How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Critic Reviews
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It's about as close to French farce as romantic comedies get, and the closer the better. Read the full review
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey don't simply star in this movie; they tag-team it out of the Freddie Prinze Jr. --Julia Stiles puppy-love ghetto. Read the full review
At least it's a pleasant walk, with attractive people and nice conversationRead the full review
What's missing? Simple: the romance. This movie is so intent upon getting cheap laughs and putting the protagonists in uncomfortable situations that it forgets they're supposed to be falling in love.Read the full review
It does have its tart, fizzy moments. Read the full review
As her character resorts to increasingly cruel and devious pranks, Hudson only seems funnier and more endearing.Read the full review
It's totally implausible, and yet it gets at something unnervingly real: the way that people can blow a budding relationship by being too honest with each other. Read the full review
With its ungainly double-deception premise, How to Lose a Guy feels like it was made out of two connect-the-dots drawings laid haphazardly on top of one another.Read the full review
Both lead players are appealing and attractive enough to make an otherwise tepid movie at least un-excruciating.Read the full review
How to lose an audience in 10 minutes: Cobble together a predictable and forced romantic comedy that should have been funnier. Read the full review