How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Based on the memoirs of British journalist Toby Young, this comedy stars Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) as a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour.
He gets a job at high-profile New York magazine Sharps, amuses his new editor Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), becomes a confidante of starlet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox), and begins a love affair with colleage Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst).
- Director:
- Robert B. Weide (TV's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm')
- Writer:
- Peter Straughan
- Cast:
- Simon PeggKirsten DunstJeff BridgesGillian AndersonDanny HustonMegan Fox
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Andreas Heinemann
flicksThe New York Times
pressThe crushingly unfunny and slopped-together How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has neither the ambition nor the intelligence to do justice to its source material.
Salon
pressWhen Pegg is breaking protocols with his uniquely ballsy aplomb, dancing like a doofus or doing battle with Venetian blinds, the film almost flies.
New Zealand Herald
pressThere are some very funny lines thanks to Young's sharp, blunt and honest English wit - however, this film isn't, unfortunately, the biting satire it could have been.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe putrid showbiz comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People appears to hit DEFCON 5 in mistaking its brand of moral laxity for cutesy irreverence.
Dominion Post
pressUltimately, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People lets itself down with toothless writing, and some join-the-dots direction.
Flicks, Andreas Heinemann
flicksThe New York Times
pressThe crushingly unfunny and slopped-together How to Lose Friends & Alienate People has neither the ambition nor the intelligence to do justice to its source material.
Salon
pressWhen Pegg is breaking protocols with his uniquely ballsy aplomb, dancing like a doofus or doing battle with Venetian blinds, the film almost flies.
New Zealand Herald
pressThere are some very funny lines thanks to Young's sharp, blunt and honest English wit - however, this film isn't, unfortunately, the biting satire it could have been.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe putrid showbiz comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People appears to hit DEFCON 5 in mistaking its brand of moral laxity for cutesy irreverence.
Dominion Post
pressUltimately, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People lets itself down with toothless writing, and some join-the-dots direction.
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