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Binding: Blu-ray
Label: MGM
Manufacturer: MGM
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: MGM
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I'll admit I'd never heard of Toby Young before this film came out ( I think it was the title that spoke to me). I do know when leaving the theater there was alot of criticism over his inaccurate protrayal by Simon Pegg. That might be, but I honestly don't care (I mean they changed his NAME for christ sakes!). I've never felt compelled to judge a movie based on it's literary (or real-life) influence and feel it should be judged by it's own medium. That being said, this movie was very entertaining ... Read More
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Unlikable protagonist: stupid remark.
Sassy unlikable woman: sarcastic remark. 5 stupid people in the audience laugh. The rest: dead silence.
Such is the 1st half of the film. The moron protagonist is somehow hired by a top NY magazine, inexplicably not fired despite proving himself retarded and contributing nothing to the magazine, etc. In the second half of the film, we're expected to feel sorry for this unlovable imbecile by the use of such cheap tricks as telling us his ... Read More
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A supremely funny romp through the cultural divide between England and America. The movie's strength, however, derives from its undeniable sweetness and heart. Underneath all the sarcasm and the jabs and stabs, there's still an optimistic view. This film promotes Megan Fox as a starlet, but it's Gillian Anderson who emerges as a true star. The movie was panned by critics probably because it hits too close to home. The movie was panned by critics probably because it hits too close to home. After all, ... Read More
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Robert Weide, 2008)
I saw this movie opening weekend. In the theater. Full price. I'm writing this on October 30th, 2008. It's taken me this long to come up with a review of the movie that isn't laced with profanity and demands for a refund.
Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm) delivers, as his first feature film, Peter Straughan (whose adaptation of The Man Who Stare at Goats is currently filming)'s adaptation of Toby Young's memoir about making ... Read More
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While the story has been seen and done before, the formulaic structuring and over-predictability can more easily be forgiven thanks to an intriguing perspective and an enthusiastic performance from Simon Pegg. Though we may never know where he's going and how he'll turn up, his determined attitude fused with a daft sense of humor makes for an altogether pleasing progression.
Based on the reckless real-life career of Toby Young, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People follows his tumultuous relationships ... Read More
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