How To Lose Friends & Alienate People

Rating: R

Movie Release Date: October 3, 2008

DVD Release Date: March 16, 2009

Plot 411: A British hack gets hired for a leading American magazine and tries to adjust to being in a new echelon of journalistic hierarchy.

Review: You can never go wrong with Simon Pegg, never. Pegg plays Sidney Young, a struggling pap trying to conive his way into celebrity functions to get the dirt and swing with celebs. When he's hired across the pond, he finally thinks he's made it big but soon discovers the shiny life of stars could be out of his reach. Pegg is completely and utterly likeable, even when he constantly spouts sexist remarks or acts like a jerk. I think there are few actors out there that can do this and still have the audience rooting for them. Playing opposite of Pegg is Kirsten Dunst, another actress that I just can't seem to really like. She's fine in this role and actually has some great comebacks to Pegg's often wild antics. Pegg and Dunst seem to connect well on screen though, which makes the romantic angle a bit easier to swallow. However, Pegg really is the focal point of this film and probably is the appealing thing in it. Well, unless you're in love with Megan Fox.

Watch It: For classic Pegg humor. He's seems to be back in top form, especially the flop that was Run Fatboy Run.

Skip It: If you don't get British humor. This movie was made by Brits.

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