| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | |
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| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
| Produced by | Robert Evans Christine Forsyth-Peters Lynda Obst |
| Written by | Michele Alexander Jeannie Long (Book) Kristen Buckley Brian Regan Burr Steers (Screenplay) |
| Starring | Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey Adam Goldberg Bebe Neuwirth |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Editing by | Debra Neil-Fisher |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 7, 2003 |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000,000 |
| Box office | $177,085,826[1] |
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 romantic comedy film, directed by Donald Petrie, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. It is based on a short cartoon book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long.
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Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) is a journalist, who works for a magazine called Composure as the "How to..." woman. She is bored and wishes she could write more about important things, such as politics, economics, religion, poverty; stuff she cares about. She soon finds herself writing an article called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Andie tells her boss that, to write more freely and creatively, she will date a man and do all the wrong things women tend to do in relationships, and record her experiences for the article.
At the same time, advertising executive Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) tells his boss that he can make any woman fall in love with him in just ten days. To prove it, he will find a woman and bring her to the upcoming company ball as his date. If he succeeds, he gets to be in charge of the advertising for the new diamond company account otherwise headed by his boss.
Ben's rival co-workers, Judy Spears and Judy Green, who were at Composure Magazine earlier and are aware of Andie's new assignment, conspire to have Andie and Ben meet that night and start their quests. Neither Andie nor Ben reveal their true intentions. Andie puts Ben through various experiences to make him quickly break up with her, but Ben sticks around in order to make her fall in love with him. Andie acts in a possessive way, interferes with Ben's Poker night, and takes him to a Celine Dion concert instead of a New York Knicks basketball game. Ben stays with her despite everything and both reveal their true motives at the end, when their desires have changed. However, it is revealed, despite their differences they truly love each other.
Gwyneth Paltrow was originally going to star as Andie Anderson but later pulled out before pre-production began, and Kate Hudson replaced her.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 42% based on reviews from 146 critics, or an average score of 5/10.[2] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Top Critics, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, gave the film a score of 35%, based on a sample of 34 reviews.[3] Metacritic gave the film an average score of 45% based on reviews from 31 critics.[4]
The film was released on February 7, 2003, and earned $23,774,850 in its first weekend. Its final gross is $105,813,373 in the U.S. and $71,558,068 overseas.[1]
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