy cliche ever made.What also bothered me was that our two star-crossed lovers are far to good for the material. The concept would work without sitcom jokes and witty one liners; but of course in Hollywood unconventional ... If you are looking for a good night out with your lady friend, 10 DAYS will make her smile. But may I recommend a better romantic comedy, Benny and Joon. It's just a suggestion.
What would you do for love?
posted on 27 Mar 2009Here is a romantic comedy that drips with silliness. Andie Anderson(Kate Hudson)is the "How To" columnist for Composure Magazine and her 'ice queen' boss(Bebe Neuwirth)assigns her to write an article about how to hook a guy and then lose him in ten days. It so happens that the seemingly gullible fellow turns out to be Benjamin Barry(Matthew McConaughey), an egotistical advertising exec trying to land a big money ad campaign for diamonds. In order to get the chance to pitch his ideas, he makes a bet with his boss(Robert Klein)that he can find a girl and have her fall in love with him in ten days and will prove it by bringing her to a swanky dinner party. Both feel they have accomplished using the other; but the ten whirlwind days of quirky romance has the two falling in love for real. If you are not in the right mood this movie will drive you nuts. One thing for sure...cutie pie Hudson can wrap you around her little finger. Also in the cast are: Michael Michele, Kathryn Hahn and Adam Goldberg. Hudson is the drawing power and the only reason I watched this offering of cotton candy.
A fairly typical romantic comedy
posted on 01 Mar 2009A fairly typical romantic comedy. Not really anything new, but there rarely is in the genre. The premise is pretty unbelievable, but Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey are pleasant to watch and were a believable couple to be. I enjoyed several scenes in the movie, especially the "Bullshit" card game with his family. No real surprises.** (out of 4)
I can't get enough
posted on 25 Feb 2009This is truly a movie I can't get enough of. I own it, yet every time it comes on Showtime, I have to watch it still. Kate Hudson is truly her mother's daughter. She is a great comedic actress. I really think she is my favorite movie actress. Her chemistry with Matthew is great. I wish they would get together again because they play really well opposite each other. Tony and Thayer really steal the comedic scenes though. Their non-chalant comments are so sarcastic it makes them even funnier. I should say, though - I think this movie is more for women than men. Only a woman could appreciate all her tactics to drive him away.
All boil down to chemistry
posted on 15 Feb 2009Frankly speaking, this movie is enough to boast Hutson's career and shade more good light on McConaughey. Like mother like daughter, Hutson has Goldie Hawn's charm and easy grace on the big screen.For McConaughey, his sexy southern drawl looks very comfortable in this romantic comedy. A classic boy-meets-girl plot, tons of witty lines and a trial-and-tested formula of mixing once in a lifetime love, plus there are "Chemistry" between the leads, I really find these celebrities make me in the mood for laughter.I would say its 8 out of 10.
An Enjoyable as well as Decent, if Not Fabulous Ending
posted on 09 Feb 2009There are scenes in this movie that defy quality, professional honesty that work like gems. The home family scene was particularly intriguing in "How To Lose A Guy...," the quality of the photography went from professional quality feature film to a something not home video, but less sharp and informal. It is there the audience experiences an honest, genuine quality time the coming off the screen between Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
This movie was has a smart send up, funny lines and comical scenes about the dating behavior and quirky incidents that have befallen man and woman over time. While the ending wasn't quite as dazzling as it could have been, it ties itself up nicely. I was hoping for something more traditional, classy but as it was the ending was more personal and straight forward. A good date movie with bit more of a bite than the average man/woman collision/confrontation/competition movie.
it is absolutely fantastic
posted on 07 Feb 2009Kate Hudson is great in this film and therefore this movie is hilarious and a must see!the relationship between the characters is brilliant.it really does help girls on how to hold a relationship down in the way its done.this film can be watched over and over agen and will never ever get old.Every time you watch it you notice something else which is funny and will keep you laughing for a good few minutes...seriously i have cried with laughter at this film...its brilliant...its hard 2 go in detail with out giving the plot away but come on if you like a good romantic comedy which is worth watching on a Friday night then watch this cus its definitely worth it!
A refreshing battle of the sexes
posted on 26 Aug 2009I really enjoyed this movie.Now, I tend to enjoy chick flicks, but what surprised me about this movie is that it's one that my partner enjoyed as well. The focus wasn't on romance throughout- while it was the central theme, it really showed more of the comedy side of things and we both shared a good few laughs.Both leads were excellent and the chemistry between them was fantastic. Kate Hudson played the comedy role well, and she had me slapping my knees and giggling out loud on more than a few occasions.I would definitely recommend this movie for most people who like a good laugh, and don't want to watch anything too heavy. It's not a lovey-dovey film and although it's fluffy, it's cool.I've watched it more than a few times, and still enjoy it. It's perfect to watch with your loved one, or with a few girls and a glass of wine. No matter the occasion, you'll leave this film smiling.