Review of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) by Deb S — 23 Jan 2010

Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) is a hotshot exec convinced he can make any girl fall in love with him. Kate Hudson is a journalist watching her girlfriends make the classic relationship mistakes that drive boyfriends away and decides to write a column about all the wrongs a woman can do in an early relationship. She is assigned to date a guy, drive him away and then write about it. Unfortunately for her, he has made a bet that he can make her fall in love with him, so try as she may, she can't seem to drive him away. Kate Hudson and McConaughey have a weirdly effective chemistry that seems to grow on you as the film progresses.

How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days is an enjoyable film that caters for both sexes. Men will watch and cringe knowing that they have known and dated women like this. This is a classic boy-meets-girl plot with tons of witty lines. McCounaughey is all too charming in his role as Barry, having his patience tested at every stage of the relationship, while Hudson is believable as the psychotic girlfriend from hell.