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My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Director: Howard Deutch

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From Time Out New York

Meet cute? More like fuck angry. Rom-coms 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 broken-hearted 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 2008-09-23 19:17:30

Time Out New York Issue 678: September 25 - October 1, 2008


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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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