How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (DVD)

The interesting thing about How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days is that almost everything that annoyed me early on in the film is later countered by the surprisingly clever script and plot and the nagging suspicion at least one person making this film had their tongue firmly in their cheek. Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) is the ‘How to’ girl on a generic women’s glossy. She writes articles like ‘How to Feng Shui your apartment’ and ‘How to talk your way ...
...‘mistakes women make in relationships’. How many women do you know who buy dogs to share with their boyfriends after five days or PhotoShop composite pictures of their wedding day and future children then present them to their new man in a ‘Family Album’? Though Andie’s behaviour is obviously a comic exaggeration it still propagates the myth that men and women are from different planets, and on the female planet we’re all clingy, needy, whiney, controlling ...

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...positive reviews about the film How to lose a Guy in 10 Days, decided I would give it a try. I did try to persuade my husband to watch it with me, but after less than ten minutes we both realised that he would hate it and I would enjoy it more if he went off and did something else - which he did! This film is extremely light and airy but I have to admit that sometimes that is just what I am looking for. I did think as I started watching that it might ...
...latest assignment is to demonstrate how easy it is to lose a guy in ten days by committing all the cardinal sins that women often make at the start of a relationship that ultimately scare the guys away! In order to write thae article though she first has to find a guy and get him to dump her in the allotted timescale. The man she chooses is Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) but unbeknown to her he is also on a mission. He has been challenged to ...

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...fellow co-worker and friend on how her relationships always turn to disaster. That evening both Andie and Ben are in the same pub and Spears and Green Ben’s evil co workers pick out Andie as the woman he must make fall in love with him, while Andie decides he would be a great candidate for her own goal. The next ten days are a head to battle between Andie and Ben to win their bets. Andie giving as good as she gets in trying to persuade Ben ...
...it’s a chick flick, so how else does a chick flick end. MAIN CHARACTERS ********************** Andie played by Kate Hudson Kate brings life to the character and her own sense of naughtiness and charm. She is an outstandingly beautiful woman, and god knows I would love to look like her, but hey god handed me the cards I was dealt and he must have had a sense of humour when he designed me. Ben played by Matthew McConaughey Okay many people ...

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...to write a column on How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days. She will commit all those little dating crimes women are guilty of, and see if she can drive her man away. Enter Matthew McConaughey in the form of Benjamin Barry (they've got a thing for alliteration it seems!), a succesful advertising executive. What are the odds of this? Ben accepts a bet that could win him a huge diamond contract, that he can make any woman fall in love (not lust) with him, ...
...can forgive the obviously highly unlikely coincidence you will be pleasantly suprised. Andie and Ben meet in a bar that night. In an attempt to sabotage him, his female co-workers who are anxious to get the diamond deal, spot Andie, and knowing her current assignment, suggest her to Ben as a perfect candidate. It doesn't take long for Ben and Andie to hook up, and the fun begins. Of course, Ben is out to impress, and he is therefore hugely forgiving ...

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughy and Kate Hudson (who is Goldie Hawn's daughter for those of you who don't know.) Kate plays a magazine columnist called Andie Anderson - she is the magazine's How To girl. Every mag has one, and the articles are things like - "How to spice up your sex life" and "How to lose a stone in a month" You all know the sort of stuff I mean. Anyway, Andie is desperate to write about serious issues, but ...
...but it works. How so? Well, like everything funny, it's because you can see grains of truth in every trick they both try and pull. What girl hasn't fallen for at least one cheap trick, like the bunch of flowers sent to work? And what guy hasn't been panicked by a girl starting to call him her boyfriend two days into the relationship? There is a nugget of truth in every bit of the film. Yes, it's smaltzy, and predictable, and all those bad chick-flick ...

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How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days is available for general release from Friday 18th April. We managed to secure some advance tickets from bbc.co.uk, valid for last night. The leading characters are played by Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. Kate is the now gorgeous “famous in her own right” daughter of Goldie Hawn. She is not yet 24 and has won a Golden Globe for her acting talent in “Almost Famous” (2000). Matthew, at 34, has been on our screens ...
...Kill”, “The Wedding Planner” and “Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. Kate plays the part of Andie Anderson, a single Journalism Masters graduate, who is working on the chick-magazine Composure. Her boss is quite demanding and will not allow her to right about topics she really wants to write about, such as politics and the environment. Instead she needs to prove herself with her column “How to….” With Andie Anderson. Matthew plays Ben Barry, ...

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...lots of good things about How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, and it seemed like something I'd like, so I dragged my friend to the Trafford Centre with me this afternoon to watch it. --- Andie Anderson is a talented writer for Composure magazine, but she is held back by her demanding editor. She writes a monthly 'How To' column each month, which is unchallenging and boring. Her friend gets dumped, after making a series of mistakes, and Andie realises ...
...Sofia. He has no idea how Andie, the determined career woman could change so much, but he cannot dump her, as he has to stick it out for the full ten days to get his contract. The deadline is looming, and it seems like Ben just won't dump Andie, and she becomes even worse in her attempt to be dumped within the ten-day deadline. Will either find out about each other's intentions, or will true love blossom? --- This is definitely a cut above the ...

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...couldn't see the storyline working, how wrong could I be. The story is actually very clever, and although not totally original, still feels unique enough to stop this falling into a pit of run of the mill romantic comedies. After you get over the initial unrealistic, but still enjoyable, set up, with the "How to ….." article and the bet to make a woman fall in love with you. The film flows along at a decent pace as we watch scene after funny scene ...
...characters. As already mentioned, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days comes from the directional hands of Donald Petrie, who really has done a remarkable job of making this film so entertaining. I say he has done a remarkable job, as the film is based upon a novel but went through the hands of several screen writers before making it onto the big screen, which is always a bad omen. His use of over the top characterisation is brilliant as it just plays above ...

