How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers (WGA):

Michele Alexander (book) and
Jeannie Long (book) ...

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

One of them is lying. So is the other.

Plot:

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made.

Plot Keywords:

Advertising Executive | Love | Magazine | Diamond | Party

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Kate Hudson	...	Andie
Matthew McConaughey	...	Ben
Kathryn Hahn	...	Michelle
Annie Parisse	...	Jeannie
Adam Goldberg	...	Tony
Thomas Lennon	...	Thayer
Michael Michele	...	Spears
Shalom Harlow	...	Green
Robert Klein	...	Phillip Warren
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Lana Jong
Samantha Quan	...	Lori
Justin Peroff	...	Mike
Celia Weston	...	Glenda
James Murtaugh	...	Jack
Archie MacGregor	...	Uncle Arnold

Also Known As:

How to Lose a Guy (USA) (working title)
Wie werde ich ihn los in 10 Tagen (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related material.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18SX | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39576) | Norway:12 (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Ayr, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Lynda Obst Productions

Trivia:

The filmmakers used a loft in SoHo New York City, NY for Ben's apartment.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Andie's co-worker/friend pretends to be their therapist she wears large sunglasses. The sunglasses reflect a whole crew of people standing in front of drawn curtains while the scene is being filmed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jeannie Ashcroft: [reading] "And only then will the people of Tajikistan know true and lasting peace." Andie, it's brilliant. It's really moving. But it's never going to appear in Composure Magazine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Amore (Sexo)

Funny and Charming

Andie(Kate Hudson) is a beautiful young woman that works for a women's magazine called Composure and for her next article, Andie has to write about how to lose a guy in 10 days. Ben(Matthew McConaughey)is an advertising executive and he makes a bet with his friends that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Of course, these two meet each other and the scam is on. Andie will do anything to lose a guy and Ben will do anything to win a girl, what they don't expect is that the two of them will fall in love with each other. I thought this was a funny and charming romantic comedy. The lovely Kate Hudson gives a great performance, she was absolutely hilarious! I would give How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 7/10.