How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Product Description
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 5-MAY-2009
Media Type: DVDAmazon.com
Kate Hudson twinkles as the heroine of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a magazine writer assigned to date a guy, make all the mistakes girls make that drive guys away (being clingy, talking in baby-talk, etc.), and record the process like a sociological experiment. However, the guy she picks–rangy Matthew McConaughey–is an advertising executive who’s just bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days; if he succeeds, he’ll win a huge account that will make his career. The set-up is completely absurd, but the collision of their efforts to woo and repel creates some pretty funny scenes. McConaughey’s easy charm and Hudson’s lightweight impishness play well together and the plot, though strictly Hollywood formula, chugs along efficiently. At moments Hudson seems to channel her mother, Goldie Hawn, to slightly unnerving effect. –Bret Fetzer
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“How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days” starts off awkwardly, unfolds dully, suddenly gets better, and then loses steam again. This is too bad, because for a while in the middle I was starting to enjoy this goofy movie. Ultimately, though, it was as my mother would say “Sha-poopy.”
Kate Hudson stars as Andie Anderson, a columnist for a “Vogue”-type magazine who longs to write about important issues like the refugee plight in “Takijstan”. Instead, she is saddled with an assignment to drive a man away in ten days by committing all the supposedly classic mistakes woman make in relationships. You know, calling a guy fifty million times a day, telling him you love him after knowing him less than a week, etc. Matthew McConaughey is a slick ad exec named Ben who attempts to prove he can handle a big account targeted toward women by making a random woman fall in love with him, also in ten days (This part of the plot is pretty shaky, to tell you the truth). Of the millions of people in New York, guess which two hook up in a crowded bar?
Of course, none of the nutty things Andie does to Ben send him packing, so her ideas gradually become more and more outrageous. This part of the movie actually borders on being funny, as Andie humiliates Ben in wilder and wilder ways; redecorating his apartment, getting him beat up, and (horrors!) dragging him to see Celine Dion. There is also a sweet scene involving Ben’s parents and a rather colorful card game, but the final fifteen minutes or so return to the strained feeling of the beginning before we finally get to the end we all knew was coming.
Kate Hudson’s once promising career really started to go downhill with this film, and even though you can see the Goldie Hawn sparkle she doesn’t appear to have her mother’s magnetism. Simply put: Kate grates. And don’t get me started on McConaughey, who with the exception of “A Time to Kill” plays the same part in every movie. His character here is really no different from his character in “Sahara”, and that’s saying something.
If you really want a modern romantic comedy, I recommend “Two Weeks Notice” or “Laws of Attraction”. While no classics, these two are at least funny and unpainful. As for “Ten Days”, I would say as a point of reference it’s worse than “Miss Congeniality” but better than “The Wedding Planner”. But then again, what isn’t.
GRADE: C+
(By the way, for those who care, I will admit Kate trounces “Maid in Manhattan’s” J.Lo in the Looking-Stunning-While-Wearing-A-Designer-Dress Department. So she gets props for that.)
Rating: 2 / 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Maid in Manhattan, Two Weeks Notice, Just Married, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days say it all about this new tick of which movie makers are beginning to pick up today. This movie in particular is a sole example of the decreasing talent of those on today’s stage. Besides Mcconaughey, who is considered from the better generation, the rest of the actors in this film give new definition to acting that is well below mediocrity. Have the pools of original ideas dried out already? The very point of romance comedies is to have something of which people may be able to identify with, and in this case, nothing portrays reality. The idea itself is inexcusable and the interaction between the characters is more of a cartoon style that is more appealing to little girls. Its either just me, or the public has become increasingly fond of low-budget, low-standard movies.
Rating: 1 / 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
THIS MOVIE’S PREMISE IS SOO SHALLOW AND STUPID JUST LIKE THE 2 SELF ABSORBED MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS PATHETIC FILM…SHAME ON YOU HOLLYWOOD FOR GLORIFYING PLAYERS WHO MANIPULATE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS FOR FUN !!! KATE HUDSON AINT EVEN ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS…SHE’S GOT A NICE BOOTY THOUGH…THATS IT !!! LOL
Rating: 1 / 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
I tried watching this movie more than once but no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t like it. It’s like soup that needs seasoning. I just can’t bring myself to root for this romance no matter how hard I try.
Rating: 1 / 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
We struggled through this - luckily we didn’t pay to see it. (My stepdaughter owns it, and lent it to me.) A waste of time.
Rating: 1 / 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days