How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Movie Review 2003

Andie (Hudson) is a columnist who needs to date Ben (McConaughey) and then be so obnoxious that he will dump her in 10 days so she can write an article about it for Composure magazine. Ben has placed a bet with his colleagues that he can get any woman to fall in love with him in 10 days so he can get an account he wants. So while Andie is being the needy, clingy narcissic woman from hell, Ben patiently puts up with it for his own reasons. It's a universal rule that such contrivances in a romantic comedy guarantee that the two will genuinely fall in love. Unfortunately, the laughs are far too sparse and both characters too distasteful in their deceit for you to care.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Front Page, Advertising, New York, New York

Screenplay

Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan, Burr Steers

Cast

Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Klein, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Annie Parisse

Cinematography

John Bailey

Director

Donald Petrie

Music

David Newman

Other

Tod A. Maitland, Douglas Ganton, Dana Millman-DuFine, Debra Neil-Fisher, Brandt Gordon, James Feng, Karen Patch, Therese DePrez

Producer

Lynda Obst, Robert Evans, Christine Peters, Paramount Pictures