My Best Friend's Girl

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My Best Friend's Girl

R

Released Sep 19, 2008

1h 43m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

My Best Friend's Girl spends too much time being vulgar and offensive, leaving little room for laughs.

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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

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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

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 10, 2008

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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

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

Inane, raunchy romantic comedy inspires no love.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 31, 2010

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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

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Ian H

Crass and vulgar, but I laughed a lot.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/05/25

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Ed R

Typical Dane Cook style of comedic performance.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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William L

Turned it off after first 10 min-go ahead & see if it strikes your funny bone, if you make it past that & are entertained u r good to go

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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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

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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

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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

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Howard Deutch

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Dane Cook

Tank

Kate Hudson

Alexis

Jason Biggs

Dustin

Alec Baldwin

Prof. Turner

Lizzy Caplan

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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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