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My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
Director: Howard Deutch
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
Meet cute? More like fuck angry. Romcoms don’t get more toxic than this depressing stew of cock jokes, pussy insults and cesspool declarations of love. Self-loathing lothario Tank (Cook) is hired by brokenhearted weenies to wreak emotional terrorism on their exes and drive the unhappy couples back together again. When his closest friend (Biggs) becomes a client, Tank finds himself falling for the target (Hudson). Oddly enough, the asshole gets the girl. And the nice guy? Fuck him—he’s a pussy.Author: Stephen Garrett
Time Out Chicago Issue 187: September 18–24, 2008
User reviews of this film
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- Matt said...
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Posted on Dec 22 2008 08:10
It was only because that on some level I actually like having my intelligence insulted that I continued to watch this film. The writers were clearly unable to write clever dialogue or make any of the characters appealing to us, and so we find ourselves forced to just 'make-believe' that they were 1.)funny 2.)charming 3.)interesting 4.)like us in any way.
I only hope that this movie was written by a 12-year old. And it's not as 'politically incorrect' or shocking and 'in-your-face' as all the insecure virgins will insist; "Woah, he just pulled his pants down and said COCK!" If you can't tell what's wrong with this movie you need to pick up a Charles Bukowski, (HE WROTE BOOKS) read it, and then compare that the 'shock-value' of movies like this about make-believe bullshit written by stupid boring patronizing middle-class Americans. - Report as inappropriate
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- Hans said...
- Posted on Oct 20 2008 04:30 This was the first movie ever, in which I walked out of the theatre at half time. What a load of waste...
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- Roger said...
- Posted on Sep 21 2008 07:31 Totally hilarious, not a moment of political correctness.
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- richard said...
- Posted on Sep 18 2008 18:49 Very very Funny!!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Diora Baird, Lizzy Caplan full cast
Rated: R
Duration: 101 mins
US Release: Sep 19 2008
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