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My Best Friend's Girl

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Lovestruck Dustin (Jason Biggs) is dating Alexis (Kate Hudson), his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her back. He asks his pal Tank (Dane Cook) to take her on a horrible date so that she will come running back to him, and Tank happily agrees. However, Alexis is more than a match for Tank's shock tactics, leaving him torn between loyalty to Dustin and a growing attraction toward Alexis.
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My Best Friend's Girl spends too much time being vulgar and offensive, leaving little room for laughs.

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Stephen Garrett Time Out Rated: 1/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Reece Pendleton Chicago Reader 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. Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle 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. Rated: 1.5/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The National (UAE) Devoid of any heart, My Best Friend's Girl relies on schoolboy toilet humour to maintain interest. Nov 1, 2018 Full Review S. Jhoanna Robledo Common Sense Media Inane, raunchy romantic comedy inspires no love. Rated: 1/5 Dec 31, 2010 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...ultimately falls prey to the melodramatic silliness that one has come to expect from the romantic comedy genre. Rated: 2/4 Sep 28, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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mark f The plot is interesting, a man that helps others regain former girlfriends by going on dates with them and behaving so badly the former boyfriend starts to look attractive. It's just that the filmed scenarios are past parody; they are so unbelievable that it ruins the effect. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Senza dubbio la commedia è divertente e da un certo punto di vista riesce anche ad appassionare per il finale non scontato. Il maggior pregio è sicuramente quello di riuscire a far ridere anche in quei momenti che solitamente sono talmente imbarazzanti da voler essere saltati velocemente. Alec Baldwin a piccole dosi fa sorridere solamente guardandolo. Meno interessanti alcuni aspetti e i dialoghi tra praticamente tutti personaggi. Si poteva trovare qualcosa di più originale nello sviluppo della trama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member If you enjoy absolutely *anything* that happens in the first 5 minutes or even crack a smile, then please tell the rest of us your secret. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review the movie h Movie Rating: 8/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member ) I am usually a fan of more raunchy style comedies, I like Dane Cook and I love Kate Hudson. With that being said this movie is absolutely one of the worst movies I have ever seen! It is like it was written by a stoned 12-year-old boy. The characters are way too over the top to be real and not in a cool John Waters film way. The writing is awful, they go more for shock value unless for anything that is actually funny. I am shocked that Kate Hudson would do a movie this bad and it's probably one of those cases where it was in her contract that she was forced to do it I'd like to think anyways. I am also a fan of movies that are so bad they are good but this is not even one of those. It's just going for cheap laughs and not even in a fun Beavis and Butthead sort of style, just cheap and no laughs. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member ) This movie is so shitty that I made a rotten tomatoes account for this and I am gonna give as much low rating as possible. KATE HUDSON you could really have done better do you even read a script before making a film. It's morally wrong, Unfunny, Shitty climax, Shitty ending, Vulgar jokes and It make me want to fucking delete it from the World Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lovestruck Dustin (Jason Biggs) is dating Alexis (Kate Hudson), his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her back. He asks his pal Tank (Dane Cook) to take her on a horrible date so that she will come running back to him, and Tank happily agrees. However, Alexis is more than a match for Tank's shock tactics, leaving him torn between loyalty to Dustin and a growing attraction toward Alexis.
Director
Howard Deutch
Producer
Adam Herz, Gregory Lessans, Josh Shader, Guymon Casady, Doug Johnson, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss
Screenwriter
Jordan Cahan
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lionsgate Films
Rating
R (Sexual Content Throughout|Graphic Dialogue|Some Nudity|Strong Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 19, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.2M
Runtime
1h 43m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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