- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Infobox Film
name = How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
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caption = One of them is lying. So is the other.
director =Donald Petrie
producer = Robert Evans
Christine Forsyth-Peters
Lynda Obst
Richard Vane
writer = Kristen Buckley
Brian Regan
Burr Steers
narrator =
starring =Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey
music = David Newman
cinematography = John Bailey
editing = Debra Neil-Fisher
distributor =Paramount Pictures (USA)United International Pictures GmbH (Germany)
United International Pictures (Other countries)
released =February 7 , 2003
runtime = 116 minutes
country = USA
GER
language = English
budget = $50,000,000 (estimate)
gross = $177,085,826 (worldwide)
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imdb_id = 0251127"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" is a 2003
romantic comedy film . The film is directed byDonald Petrie and starsKate Hudson andMatthew McConaughey . It is based on a short cartoon book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long.Plot
The film tells the story of
journalist Andie Anderson (Hudson), who works for Composure magazine as the "How to..." girl and is getting bored, wishing that she could write more pieces about things that she considers important, such as politics, economics, religion, poverty, etc. She soon finds herself writing an article called "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days." Andie tells her boss that she will date a man and do all the things that women tend to do wrong, when they are in relationships, in order to be granted more freedom in her writing.At the same time, advertising executive Benjamin Barry (McConaughey) tells his boss that he can make any woman fall in love with him in just ten days and can bring her as a date to the company's ball. If he succeeds, he will get to be in charge of the advertising for the new diamond company account headed by his boss.
Through conspiring on the part of Ben's rival coworkers, Judy and Judy, who were present at Composure Magazine earlier in the day and are aware of Andie's new assignment, Andie and Ben meet that night and start their quests. Neither reveals their true intentions, which leads to strange goings-on in their relationship. Andie puts Ben through many various experiences in order to make him break up with her very quickly, but Ben sticks around in order to fulfill his deed in making her fall in love with him. Examples of what Andie does include being very clingy, interfering on guys night with Ben and his friends, and taking him to a Celine Dion concert instead of a basketball game. Ben stays with her despite everything and both people reveal their true motives at the end, but their initial desires have changed.
The film also contains a romantic subplot involving Andie's co-worker Michelle Rubin (
Kathryn Hahn ) and a man named Mike (Justin Peroff ).Box office
Though the movie was largely panned by critics, it earned over $20 million in its first weekend. Its final gross totaled over $100 million in the U.S. and another $71 million overseas, marking a career high for Kate Hudson which she still has yet to surpass. The movie was also a success on video and DVD in its July 2003 release.
External links
* [http://www.howtoloseaguymovie.com/ Official website]
*imdb title|id=0251127|title=How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
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