Good Potential. Disappointing Results

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 2004)

A good starting idea for a romantic comedy. Lots of potential for laughs. Beautiful sets and props. Good secondary characters. And something difficult to find, great chemistry between the two leads, including an enchanting Kate Hudson.
Yet somehow, the ingredients don't add to a whole. The film is missing charm, humour and credibility and is ultimately disappointing and dull.
Only a couple of weeks after watching this movie I saw again "Roman Holiday", which could only emphasize the shortcomings of "How to loose a Guy..." and its poor writing. Roman Holiday is also a story of two people who fall in love while pretending to be somebody else, but it manages to be both funnier and more moving than this modern failed attempt at the fairy tale.