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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 47,806 users
Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 90 user | 134 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People". Director:Robert B. Weide |
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Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamor. His alternative magazine, "Post Modern Review", pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based "Sharps" magazine it's something of a shock! It seems "Sharps" editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes. Initially helping him out at Sharps is colleague Alison Olsen, who has her own secret. Wither their friendship? Written by Anonymous
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He's across the pond, and out of his depth See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 October 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Comment perdre ses amis et se mettre tout le monde à dos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,154,607 (UK) (3 October 2008)Gross:
$2,775,593 (USA) (5 December 2008)Company Credits
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from the original soundtrack of the film La Dolce Vita
Written by Nino Rota and Dino Verde
Published by Edizioni Musicali Giuseppe Camp/EMI Music Publishing Ltd
(c) 1960 C.A.M. S.r.l.
(p) 1960 C.A.M. S.r.l.
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In the beginning of the film, Simon Pegg is trying to catch Thandie Newton's attention. Thandie Newton was the love of Pegg's life in the movie Run, Fatboy, Run. See more »Goofs
At the stately home, the band resumes playing after Sidney Young falls off the top of the stage's wooden frame. In a following shot facing the band, the keyboardist removes his right playing hand from the keyboard placing it in his lap with his left hand prior to the last keyboard chord being played. See more »Soundtracks
"La Dolce Vita (Finale)"from the original soundtrack of the film La Dolce Vita
Written by Nino Rota and Dino Verde
Published by Edizioni Musicali Giuseppe Camp/EMI Music Publishing Ltd
(c) 1960 C.A.M. S.r.l.
(p) 1960 C.A.M. S.r.l.
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I was pleasantly surprised to find that How to Lose Friends and Alienate People was nowhere near as 'gross-out' a comedy as the trailer had led me to expect. I rapidly became absorbed in the unfolding of the narrative and remained engrossed throughout. Pacing of the more visual humorous content was, I thought, spot on. (I mean I got the impression I was witnessing Pegg's attempts at restoring lost control very much 'in real time', so to speak.) At other moments there was time allowed to share the main protagonists' (i.e. Pegg's and Dunst's) reflection on how events were affecting them and what had led them to where they now found themselves. All the characters were well cast, to some extent interesting in and of themselves, and generally quite likable. (Any apparent ruthless ambition displayed tended to be tempered by a corresponding good natured resilience.) An entertaining, intelligently scripted, brilliantly directed and superbly acted film that I would thoroughly recommend.