How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

5.7	Listal rating
6.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Robert B. Weide

Starring (View all)

Young Sidney

Sidney's Mother

Sidney Young

Sophie Maes

Eleanor Johnson

Kelly Jo Charge

Apollo Awards Presenter

Christian Smith

Apollo Awards Guest

Katherine Parkinson

PR Woman

Written by

Peter Straughan

(screenplay)

Toby Young

(book)

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Alienated but still Friendly

4 years, 6 months ago at Nov 19 10:32

Heracles

4 votes

Simon Pegg nestles in near the top of my "Funniest British Blokes" paradigm and given his foray into movies has quickly risen to the top of the comedic cream. It's a shame in some ways because Spaced was one of the first in a small list of cult comedies that capture me in the way a dopey moth flies hopelessly toward incandescent light. For some unknown reason it is often the lack of anybody else l... read more

An average movie

1 year, 5 months ago at Nov 29 3:49

johanlefourbe

1 vote

With such as title, it could have been pretty awesome and the fact it was based on a real life story was even more promising. First of all, Simon Pegg was a great choice for the lead and, as usual, he was pretty hilarious. I also enjoyed the rest of the cast (Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst), even though, in my opinion, Megan Fox was not really successful in parodying hers... read more

NYC + Comedy Star Pegg = Hit!

4 years, 7 months ago at Oct 16 5:59

AgentLexi

1 vote

''I would definitely vote for you for best supporting dress!''

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

Simon Pegg: Sidney Young

We all know the routine. A failing writer has a moment in his life where everything seems to be a struggle. Then out ... read more

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Description: In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bos ... (more)

Release date : 3 October 2008

Comedy (13), Romance (6), 2008 (5), (4), 2000s (4), Chihuahua (2), Journalism (2), Cinema (2), 2009 (1), QF (1), