How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Opened: October 3, 2008 Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min. Rated: R Cast: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston Genre: Comedy

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MOVIES.COM GRADE: D-

...stupidly fictionalized take on real life
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Synopsis:
The film tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he’d better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). His saving graces: a rising, sexy starlet (Megan Fox) develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison whose friendship with him might be the only thing saving Sidney from torpedoing his career.
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  • 4

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by lumberjack0125

    Despite some obvious problems with a predictable plot I rather enjoyed this movie. I laughed all the way through and I was rooting For Simon Pegg's...more

  • 5

    Excellent Movie! by MustBeIMAX

    Hello, this is MustBeIMAX here with a review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People starring Simon Pegg. Simon Pegg plays Sidney Young, an...more

  • 2

    You Have Been Warned by viperwolf

    This was probably the worst movie I have seen this year. I do not see movies very often and I am sorry that I wasted my money on this one.(At least...more