Review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) by Tristan H — 08 Jul 2009

The romantic comedy part should have been left out...

This review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) was written by Tristan H on 08 Jul 2009.

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Scott Bowles (160) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Jun 2014

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Simon Pegg is likably smart and obnoxious as the fish-out-of-water Brit in high-gloss Manhattan, but he's swimming upstream in a feature that…

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By Erin D (634) on 29 Sep 2013

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 Jan 2016

The crushingly unfunny and slopped-together How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has neither the ambition nor the intelligence to do justice…

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A story that won't make you feel bored, but not impressive either. I'm a bit confused by the title…

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The result is an initially hilarious picture that grows perplexingly trite as screenwriter Peter Straughan transforms Young's sly observations…

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By Matt M (2,511) on 08 Apr 2013

Simon Pegg really puts me off movies, but this was really not that bad and quite funny in some places. Predictable though…

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By Soraya H (16) on 04 Apr 2013

I liked this movie-especially the lesson Simon Pegg's character learns about the nature of fame, and how it really isn't worth your integrity…

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Sidney Young (Simon Pegg): [to his father] You thought Brad Pitt was a cave in Yorkshire…

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By Jacob W (617) on 26 Jun 2013

Bah....another stupid american comedy. Luckily there is Simon Pegg playing here and adding some value…

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