How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

by Tristi Pinkston | More from this Blogger

01 Feb 2008 11:00 AM

I watched "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" the other night, and I haven't laughed so hard during a movie in a long time. I really enjoyed this film.

Andy Anderson (Kate Hudson) works for a fashion magazine writing how-to articles, but what she really wants is to be a serious reporter. She's interested in politics, religion, foreign affairs-but all her editor wants are stories on clothing, furniture, and fingernail polish. Hoping to prove herself someday, she keeps writing the fluff stuff, just biding her time until her big break arrives.

When her editor (Bebe Neuwirth) sniffs out a story in a co-worker's broken heart, Andy leaps in with a story idea to protect her friend's interests. Andy proposes to find a guy, start dating him, and then to start making all the classic relationship mistakes and show how clingy women actually chase men away. The editor loves the idea, and now Andy just has to find the perfect guy for her experiment.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) needs a new account for his advertising career. His co-workers want to take over a great new diamond account, but Ben wants it too. He tells his boss that selling a diamond is a lot like making a woman fall in love with you. His boss makes him a deal - if he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days, he gets the diamond account.

Things get really funny as Ben and Andy start dating. She's doing everything she can to irritate him, and he's doing everything he can to remain loving and charming. The outrageous lengths she goes to will have you rolling, as she puts fuzzy pink towels in his bathroom and stuffed animals on his bed. He bends over backwards to forgive her, trying to keep the love alive.

This is a mature comedy. There are some sexual jokes and some language, although, interestingly enough, there was not an actual bed scene until nearly the end of the film and it showed very little. If these content issues are a concern for you, I might suggest you find an edited version or perhaps a ClearPlay filter. However, I must admit, I didn't find anything in the film offensive-I wouldn't want to watch it with my mother, but for just me, it was great.

This film is rated PG-13.

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