My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

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.

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writer:

Jordan Cahan

Stars:

Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, Jason Biggs

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Dustin, an amiable guy, is in love with Alexis, a coworker. When she tells him she just wants to be friends, he hires his roommate Tank, a fast-talking, amoral scoundrel who has a side business: men whose women have dumped them hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the date from Hell, to drive the women back into their old boyfriends' arms. He takes out Alexis who, against her better judgment, decides she needs some randy fun, so Tank is in a quandary: take Alexis up on her offer, or stay true to his friend. More complications ensue as the wedding of Alexis's sister approaches. Tank seeks advice from his father, Dustin pursues Alexis, and questions of self-worth need answers.

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Plot Keywords:

thong panties | female rear nudity | breasts | scantily clad female | stupid victim | 

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Taglines:

It's funny what love can make you do...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director allowed the actors, particularly Dane Cook, to improvise extensively, often diverging completely from the script. He would sometimes run 20 or more takes, letting the performers do something different every time, before settling on a few of those ideas in order to get pick-ups or close-ups. This made life particularly interesting for the principal and background actors in the scene with Dane, as well as for the prop and sound personnel.

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Goofs

At the beginning, when Alexis is makes her smoothie, Rachel takes a sip of the green drink before Alexis pours it.

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Quotes

Tank: What do you call that stuff AJ?
AJ: "Afganhi cusho kryptonite".
Tank: Killed Superman - I'm just a man
Ami: You really like a super special kind of asshole?
Tank: And I ride the special kind of asshole bus to school.

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Alternate Versions

For the UK cinema release, the distributor wanted to remove 1 minute and 7 seconds of footage to make it containable at the '15' certificate instead of an uncut '18'. As a result, in this version we do not see a man's head between the buttocks of a lap-dancer, nor do we hear a man telling an adult joke to children nor a crude and explicit monologue about a sexual experience. One aggressive use of very strong language was also deleted.

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Connections

Referenced in El Reviewer Random: New in Town (2012)

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Soundtracks

Don't Do Me Like That
Written by Tom Petty
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Raunchy humor

Let me state this clearly, if you cannot laugh at raunchy humor, do not go see this movie. However, if you can appreciate the raunchy humor you can truly enjoy this movie. Dane Cook plays an absolutely hilarious jerk throughout the movie, but many may not appreciate the humor he uses.

Yes, this movie is a romantic comedy, but more comedy than romantic. A lot of people seem to dislike Dane Cook and prejudge his movies, but I feel that they let themselves down. If you are offended by vulgarity, just don't go see this movie. If you like Dane Cook or raunchy humor, then you should enjoy watching this movie. I thought it was a pretty good movie and worth seeing once. I don't know that I would own this movie, but I did enjoy the time I spent watching it.

Details

Official Sites:

Lionsgate [United States] Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bachelor No. 2

Filming Locations:

Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,265,357, 21 September 2008

Gross USA:

$19,219,250

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,624,687

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Entertainment 360, Terra Firma Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 112 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1