How to Lose Friends & Alienate People [Theatrical Release] |  | Manufacturer: MGM
Category: Theatrical Release
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Rating:  21 reviews
Language: English (Unknown)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
ASIN: B001CTA1V6
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People may just be the first true British film--and a splendid one at that--to be set on American soil. The fearless actor Simon Pegg plays Sidney Young, a Fleet Street hatchet writer tapped to come to the States to join the literati, and glitterati, at a big, fat, glossy magazine--every resemblance of which to Vanity Fair is strictly intentional. Sidney is possibly the most annoying man in the Western world, tilting at nonexistent windmills. His character calls to mind many of the hapless charmers played by Hugh Grant--but Pegg, without Grant's raffish good looks, comes across as simply hapless. Which is perfect casting, since Sidney is supposed to be enormously aggravating, especially when he first lands in New York. In his first few days in the city, Sidney puts off the first magazine colleague he met (Kirsten Dunst, in a top-flight comic turn), wears a wildly inappropriate T-shirt on his first day of work, spritzes fast food onto the designer white suit of a relative of the publisher, and picks up a tranny hooker. And things go downhill from there. On his first magazine assignment, Sidney, checking captions for a photo page, calls a powerful publicist. "Is he the fat one?" Sidney asks the publicist about one of her clients. Silence. "Well, is he the one with the wonky eye, then?" Pegg is a scream as Sidney, playing quite a different role than his starring one in Shaun of the Dead. Dunst is delicate but steely, and her comedic timing, under the deft direction of Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), is spot on. Great supporting work, too, by editor Jeff Bridges, whose enthrallment to the power elite, and silver mane, channel Graydon Carter; by Gillian Anderson, as a take-no-prisoners publicist; and by Megan Fox, a starlet cast as a bosom-heaving Mother Teresa. Sidney, and the film, will win you over, with a lot of laughter along the way.--A.T. Hurley
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 so funny! June 26, 2009
Thomas Cauley IV (Pullman Wa)
this moive was filled with humorus quips that made me and my college friends almost pee our pants. story line was great and i just cant stop watching it
i laughed till the tears rolled!!! May 16, 2009
Humor Addict (YORK, PENNSYLVANIA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
there are not many movies i would want to watch again but this one is truly an exception! my wife and i always like to check out the movie trailers on every dvd we get and have found many this way that we really liked and would not have otherwise found out about. when we saw the trailer for this one, it looked like it might be humorous but it exceeded both our expectations by far. i don't remember the last time i laughed so hard and so much, as did my wife! i would give this flick 5 stars all day long!!! ya know, not everyone has the same sense of humor, but as for me and mine, i highly recommend it!
Really?? May 7, 2009
Andrew Petersen
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I seriously don't have any idea why this movie has such a low rating here on Amazon...
I have seen this movie probably a thousand times and just decided to save myself a bundle from renting the movie over and over and just buy it.
Simon Peg has got to be one of the funniest people alive today but you have to understand his humor. PLUS!!!
IT HAS MEGAN FOX! How can you resist that??
A New Kind Of Funny! May 6, 2009
Michelle Rossi (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this film. It was funny with a new twist. The humor just creeps right up on you. You will find yourself laughing unexpectedly throughout this film. What a Fun film! Nice storyline too!
Michelle Rossi
Chicken Soup for the Soul Contributor
FABULOUS MOVIE, SIMON PEGG IS BRILLIANT April 20, 2009
Allen Franceschi (NEW YORK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
THIS WAS A SURPRISINGLY GOOD MOVIE, I HAD NO EXPECTATIONS WHATSOEVER, I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE AS A GIFT FOR MY WIFE. WE ARE BOTH REALLY BIG FANS OF SIMON PEGG. THIS MOVIE SHOWED THERE IS MUCH MORE TO HIM THAN MEETS THE EYE.
AN EXCELLENT SHOWCASE FOR HIM, A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HIS ACTING CHOPS.
JEFF BRIDGES IS AWESOME AS USUAL, KIRSTEN DUNST IS STILL A KNOCK-OUT AND MEGAN FOX IS ON HER WAY TO SUPERSTAR. BUT MR. PEGG IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THIS MOVIE AND I WOULD SUGGEST THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE WHO NOT ONLY WANTS A GOOD LAUGH, BUT WANTS TO SEE A GENUINELY GOOD FILM. IF I HAD 3 THUMBS THEY WOULD ALL BE UP.
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