How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Simon Pegg has a way of making his films have a special charm that isn't necessarily talent. Simon Pegg just knows how to make people love him and male them laugh. He is always somewhat of an unlikely hero. In this... Full review

Simon Pegg is a genius. He is just hilarious in anything he does, and this movie was even better than the others he's done. I would go see his movies based on his facial features alone. The story for this movie... Full review

Good picture and sound.....But "How to Lose Friends" is a farcical comedy....challenging for the gifted actress.....the film never catches its stride.....Unfortunately, her only big scene involves a drunken evening ending with much retching, which is neither funny.... ... Full Review

As this is a new production it's not surprising that there are no problems with hiss or distortion and overall, while not the most aggressive mix you've ever heard, the movie sounds very good. How To Lose Friends & Alienate People does a good job of mixing up elements of the traditional romantic comedy with the type of off the wall antics that have made Simon Pegg one of the brightest comedic actors to hit the screen in the last decade or so. ... Full Review

But after all the setting up of Sidney as obnoxious über-nerd, director Robert Weide ... Full Review

killing a cute dog tend to work against the grain of good comedies, not for them.....The English-style humor we are presented with is slapstick, but more awkward than it is funny;....The film has great appeal in the development of the unlikely impassioning friendship between Sidney Young and fellow journalist Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst).....Pegg and Dunst both play their parts exceptionally well, and Pegg's comically accommodating face makes him visibly fitted for his role at every turn..... ... Full Review

The diasters that ensued are the core of his generally pretty funny chronicle How to Lose Friends and Alienate People , here thinly disguised as a fictional movie comedy. This is a film that's both enormous fun for insiders and a great romp if you know nothing at all about the world of the great glossies. ... Full Review

Bridges. Comedy, Romance. Who's in it? What genre is it? What's the story? Sidney Young is on the verge of bankruptcy, his attempt at celebrity journalism failing with him not being invited to celebrity events, where the people he wants... ... Full Article

We are not sure what message the movie is presenting but we can be certain it's nothing new. British actor Simon Pegg stars as Sydney Young and first time feature film director Robert Weide, whose only previous experience was filming... ... Full Article

Professional journalist/wanker Toby Young's eponymous memoir catalogues his failure to succeed as a writer for US magazine Vanity Fair . "One of the reasons I got absolutely nowhere was because none of the publicists trusted me. ... Full Article

You can bring this new comedy based off the exploits of Toby Young to DVD this February.How to Lose Friends and Alienate People will be released on DVD on February 17. ... Full Article

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is a fence-straddling flick that never quite finds its style. It dabbles wildly between romance and comedy, but never safely lands on either side. ... Full Article

GATECRASHER is celebrating the start of the Clothes Show in style tomorrow night with a glitzy fashion party. The event at the Broad Street superclub is being put on along with glossy magazine More and promises flamboyance, theatre and style. ... Full Article