Romantic comedy? Wanna bet!

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 2003)

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003) ** 1/2 Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Bebe Neuwirth, Michael Michele, Adam Goldberg, Robert Klein, Shalom Harlow, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Thomas Lennon. Fizzy romantic comedy inspired by the book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long about an ambitious journalist for a woman's magazine (Hudson in a fine showcase of her comedic amiabilities) whose latest article focuses on how to drive any man crazy and McConaughey as said man who unbeknownst to her is also on a wager to make any woman fall in love for him with the stakes of an advertising account in the balance. Both stars have chemistry, which aids in the otherwise formulaic connect-the-dots genre of he said/she said. (Dir: Donald Petrie)