How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers (WGA):

Michele Alexander (book) and
Jeannie Long (book) ...

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

One of them is lying. So is the other.

Plot:

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made.

Plot Keywords:

Advertising Executive | Love | Magazine | Diamond | Party

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Kate Hudson	...	Andie
Matthew McConaughey	...	Ben
Kathryn Hahn	...	Michelle
Annie Parisse	...	Jeannie
Adam Goldberg	...	Tony
Thomas Lennon	...	Thayer
Michael Michele	...	Spears
Shalom Harlow	...	Green
Robert Klein	...	Phillip Warren
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Lana Jong
Samantha Quan	...	Lori
Justin Peroff	...	Mike
Celia Weston	...	Glenda
James Murtaugh	...	Jack
Archie MacGregor	...	Uncle Arnold

Also Known As:

How to Lose a Guy (USA) (working title)
Wie werde ich ihn los in 10 Tagen (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related material.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18SX | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39576) | Norway:12 (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Ayr, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Lynda Obst Productions

Trivia:

The basketball footage was taken at the 6 November 2002 game between the Knicks and the Kings (the Knicks won 96-88).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Ben is talking up close to the dog's face, two men are seen in the distance trying to avoid the camera. They appear to be stage hands.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jeannie Ashcroft: [reading] "And only then will the people of Tajikistan know true and lasting peace." Andie, it's brilliant. It's really moving. But it's never going to appear in Composure Magazine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Know You Better

Not a Perfect 10 but ok!

`How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' is not the collaborated work of all the first dates I have ever had. The name of that piece is `How To Lose A Guy In 10 Seconds'. `How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' is a giddy but formulaic romantic comedy starring Hollywood vanities Matthew Mcconaughey & Kate Hudson. Mcconaughey plays a cocky advertiser named Ben Barry. Big Ben places a wager that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Hudson plays Andie Anderson, a fem-themed magazine scriber who writes a weekly `How To Lose.' articles. Her next reality assignment is = How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Now these two self-agenda dating gamers are off to the races. Andie does everything irritable imaginable to make the male species quiver with fear: furnishing Ben's apartment as a bunny festival, filling the bathroom with vaginal products , nicknaming Ben's penile instrument with a female name, and interrupting a guy's night out by actually showing up. Yes! Guys! This is one of the scariest films I have ever seen. Poor Ben has to undertake this torture so he could win his bet and make Andie fall in love with him in 10 days. Mcconaughey & Hudson did demonstrate screen chemistry. Hudson, who is strikingly beautiful, will make many male fans wish they can take a ride in that Hudson River. I did find the charm in `How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days' but I also found that it lost its luster. ***Average