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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Play trailer Poster for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days PG-13 Released Feb 7, 2003 1h 56m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are charming together, but they can't overcome How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' silly premise and predictable script.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Nov 2, 2003 Full Review Alexander Walker London Evening Standard She plays the ninny and the harpy, the baby doll and the ball breaker. It's Kate Hudson's film all right, but this actress is a cold squeeze, not well photographed either, and has the worst hairdo on the East Side. Apr 19, 2003 Full Review Nev Pierce BBC.com Fun, funny, Chick Lit-style chortler. Rated: 3/5 Mar 23, 2003 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Starring the exuberantly effervescent Kate Hudson and one of Hollywood's sexiest and most eligible bachelors, Matthew McConaughey, How to Lose has all the makings of a classic romantic comedy. Nov 13, 2019 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Along with a terrible ending, there's also a numerous range of plot inconsistencies that insult the audiences intelligence. Mar 25, 2014 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures The biggest problem I had with this film was the set-up and premise. It works on paper, but most of the movie is spent with the characters being simply awful. Rated: 2/5 Mar 2, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tobie it was just a great classic movie! so glad I had the chance to see this on the big screen Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Sir M Fun romcom probably my favorite Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/19/24 Full Review jolin t Predictable, lacking originality, not bringing anything new to the table, and a regurgitation of all the common romcom tropes---all that can be used to describe this film. However, it captures the essence of the light-hearted sense of warmth and comfort that seems unique to movies of the 2000s. 10/10 rewatch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Yasmin E So, where to begin? Its relatively funny, yes. It does make fun of things that are overtly ridiculous. However, is it the funniest movie I have seen? No. If I was alone and want to rewatch a movie, would this be my choice? No. It is enjoyable though. The concept is original and the execution is pretty cliché; but it works well. I have really have nothing else to say, since, well, it kinda lost me for a good 30 minutes because I decided to paint my nails since it got boring during a certain point. It does get back the attention later on during the climax of the movie fortunately enough. But overall, doesn't make me want to fall in love, especially in 10 days. I will just say, that is a ridiculous time to fall in love in someone. But yeah, entertaining, somewhat funny, good for a sleepover with friends where you want to talk while having background noise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review N P "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" is a classic 2000s rom com that mainly benefits from Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey's natural and enigmatic chemistry. With a goofy and fun premise animating comedic gold, this film can be revisited for a casual watch anytime. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Blu B It's Good Enough. It's cliche as hell at times, lazy in others, but in the second half it finds it's rhythm and some genuine sincerity and tightens things up enough to make up for the not so special first half. Kate Hudson is solid and the best thing in this. When she's trolling Matt is the best moments and her little devil horns come out is quite charming. This gets in trouble in the middle when it feels like stuff just happens, very cliche stuff that isn't organized in a very sharp fashion that drive each other nuts. The music can get very lazy and is the same rom com soundtrack that you've heard in every Rom Com the past 30 years for first half too. M.M. is just alright in this and really can't match Hudson's charm and energy consistently but he does have his moments and isn't bad overall. Everyone else is super forgetable though the film makes no serious attempt to flesh any of them out. Overall the acting is decent, the soundtrack is good overall thanks to a big improvement in the second half with tracks that are more unique and have dientity to them, and some geniunely charming scenes in the second half. When they play B.S. and driving together is way more charming than the Knicks game or playing cards and has sincereity that is sorely lacking in the first half. Cinematography isn't bad again the first half is very forgettable but the second helps. the direction is pretty basic though. The editing isn't bad and the second half gives this a solid pacing overall. It just tightens up and finds a rhythm even if that rhythm is hitting the cliche genre moments. It does so in a good way. If your a fan of any actors in this, the director, or RomComs I think you'll like this. It's pretty harmless stuff along the lines of something like while you were Sleeping but it hits it's cliches well in the end. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
Director
Donald Petrie
Producer
Robert Evans, Lynda Obst, Christine Peters
Screenwriter
Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan, Burr Steers
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sex-Related Material)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$105.8M
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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