Kind of like "The Devil Wears Prada" with male protagonist.
Fairly entertaining, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People delivers laughs but is a bit too crude for this type of romantic comedy. The story follows a British tabloid journalist who gets a job with one of New York’s premiere publishing companies, but he soon discovers that he’ll have to sell out in order to succeed. Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, and Jeff Bridges lead the cast; though their performances are pretty mediocre. Some of the satire is rather clever, however overall it’s typical rom-com stuff. While it has its moments, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is an uneven and shallow film.
The movie is great as long as you overlook the spoof movie. I'm not going to elaborate above that. You'll get it once you watch. The actress they had to play the actress, suffice to say she can't act her way out of a Cracker Jack box. But I'm guessing that was the point of the whole spoof part of the movie. If you don't/didn't get that, then odds are you won't/didn't like the movie. If you get British, dry and/or sarcastic humor with a touch of slapstick, you'll probably love the movie. Ignore the haters. They didn't get it.
Big expectations, shitty movie.
I caught this on tv, saw the names Simon Pegg and Jeff Bridges and they were the reason why I watched it. Both are always good to see, Simon Pegg is funny and Jeff Bridges never does something wrong but after all, this film had nothing impressive to show me.
It has some funny moments but it's another average romantic comedy with the typical clichés and predictable moments.
Not bad, not great just entertaining.
Shout by J.T.VIP 8BlockedParent2018-07-06T14:37:08Z
The screenplay for this movie is an obviously over-sensationalized version of the memoirs it is based on. To that end, the movie is slow starting with Sidney Young being introduced as a self-thought cutting edge, non-mainstream journalist. He comes off as a kind of bumbling idiot, though on a much smaller scale as say Steve Martin's Clouseau. There is much physical comedy with kicks to the shins and falls and a transvestite bit. Sidney is given about 25 strikes by the owner of the most popular magazine in America for some unknown reason. Then the movie takes a 5 minute let's get an Academy Award nomination break when Sydney's father shows up and lays it on pretty thick and heavy. Then back to the shenanigans. I just didn't think this flowed very well and Jeff Bridges smokes cigarettes in the most ridiculous manner. One note of interest is the soundtrack. Very well done with a beautiful version of "Spooky" by Dusty Springfield.