How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days-6/10 is just another so-so silly romantic comedy

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2003)

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is just another so-so silly romantic comedy that tries to be charming and fun. I have just about hit the wall with these type of films...for the most part they are silly, formulaic, predictable and their only saving grace is maybe two decent leads who have some form of chemistry and maybe the movie is filled with some witty and fun dialogue. I am not a fan of these type of movies, but if you are I'm sure you will enjoy this one too. The lovely Kate Hudson is quite fun and charming as Holly, the "How to" girl of Composure Magazine (the fastest growing women's magazine in the country). Call it what you want...its Cosmo, Vogue, Elle etc. a trashy women's magazine about beauty, fashion, cosmetics, health, gossip and realtionships etc. Anyway Holly's newest assignment is to get with a guy and then get him to leave her within 10 days by doing all the annoying things that women do in relationships and guys hate. Matthew McConaughey plays Ben, a hot young advertising executive who pitches sports equipment, alcohol etc. He is gunning for the account of a major diamond company and is competing with two other ladies. They strike up a side bet where Ben must make a woman fall in love with him within 10 days...and if he succeeds he gets the diamond account. Naturally of course the two of them wind up meeting each other in a bar just after the assignment and bets have been made. That is really my major problem with films like these. There has to be some sort of cute, stupid way,to get the two leads together,which of course leads to somebody finding out about a bet at the end and getting mad...only to realize they really are in love. Please! It's enough wih these moronic "meeting ideas"...what happend to just two people meeting under normal circumstances and things not working out. Anyway as I said Hudson and McConaughey are qute good together, with Hudson doing every imaginable annoying thing to drive a guy away including redecorating his bathroom, keeping him away from sporting events and ruining his guys night poker game and McConughey still never takes the bait. You can figure out the rest fom there. Overall, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is not a terrible movie by any means...its just another silly romantic comedy that puts two young leads in a silly formulaic plot and has a little fun and not much else.