Customer Reviews

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People [DVD] [2008]

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I love Simon Pegg but he seemed a bit out of his depth in this, unlike Run, Fat Boy, Run which saw him at his best. This film is amusing but not laugh-out-loud. However the supporting actors, especially Danny Huston, are excellent. All in all worth a watch.

This won't have you rolling around laughing, but it's pleasant enough. It had the feel of a UK film made for an American audience, playing on the gauche Englander theme, so some parts felt too forced, but there were a few amusing moments to remind you it's meant to be a comedy.

It's the first time I've seen the much-ballyhoo'd Megan Fox in action - what on earth is all the fuss about? If she's meant to be the world's sexiest woman, then the voters must be all of 12 years old and never have seen the likes of Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner etc. Even in this film, Gillian Anderson knocked spots off her.

If ever a film had rental written all over it, then this is it. Luckily for us, that's what we did.

A funny film with some great scenes but it is a shame that one of the best one was deleted.

This film is so funny I'd recommend it to everyone another one of Simon Peggs films that I enjoy watching over and over

Come along all you one stars* it's not that bad. Excruciating and toe curling it may be but it did make me chuckle.
It's no masterpiece and I would have given it four stars but to redress the balance, I'm giving it five.
I enjoyed it.

I wont spoil the plot, if your looking for a story line then google it - you'll find better plot reviews than I can write.

The movie itself is funny, easy viewing. It's not deep and doesn't have lots of twists and turns but it does make you laugh (or me at least).

I liked it, I wouldn't have paid full price for it (I bought a used copy which was fine) but I'd definetly recommend it. If it's on sale buy it. If it's not on sale, wait until it is and then buy it.

having read the book I was looking forward to this film. The book didn't seem to me to be transferable to the screen, but it should have been better than this. If you haven't read the book it might be a decent piece of light entertainment but it reminded me of something I read by William Goldman - the central character in a movie doesn't like to be portrayed as a clown and shows it during performance.

I like Simon Pegg, I genuinely do, but this is the wrong vehicle for him. Doubtless this was an attempt to make a USA friendly film for him to launch his career over there. But most of the jokes don't work, the set-pieces are weak and a storyline that is one big hollywood pot-boiler cliche; I won't add a spoiler, but you can probably guess what happens yourself after about 15 minutes. Sadly even Pegg seems a shadow of his former self and Jeff Bridges is totally wasted and not in his frequently entertaining way. It'd be only worth one star were it not for some decent one-liners, but that's about it. Deeply disappointing.

A great cast in a somewhat weak film. I rented this film because I've enjoyed Simon Pegg's previous films and because the cast list was pretty impressive (Simon Pegg, Megan Fox, Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Thandie Newton). There are plenty of funny moments and plenty of good performances; Pegg, Dunst and Anderson stand out for me. However, the film often feels predictable and sometimes frustrating because of that. The pace was slow at times and the ending was expected and rushed.

The film's total running time is 1:49:35 and the blu-ray hi-def is good.

Blu-ray extras:
Deleted Scenes - 10 deleted scenes that can be selected individually or Play All(15:02)
Commentary with Robert Weide and Simon Pegg
Commentary with Robert Weide
Gag Reel - the usual sort of out-takes (31:50)
Blogs - 6 behind the scenes bits and pieces that can be selected individually or Play All (17:23).

Based on the memoirs of British writer Toby Young, and starring our own Simon Pegg as an arrogant journalist who relocates to New York City in a quest for fame and fortune, this film takes a very British kind of humour and sets it in a film with very Hollywood sensibilities and featuring well-known faces such as Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst and Gillian Anderson. Pegg's cocky loser shtick palls after a while and the film's attempts at satirizing the media world are flat and uninspired.