Fun watch

Rating: 6/10 (4 July 2020)

When I first heard about "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", I thought that it was just another romcom, and although it does hit a lot of similar beats that most generic romcoms would have, the characters more than make up for it. This movie also throws in a bit of a twist. It uses the trope in which a guy makes a bet that he can be with a girl, and adds to it by having both the guy and the girl essentially using the other for their gain. This adds a lot of funny and clever moments where you see two manipulative people going back and forth trying to use the other for their gain. And Ben and andi have a lot of chemistry, that despite some of the cheesy lines, really helped you to want them to be together. The movie ends about how you would expect it to, but thats not necessarily a bad thing, not all movies need to be six sense. I really enjoyed this movie, but it did have flaws. Some of the writing was obvious and predictable, and id say that the jokes had a 60% chance if landing. This movie won't win any Oscar but its a great quick watch. Love it or hate it, this movie is a 2000s movie, and that means humorously cheesy looking outfits and dialogue. But honestly that kind of adds to the movie, and the guy friends in the movie were unironically very funny. This movie is no masterpiece, but it was a pleasant watch and I would 100% watch it again and probably enjoy it even more. I was very happy to have finally watched it!