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How To Lose Friends And Alienate People [DVD] [2008]
enlarge	Director: Robert B. Weide Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £4.34 as of 21/11/2009 16:21 GMT details You Save: £15.65 (78%) New (15) Used (10) from £2.90 Seller: sheroobie Rating: 23 reviews Sales Rank: 1522 Format: PAL Language: English (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 106 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014437984234 ASIN: B001H9O4W8 Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Release Date: March 16, 2009 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review emHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People/em may just be the first true British film--and a splendid one at that--to be set on American soil. The fearless actor Simon Pegg plays Sidney Young, a Fleet Street hatchet writer tapped to come to the States to join the literati, and glitterati, at a big, fat, glossy magazine--every resemblance of which to Vanity Fair is strictly intentional. Sidney is possibly the most annoying man in the Western world, tilting at nonexistent windmills. His character calls to mind many of the hapless charmers played by Hugh Grant--but Pegg, without Grant's raffish good looks, comes across as simply hapless. Which is perfect casting, since Sidney is supposed to be enormously aggravating, especially when he first lands in New York. In his first few days in the city, Sidney puts off the first magazine colleague he met (Kirsten Dunst, in a top-flight comic turn), wears a wildly inappropriate T-shirt on his first day of work, spritzes fast food onto the designer white suit of a relative of the publisher, and picks up a tranny hooker. And things go downhill from there. On his first magazine assignment, Sidney, checking captions for a photo page, calls a powerful publicist. "Is he the fat one?" Sidney asks the publicist about one of her clients. Silence. "Well, is he the one with the wonky eye, then?" Pegg is a scream as Sidney, playing quite a different role than his starring one in emShaun of the Dead/em. Dunst is delicate but steely, and her comedic timing, under the deft direction of Robert B. Weide (emCurb Your Enthusiasm/em), is spot on. Great supporting work, too, by editor Jeff Bridges, whose enthrallment to the power elite, and silver mane, channel Graydon Carter; by Gillian Anderson, as a take-no-prisoners publicist; and by Megan Fox, a starlet cast as a bosom-heaving Mother Teresa. Sidney, and the film, will win you over, with a lot of laughter along the way.--emA.T. Hurley/em

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 Next » How To Lose Friends And Alienate People [2008] January 24, 2009 eloquent (England Uk) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful This was a really a great film and contrary to the last review, I think that is the point of the character Sidney, not many people would like such a character but ironically we see why.. he remind us of aspects in our selves. What I got from this film is that we can be our own worst critic(enemy) or best friend, and that is paradoxically what makes us humans so interesting, we get caught in the likeability of someone but forget the authenticity of the unlikeable character the fact that its a part of us that cannot be removed. The movie has a subtle tone to it, like most things we can over look the idea of reality, it was funny, though is resonated a bit of the Prada film, this totally took it to another level. Simon Pegg is one of my favourite british actors,Kirsten Dunst played well, though you can put this under the flawed romantic triangle of films I'd rather have this film on such things in my collection than any other One of the best films of 2008! April 9, 2009 Lauranna (Northern Ireland) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I went to see this film praying that it would be at least better than the last 'comedy' I saw in the cinema which was Step Brothers and I was very pleasantly surprised. Both me and my friend laughed the whole time and were still laughing over certain parts later that night. I would definely recommend this film to anyone who wants a good film to watch with friends cause you won't stop laughing! HILARIOUS!! November 8, 2008 S. Tall (London) 2 out of 6 found this review helpful one word for this film- hilarious!! best comedy ive seen in years. laughed all the way through the film and came out with a massive smile. must see. I thought it was excellent January 17, 2009 J. E. Crabtree 1 out of 4 found this review helpful I thought this film was excellent. The acting was really good, the plot was very funny (a better and funnier version of Devil Wears Prada) and a good film to watch. br / br /I recommend this. I loved it! January 13, 2009 KM (England) 15 out of 17 found this review helpful `How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' stars Simon Pegg as Sydney Young, a British journalist who lands himself a job for Sharps magazine in New York City. br / br /I'm a big fan of Pegg and love his other work such as Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Run Fatboy Run and this film is easily up there with the best as it was absolutely brilliant. As well as being extremely cringe-worthy in a lot of scenes, it is also very heart-warming and hilarious. It just goes to show that attending parties with the stars isn't an easy life and Young has to do a lot if he wants to get to the top and there's not much he doesn't do in this film! br / br /With some really great acting from Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Kirstin Dunst, Megan Fox and many other cameos, this really is one comedy I can't recommend highly enough. The humour is very British and all the best for it. Watch it as soon as you can! br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 Next »

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