How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
- Robert B. Weide
- Beverly Winston
- Matthew Penry-Davey
- Lance Roehrig
- Simon Downes
- Charlie Reed
- Peter Straughan
- Toby Young
- Toby Young
Rating: 6/10 by 758 users
Alternative Title:
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - US
Nueva York para principiantes - ES
Cómo perder a tus amigos - AR
Hopplös och hatad av alla - SE
How to Lose Friends - DK
セレブ・ウォーズ 〜ニューヨークの恋に勝つルール〜 - JP
Jak se zbavit přátel a zůstat úplně sám - CZ
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 50 minutes
Budget: $27,000,000
Revenue: $17,286,299
Plot Keyword: new york city, journalist, failure, magazine, based on memoir or autobiography, starlet, british man, cult of celebrity, awards show, celebrity worship, workplace romance, celebrity interview, in crowd
I think Simon Pegg is probably better served as a comedic actor in his native British movies, he's proven himself in that field time and time again, but when it comes to things like _How to Lose Friends & Alienate People_ he is never given the opportunity to shine, and it's the lacklustre, derivative movies themselves (like this one) that are to blame. Also, he starts this movie already alienated and he doesn't have any friends, so the title is like??? _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
