HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (DVD) (WS) DVD

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Two New Yorkers fight the battle of the sexes to a standstill (without entirely realizing it) in this Romantic comedy. Andie (Kate Hudson) is a young journalist who longs to cover political stories, but in the meantime she finds herself writing for a women's magazine called Composure, where her editor Lana Jong (Bebe Neuwirth) has her writing a fluffy advice column. After hearing of the latest dating laments of her relationship-challenged friend Michelle (Kathryn Hahn), Andie sells Lana on the idea of writing a piece on the things women do to alienate the men they love, which she'll demonstrate by winning and then driving away a man in a mere ten days. Meanwhile, Ben (Matthew McConaughey) is an advertising man who wants to land a prestige diamond account at his firm. Ben is competing with his pals, Spears (Michael Michele) and Green (Shalom Harlow), for the assignment, so Ben tells his boss Phillip Warren (Robert Klein) that he's the man for the job because he understands the fair sex so well he can make any woman fall for him in less than two weeks. As fate would have it, Andie and Ben end up choosing one another for their mutual assignments, with neither knowing about each other's secret agenda as Ben strives to hold on to Andie while she does everything in her power to annoy him. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was loosely based on the self-help book of the same name (subtitled The Universal Don't of Dating) written by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Kate Hudson as Andie Matthew McConaughey as Benjamin Barry Adam Goldberg as Tony Michael Michele as Spears Shalom Harlow as Green Bebe Neuwirth as Lana Jong Robert Klein as Phillip Warren Kathryn Hahn as Michelle Thomas Lennon as Thayer Annie Parisse as Jeannie

Crew Brandy Gordon - Art Director James C. Feng - Art Director Elizabeth Joan Hooper - Associate Producer Robin Guthrie Prybil - Associate Producer Andrew S. Brown - Casting Gail Levin - Casting Karen Patch - Costume Designer Ellen H. Schwartz - First Assistant Director Donald Petrie - Director Debra Neil-Fisher - Editor David Newman - Composer (Music Score) Dana Millman-Dufine - Musical Direction/Supervision Therese DePrez - Production Designer John Bailey - Cinematographer Christine Forsyth-Peters - Producer Christine Peters - Producer Robert Evans - Producer Lynda Obst - Producer Nicholas Evans - Set Designer Jaro Dick - Set Designer Evan Webber - Set Designer Tod A. Maitland - Sound/Sound Designer Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer Brian Regan - Screenwriter Kristen Buckley - Screenwriter Burr Steers - Screenwriter Jack Gill - Additional Cinematography Frank T. Smathers - Supervising Sound Editor Mark Stoeckinger - Supervising Sound Editor Michele Alexander - Book Author Jeannie Long - Book Author

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, based on a self-help book parody by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long (which includes stick figure cartoons illustrating the mistakes women make), is a doggedly formulaic omantic comedy, buoyed by a few genuinely amusing scenes and the potent charisma of its two stars. Kate Hudson has a genuine comedic gift, somehow locating a real live person amid the crass conventions of her role, while Matthew McConaughey brings his roguish charm to full bear. As Andie (Hudson) thinks of new (and not particularly inventive) ways of tormenting Ben (McConaughey), her victim, director Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality) keeps things relatively light and breezy, letting the actors do splendid work. The scene in which Andie comes up with a humiliating "pet name" for Ben's manhood is particularly well played. Kathryn Hahn and Annie Parisse are also very good as Andie's co-workers, named after the book's authors. Despite their efforts, and solid work from Adam Goldberg and Thomas Lennon as Ben's co-workers, the film isn't very convincing in portraying these peoples' work lives, which are pivotal to the fairly ludicrous plot that the filmmakers (including Burr Steers, the writer-director of Igby Goes Down, who gets a screenwriting credit here) have wrapped around the book's goofy relationship tips. There's also some unnecessary and embarrassing scatological humor (an incontinent dog and a flatulent uncle) thrown in. But the film is serviceable entertainment, just funny and romantic enough. Then, toward the end, it goes through the predictable motions, presumably set in stone for every Hollywood omantic comedy from the 1980s on, to wrap things up in the accustomed manner, befitting stick figures more than fully drawn characters. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: cc Commentary by Director Donald Petrie Mapping Out the Perfect Movie - Cast & Crew Interviews 5 Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary Featurette: Mapping Out the Perfect Location Music Video - "Somebody Like You" by Keith Urban Widescreen Version Enhanced for 16:9 TVs English subtitles Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1: Alternate Wide Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 115 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. The "How To" Girl 2. Sneakers & Beer Division 3. A List of Dating Don'ts 4. Find the Guy 5. Dangling the Bait 6. Hook, Line & Sinker 7. The Game Begins 8. Chick Flick Marathon 9. A Woman's Touch 10. Princess Sophia 11. Krull the Warrior King 12. Our Family Album 13. Boy's Night 14. Couple's Therapy 15. Staten Island 16. Feels Like Home 17. Day 10 18. Does She or Doesn't She? 19. All Best Are Off 20. Andie's Article