How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
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| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
| Produced by | Robert Evans Christine Forsyth-Peters Lynda Obst |
| Written by | Michele Alexander Jeannie Long (book) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan Burr Steers (screenplay) |
| Starring | Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey Adam Goldberg Bebe Neuwirth |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Editing by | Debra Neil-Fisher |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 7, 2003 |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $177,085,826 (worldwide) |
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 romantic comedy film, directed by Donald Petrie, and starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. It based on a short cartoon book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long.
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[edit] Plot
Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) is a journalist, who works for a magazine called Composure as the "How to..." woman. She is bored and wishes she could write more about important things, such as politics, economics, religion, poverty, and so on. She soon finds herself writing an article called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Andie tells her boss that, to write more freely and creatively, she will date a man and do all the wrong things women tend to do in relationships, and record her experiences for the article.
At the same time, advertising executive Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) tells his boss that he can make any woman fall in love with him in just ten days. To prove it, he will find a woman and bring her to the upcoming company ball as his date. If he succeeds, he gets to be in charge of the advertising for the new diamond company account otherwise headed by his boss.
Ben's rival co-workers, Judy and Judy, who were at Composure Magazine earlier and are aware of Andie's new assignment, conspire to have Andie and Ben meet that night and start their quests. Neither Andie nor Ben reveal their true intentions. Andie puts Ben through various experiences to make him quickly break up with her, but Ben sticks around in order to make her fall in love with him. Andie acts in a possessive way, interferes with Ben's Poker night, and takes him to a Celine Dion concert instead of a New York Knicks basketball game. Ben stays with her despite everything and both reveal their true motives at the end, but their initial desires have changed.
[edit] Cast
- Kate Hudson as Andie Anderson
- Matthew McConaughey as Benjamin Barry
- Kathryn Hahn as Michelle
- Annie Parisse as Jeannie
- Adam Goldberg as Tony
- Thomas Lennon as Thayer
- Michael Michele as Spears
- Shalom Harlow as Green
- Robert Klein as Phillip Warren
- Bebe Neuwirth as Lana Jang
- Marvin Hamlisch as himself (cameo)
[edit] Box office
Though given mixed reviews by critics, the movie earned over $20 million in its first weekend. Its final gross totaled over $100 million in the U.S. and another $71 million overseas. The movie was also a success on video and DVD in its July 2003 release.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days at the Internet Movie Database
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days at Rotten Tomatoes
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days at Allmovie
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days at Box Office Mojo
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