Review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) by Anuradha M — 15 Nov 2009

Quite allright. Except if you really have had to work with an idiot like that..

This review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) was written by Anuradha M on 15 Nov 2009.

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

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By Stan B (32) on 31 Mar 2013

This one had a few of hooks to keep you going for it to keep my wandering attention on a 2nd tier cable channel (rhymes with eight-ch bee o)…

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By James W (1,855) on 02 Oct 2013

I seem to be in the minority here, but I really enjoy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, although I'll be the first to admit that it pales…

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By Everett J (371) on 22 Jan 2013

A decidedly charming movie. Simon Pegg is miscast because he is just too likable to play Toby Young. And it shows…

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By Ben G (949) on 27 Sep 2013

Cute piece about the world of writing celebrity articles for a high class New York Magazine. Simon Pegg is good…

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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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An embarassingly unfunny, stumblebum adaptation of Toby Young's memoir…

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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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Pegg's performance is the only part of this film that makes it worthy of a watch. He's pretty funny in it…

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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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