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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, and Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - Theatrical Trailer
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A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.
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    • Robert B. Weide
    • Peter Straughan(screenplay)
    • Toby Young(book)
  • Stars
    • Simon Pegg
    • Kirsten Dunst
    • Megan Fox
    • Robert B. Weide
    • Peter Straughan(screenplay)
    • Toby Young(book)
  • Stars
    • Simon Pegg
    • Kirsten Dunst
    • Megan Fox
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 114User reviews
    • 137Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
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    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
    Trailer 2:31
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    Web Diary 3
    Featurette 2:17
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    Web Diary 2
    Featurette 2:58
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    Web Diary 1
    Featurette 2:40
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    Photos53

    Kirsten Dunst and Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Jeff Bridges in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, and Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, and Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Simon Pegg and Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Kirsten Dunst and Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Jeff Bridges and Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Gillian Anderson and Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Megan Fox in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
    Jeff Bridges and Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

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    Simon Pegg
    Simon Pegg
    • Sidney Young
    Kirsten Dunst
    Kirsten Dunst
    • Alison Olsen
    Megan Fox
    Megan Fox
    • Sophie Maes
    Kelan Guy
    • Young Sidney
    Janette Scott
    Janette Scott
    • Sidney's Mother
    • (archive footage)
    Danny Huston
    Danny Huston
    • Lawrence Maddox
    Gillian Anderson
    Gillian Anderson
    • Eleanor Johnson
    Kelly Jo Charge
    • Apollo Awards Presenter
    Christian Maier Smith
    • Apollo Awards Guest
    Katherine Parkinson
    Katherine Parkinson
    • PR Woman
    Felicity Montagu
    Felicity Montagu
    • Clipboard Nazi
    Thandiwe Newton
    Thandiwe Newton
    • Thandie Newton
    • (as Thandie Newton)
    John Lightbody
    John Lightbody
    • Assistant Hotel Manager
    Ian Bonar
    Ian Bonar
    • Post Modern Review Staff
    James Corden
    James Corden
    • Post Modern Review Staff
    Fenella Woolgar
    Fenella Woolgar
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    Chris O'Dowd
    Chris O'Dowd
    • Post Modern Review Staff
    Hugh Thompson
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      • Robert B. Weide
      • Peter Straughan(screenplay)
      • Toby Young(book)
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    • Trivia
      Toby Young, the man around whom the film is based, was banned from the set, as he was reportedly annoying cast members, and interrupting Robert B. Weide as he tried to direct scenes.
    • Goofs
      When we first meet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox), she says she is a vegetarian and would never wear fur, yet we see her at the party towards the end of the movie wearing what looks like a real fur shawl. However, this is most likely a testament to how movie stars sell out their beliefs when they become famous.
    • Quotes

      Sidney Young: [to his father] You thought Brad Pitt was a cave in Yorkshire.

    • Connections
      Featured in Film '72: Episode dated 23 September 2008 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Drinks Taste Better When They're Free
      Written by Liam Howe, Ian Mack & Hannah Robinson

      Performed by Electrovamp

      Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd

      Under licence from Universal Music Operations

      Published by Copyright Control/Right Bank Music UK Ltd/Native Songs

      Produced by Ian Mack & Paul Middleton for Right Bank Productions Ltd

    User reviews114

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    8/10
    Great fun, absorbing and thought provoking. Plenty of fascinating characters.
    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.
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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2008 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
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      • English
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      • Soho Grand Hotel, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Number 9 Films
      • Film4
      • Intandem Films
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
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