How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition)

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition)
by Donald Petrie

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Movie Review: Funny and Nice
Summary: 5 Stars

THE STORY:

Andie Anderson (Hudson), a rising journalist for women's magazine Composure is assigned to write an article on "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" whereby she is to date some poor fellow and attempt to drive him off within 10 days.

In order to secure a lucrative account, Advertising account executive Ben Barry makes a bet with his boss that he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days.

Through some slight manipulation both Andie and Ben wind up hooked up with each other and seek to achieve both their ends, she to drive him off in 10 days, he to win her over. Hilarity ensues as Andie seeks to drive Ben away while Ben struggles to cling onto the ever (seemingly) increasingly illogical Andie.

THE COOL STUFF:

While the premise of both Andie and Ben merely using each other for their own ends can be a little off-putting, the execution of the story is flawless and really enjoyable. The situations that Andie and Ben and their cast of friends get themselves into are hilarious and the tender moments that Ben and Andie share (particularly when they visit Ben's family) are just really enjoyable moments. Overall, it's just a nice film to have a good laugh and an "awwwww" moment at.

Best Scenes:

1. Visit to Ben's folks

2. The Poker Game

THE DVD FEATURES:

Much like the film itself, the DVD features are a little sparse in variety, but very deep in content. Truly, the amount of features, more than many other DVDs put out, offer strong insight and background on the film and are alone well worth the DVD purchase. For your viewing and listening pleasure on this DVD are:

1. Director's Commentary track: Standard fare, but always insightful

2. "Mapping the Perfect Movie" - These are a series of approximately 4 minute featurettes talking about each member of the cast and crew where they talk about each actor/filmmaker talking about things such as casting or working with each other. Great stuff overall and easily outshines the standard "actor/filmmaker biography/filmography we usually get.

3. 5 deleted scenes with optional director commentary track

4. "Mapping the Perfect Location" - Much like "Mapping the Perfect Movie" these are approximately 4 minute individual featurettes discussing each of the major sets used in this movie. You'll get insights into how the sets were either built or selected including the scene scouting process used in film-making. Again, great stuff overall.

5. Music video - "Somebody Like You" by Keith Urban. Standard fair. Nice country influenced track with some great footage from the film and band.

6. 3 trailers

THE VERDICT:

Overall, "How To Loose A Guy in 10 Days" is just a nice romantic comedy. Again, the premise built on deception is a little disturbing but the execution in this movie is just flawless. The humor and hilarious situations our cast find themselves in our witty and brilliant and the metamorphosis of Andie and Ben's relationship into true love is just beautifully done. This makes a great watch for couples who need a nice laugh. The insight DVD extras make this a fine choice for purchase if you are so inclined.

Grades:

The Movie: 4 stars
The Extras: 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 stars

Highly Recommended

Summary of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Widescreen Edition)