How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

If you enjoy rom-com, you have to watch it. it ties the best place with ghosts of girlfriends past

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made. Movies like this are a hit or miss for me but this one was actually one movie that i really enjoyed both Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are very charming and have a really good chemistry together, the film is really funny and although it's more of a chick flick as some people said i feel like you will find some great fun with this movie it's pretty sweet, romantic and also really funny and it's not as bad as i thought it was going to be and if you want my opinion make sure you check out The Ugly Truth and The Proposal basically the exact same film and plot but with different actors.

This movie has everything a perfect rom-com needs to have : a slim blonde, a sporty man with six packs, an agenda (actually one on both sides) to move the story, the judgement day (the 10th day) to look forward to, some misunderstanding created by the side characters to stir the things up and then, the epilogue (the 11th day) with the car chase scene, final boy-girl confrontation and the last scene with the camera zooming out on a long and deep kiss. Everything in this movie is tried to be made so perfect that its perfection is what kills me. The irritating behavior of the girl increases so much, that 40 min into the movie, my digestive system gives up. I literally had cramps in my stomach. Her insensitiveness increases exponentially upto the three-fourths of the movie, and then suddenly she gives up to the love of the boy, even when there were two more days to the judgment day (thats because the directors need an emotional scene and a bed scene; and both those requirements are fulfilled by that change of heart, even if it not fits in the storyline). How could anyone watch a movie made with a recipé? Too cliché to watch. Recommended to only those who are the fans of either of the leads or like the cliché itself.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a pretty good, charming romantic comedy even though it's very predictable and plays it safe. I could see the ending from miles away but it's how the movie plays to the ending that affects whether this film is watchable or not. For the most part, it does work thanks to the charming leads of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.Donald Petrie's film is basically a film about the battle of the sexes. The girl works for Cosmopolitan magazine and the guy works at a sports agency and they both hook up with each other despite each person is lying to the other.The acting is pretty good especially with the kind of script they have been given. McConaughey is always charming and does a good job while Hudson is actually likable for once and is remotely interesting.Overall, this is a good but very predictable rom com. It doesn't being anything new to the table but it's still enjoyable. A predictable script that should have been a wasted opportunity brings a new light with this movie. I rate this film 8/10.