My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writer (WGA):

Jordan Cahan (written by)

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Tank faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend out on a lousy date in order to make her realize how great her former boyfriend is.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Vomit | Dildo | Masturbation | Comedian In Cast

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dane Cook	...	Tank
Kate Hudson	...	Alexis
Alec Baldwin	...	Professor Turner
Jason Biggs	...	Dustin
Diora Baird	...	Rachel
Lizzy Caplan	...	Ami
Riki Lindhome	...	Hilary
Mini Anden	...	Lizzy
Hilary Pingle	...	Claire
Nate Torrence	...	Craig
Malcolm Barrett	...	Dwalu
Taran Killam	...	Josh
Faye Grant	...	Merrilee
Richard Snee	...	Brian
Amanda Brooks	...	Carly

Also Known As:

Bachelor No. 2 (USA) (working title)
How to Lose a Girl in One Date (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and sexual content throughout, including graphic dialogue and some nudity.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #44357) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-13 | UK:15 (cinema release) (cut) | Ireland:16 | Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | Czech Republic:15 | Greece:K-13 | New Zealand:R16 | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:18 (DVD rating) (2009) (uncut) | UK:18 (uncut) | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

1688 Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Management 360

Trivia:

Title is taken from The Cars hit song (featured in the film).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dustin hands the flowers over to Claire, there's no string attached to his left wrist. Then the string appears.

Quotes:

Ami: If and buts were cocks and nuts, I'd be getting gang banged right now.

Movie Connections:

References Rocky (1976)

Soundtrack:

Going to the Beach

Rude but hilarious

Definitely it's not the usual Hollywood's romantic comedy! Full of rude but hilarious humor this movie uses impoliteness as a way to make you laugh. Great part of the jokes is crude, rough and related to sex but they made me laugh out loud, as I didn't for a long time! Another nice feature of this film is that humor is present in almost the entire movie which is not so common in romantic comedies.

As told it's not the usual romantic comedy, however it has some typical features of this genre. The ending, by the way, is the expected one (the main characters end up together! I don't think it's even a spoiler!!) but it's done in a funny and different way. I liked it. Something I don't use to in romantic comedies!

The acting was nice. Dane Cook is hilarious and he does his job very well. Kate Hudson also does a good job, and by the way she's beautiful, as always. Jason Biggs does the role of a silly guy... as always! Alec Baldwin does a funny but a kind of "macho man" character!

I enjoyed it and score it 8/10 (especially because of some hilarious jokes!)