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How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
UK 2008, 121 minutes
Dir. Robert. B. Weide
Genres: Comedy / Romance
Topics: Showbiz.
Aroview: Rom-com following the fate of a bumbling Brit journalist who struggles to fit into the celeb obsessed world of trash mags after scoring a job with a high-profile New York magazine.
A fun outing but not quite as cutting as it could have been, this feels occasionally awkward as it treads the line between slapstick and satire. Regardless, at its heart is a fine performance from Pegg who does the fish-out-of-water thing with accuracy and tremendous heart, his engaging everyman a worthy juxtaposition to the cringe-worthy American showbiz culture the film sets up to - but doesn't quite - destroy.
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3 stars (Good Enough) A fun rom-com with lead-man Pegg as slapstick and silly as ever, this is a decent comedy that doesn't quite live up to the darker comedy Hollywood-bagging roots of the book, but is still worth your attention. ~Tom H
3 stars (Good Enough) I always enjoy this, despite the fact that the satire gets completely sideswiped by romcom conventions. Pegg and Dunst are pretty appealing, and you're rooting for them from the get-go. Isn't that what romcoms are all about? ~HiFi
2 stars (Good Try) Not the worst of efforts going around provided you don't mind Mr Pegg. Very useful support cast. ~Tubbs
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- Devil Wears Prada, The (2006)
- America's Sweethearts (2001)
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