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...articles like her latest assignment- How to lose a guy in 10 days. Her task is to snare a guy, and then drive him away by making every ‘classic’ mistake in the book. On the other side of town we have Benjamin Barry, (is alliteration the in thing in names now? God, I'm just sooo untrendy!) a flash, arrogant ladies man who works in advertising. To clinch a deal, he accepts a bet that he can make any woman fall in love with him before the ...
...should try to learn about how to keep one!). Perhaps I enjoyed it simply because I wasn’t expecting much, but overall I found that this film had just about enough charm and humour to make it a success. So overall, How to lose a guy in 10 days is watchable, but not a classic. If you loved Sleepless in Seattle and Maid in Manhattan, you'll like this. But in 10 years from now, I doubt you’ll remember it. Rated 12A and lasts 1 hour 45 mins ...

bubblegum_princess 25.04.2003 (26.04.2003) · Read full review
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...ever watched. I think that how to lose a guy in 10 days incorporates all the elements needed to make a successful romantic comedy: Laughs, Humoristic Appeal, Romance, Great Acting, a little splash of tragic drama, and fantastic thematic elements. That’s not to mention the truly refreshing cast who obviously poured their very beings into their respective roles. I was extremely impressed by the way that the plot flew in the film- there was no breaks- ...
...work for her latest piece- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. She meets Ben and decides that he will be the guinea pig for her article and once they start to date, Andie turns into the worst girlfriend ever in order to encourage Ben to dump her in ten days. There is a slight hitch though- In order to get a promotion, Ben is actually working on proving his boss that he can make a girl fall in love with him in 10 days… It was the plot itself that appealed ...

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Having watched this movie about a hundred times i feel i can give an accurate and interesting account of the film. Characters- Kate Hudson plays Andy Anderson! A young attractive woman whos writes the 'How to' columns for the magazine 'Cosmo', in the big city of New York. She would like to write about things that really matter in the world; politics, hunger & poverty and war. She is single dealing with her male dependent friend. I had never seen ...
...very much like her mother Goldie Hawn. She is very funny and has a natural talent for comedy on the screen. Matthew McConaughey plays Benjamin Bradley the stereo-typical womanising male! He is arrogant and career orientated. He works in marketing but is into sports big time. The big nicks fan-who cant miss a game. Story- Andy is given the story by her boss on 'How to Loose A Guy in Ten Days'. Something that is developed from her friend having ...

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...Andie Anderson is the how to girl of Composure the fastest growing female magazine in America. She aspires to write about meaningful subjects, but for the moment is forced to write an article about the common mistakes females make in love, becoming to cling and so on. Her assignment is to find a basically perfect guy and make his life hell. That perfect guy is Benjamin Barry an advertising agent, who wants a million dollar contract with Composure, ...
...boss and colleagues that he can make any women fall in lose with him. His horrible enemies choose Andie as they know about her job. He goes up to her and flirts. Andie sees her opportunity and quickly arranges a date. She is the girl of his dreams, sassy, funny and clever. They eat lobster and go back to his flat. The two flirt immensely, but Andie leaves on a high note, ‘accidentally’ leaving her bag which contains two tickets to a basket ball ...

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...firm. Apparently he doesn't know how to sell to women! So he makes a bet with his two co-workers - if he can make a girl fall for him in ten days, then he gets to make the pitch. Guess who he ends up chasing! Andie: True or False: All's fair in love and war. Ben: True. Andie: Great answer. Ben: Good question! Now you're probably thinking, this is too much of a coincidence. Its not really. Because Ben's co-workers were at Andie's magazine earlier ...
...It is interesting to see how this barrier might be overcome. As usual, Matthew McConaughey is charm personified in this film. I'm sorry, but with that cute smile and drawling voice, I just find him one of the most charismatic blokes in Hollywood right now, and he seems to have chemistry with every female lead he appears with. He is quite clearly a womaniser but you can't help but love him, especially as it is clear that Andie has got right under ...

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...I hear you cry? How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is basically a film aimed mainly at the younger generation. I wouldn’t say it was a teen only film though because I’m pretty sure some oldies will like it too. Andie Anderson is a modern day, 20 something woman. She works for the magazine ‘Composure’ as a small time journalist who is looking to, sometime soon, be able to write whatever she wants rather than sticking to her regular ...
...of the film is about how she never keeps her boyfriends and she should win an award for having the shortest-term boyfriends to date. In a brainstorming session for the magazine Andie’s Boss gets hold of the fact that her friend can’t keep a boyfriend and she suggests that Andie should write her ‘How To’ column on ‘How to lose a guy in 10 days’. Now in order to do her job properly she has to find a guy to try out ...

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...attitude towards us women and how our behaviour is towards men!! But who can't resist a romantic chick flick…I am guilty!! === Basic Story line === It is based around Kate Hudson who plays Andie Anderson a magazine "How to" girl for a very well known company "Composure" and Matthew McConaughey who plays Benjamin Barry who also works for an advertising company. They both get an assignment at the same time, Andie gets the task of writing an "How to ...
...women drive men away after her friends goes through a break up, and Benjamin takes the task of making any woman fall in love with him in exactly 10 days trying to compete with two other female employees for a major diamond merchant…they meet in a bar and things start from there!! Between them both are some very funny moments and bits that make you cringe. I like this film very much but did feel awkward when watching it in front of a male companion, ...

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