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My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 52

Fresh: 8

Rotten:44

Average Rating: 3.6/10

Consensus: My Best Friend's Girl spends too much time being vulgar and offensive, leaving little room for laughs.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $19,151,864

Synopsis: Love conquers even the relentlessly foulmouthed Lothario played by master-class comic Dane Cook (GOOD LUCK CHUCK) in MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL. Tank (Cook) moonlights as an "emotional terrorist," which... Love conquers even the relentlessly foulmouthed Lothario played by master-class comic Dane Cook (GOOD LUCK CHUCK) in MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL. Tank (Cook) moonlights as an "emotional terrorist," which means when a guy wants to keep a girl from dumping him, he hires Tank to intervene. Tank arranges an accidental meeting with the girl, charms her at first, then takes her through the worst date of her life, sending her running back to the safety of his client. Jason Biggs (AMERICAN PIE) is Dustin, the nerd who wants his best pal Tank to work his magic on Alexis (Kate Hudson), the stunning girl from work who "just wants to be friends." Dustin makes a big mistake, since Alexis herself is looking for the raunchy fling Tanks offers, and Tank suddenly finds himself in the position to betray Dustin's trust. Taking a page from the book of Apatow (SUPERBAD, KNOCKED UP), director Howard Deutch and writer Jordan Cahan compensate both sides of the cup-holder armrest: amidst the frat boy-friendly shenanigans lurks girl-pleasing soap-opera hand-wringing as Tank faces tough romantic choices, and vice versa. Adding to the deal are some hilarious bits from Alec Baldwin--as Tank's "feminist studies" professor father--and Lizzy Caplan, as Alexis' roommate. Mainly this is for the Cook fans out there, and they should be pleased by his general free-form display of loutishness. [More]

Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin

Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Lizzy Caplan

Director: Howard Deutch

Director: Howard Deutch
Screenwriter: Jordan Cahan
Producer: Greg Lessans, Adam Herz, Josh Shader, Guymon Casady, Doug Johnson, Barry Katz, Brian Volk-Weiss
Composer: John Debney
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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mostly unwatchable

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/24/09
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

There's something genuinely transgressive beneath the movie's rom-com surface, though director Howard Deutch keeps retreating to the safety of frat-boy humor.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/08/08
Reece Pendleton
Chicago Reader
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This is one of those films that would be enormously improved by the arrival of 100 crazy Somali pirates who would proceed to take the entire cast hostage.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
11/21/08
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Tedious, largely unfunny and poorly written comedy with the least likeable collection of characters you'll see all year.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/21/08
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Yet another in a continuing line of dismal Dane Cook so-called romantic comedies.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

It's a wonder the guys don't just wear Flintstone loincloths. Now let's hear it: Yabba-dabba-don't.

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
11/20/08
Victor Olliver
Teletext

Any schmuck with a typewriter and a dirty mouth can test the limits of good taste; it’s something else entirely to push the boundaries of narrative possibility and emotional empathy.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

A rude, crude romantic comedy with a touch of nastiness that's refreshing and quite funny.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
10/10/08
Jason Di Rosso
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

You should steer well clear of the nasty ideas that screenwriter Jordan Cahan has about relationships and how they work.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
10/10/08
Colin Fraser
FILMINK (Australia)

A film that truly bites.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
10/10/08
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Dane Cook proves why he is one of American comedy's favourite big-time naughty boys in this fast, funny, foul-tongued but sweet-natured adult-skewed romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
10/10/08
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)

The film veers off into that realm of unbelievability that I react against. But there is a certain fascination in watching Cook strut his stuff (and boy does he strut), and Kate Hudson is pleasant to watch.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
10/10/08
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)

If you like watching anarchy in action, this exhibition has its moments, but the anti-woman humour underpinning it -- and Cook's whole performance -- does cast a pall.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 2 Comments
10/10/08
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

'There's this guy, Tank, and other guys hire him to give their exes "emotional terrorism." It's a romantic comedy.''Can you throw in a cheap anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic joke? And have Tank tell some kids how to pull a brutal sexaul trick on a woman?'

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
10/09/08
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

A raunchy vehicle for Dane Cook fans? A sprightly romance for Kate Hudson fans? A genial underdog comedy for Jason Biggs fans? The correct answer is: a big, steaming pile of horse manure.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/08/08
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

It works much better as a comedy, but by the end, the romantic aspect has taken over and there's not much humor to be found after the first half.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
10/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

It's coarse and funny, but there's something really endearing about this twisted romantic comedy in which the protagonist excels at being a self-proclaimed emotional terrorist

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 2 Comments
10/04/08
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

[Director Howard] Deutch passes the buck to his three stars...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
09/29/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

... this is a verbally poisonous comedy that rattles the sensibility cage.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
09/29/08
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Mean, crass and tasteless, "My Best Friend's Girl" is only pretending to be a romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
09/27/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
 
 
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