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Release Date: 01 July, 2003 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $12.24 You SAVE: $2.75! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
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Tired of Trying
I tried watching this movie more than once but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't like it. It's like soup that needs seasoning. I just can't bring myself to root for this romance no matter how hard I try.
"I miss you, Benny-boo-boo-boo!"
How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days" starts off awkwardly, unfolds dully, suddenly gets better, and then loses steam again. This is too bad, because for a while in the middle I was starting to enjoy this goofy movie. Ultimately, though, it was as my mother would say "Sha-poopy."
Kate Hudson stars as Andie Anderson, a columnist for a "Vogue"-type magazine who longs to write about important issues like the refugee plight in "Takijstan". Instead, she is saddled with an assignment to drive a man away in ten days by committing all the supposedly classic mistakes woman make in relationships. You know, calling a guy fifty million times a day, telling him you love him after knowing him less than a week, etc. Matthew McConaughey is a slick ad exec named Ben who attempts to prove he can handle a big account targeted toward women by making a random woman fall in love with him, also in ten days (This part of the plot is pretty shaky, to tell you the truth). Of the millions of people in New York, guess which two hook up in a crowded bar?
Of course, none of the nutty things Andie does to Ben send him packing, so her ideas gradually become more and more outrageous. This part of the movie actually borders on being funny, as Andie humiliates Ben in wilder and wilder ways; redecorating his apartment, getting him beat up, and (horrors!) dragging him to see Celine Dion. There is also a sweet scene involving Ben's parents and a rather colorful card game, but the final fifteen minutes or so return to the strained feeling of the beginning before we finally get to the end we all knew was coming.
Kate Hudson's once promising career really started to go downhill with this film, and even though you can see the Goldie Hawn sparkle she doesn't appear to have her mother's magnetism. Simply put: Kate grates. And don't get me started on McConaughey, who with the exception of "A Time to Kill" plays the same part in every movie. His character here is really no different from his character in "Sahara", and that's saying something.
If you really want a modern romantic comedy, I recommend "Two Weeks Notice" or "Laws of Attraction". While no classics, these two are at least funny and unpainful. As for "Ten Days", I would say as a point of reference it's is worse than "Miss Congeniality" but better than "The Wedding Planner". But then again, what isn't.
GRADE: C+
(By the way, for those who care, I will admit Kate trounces "Maid in Manhattan's" J.Lo in the Looking-Stunning-While-Wearing-A-Designer-Dress Department. So she gets props for that.)
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