Fresh
Where the movie succeeds is in its sudden right turns, its willingness to kill a dog, always a bold choice, and its consistent emphasis of the comedy over the romance.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
He's across the pond, and out of his depth.
2008 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Robert B. Weide
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert B. Weide Director
- Simon Pegg as Sidney Young
- Kirsten Dunst as Alison Olsen
- Danny Huston as Lawrence Maddox
- Megan Fox as Sophie Maes
- Jeff Bridges as Clayton Harding
- Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Johnson
- Max Minghella as Vincent Lepak
- Jefferson Mays as Bill Nathanson
- Bill Paterson as Richard Young
- Thandiwe Newton as Herself
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Just because you are supposed to laugh doesn't mean you are going to laugh.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
It plays like a made-for-CBS redo of The Devil Wears Prada.
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice
Rotten
What was good enough for the printed page -- a comic chronicle of our obsession with the shallow -- has been turned into the object of its own derision.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
Instead of skewering self-important stars and vapid journalists, Friends gets muddled in slapstick and crude humor.
Scott Bowles, USA Today
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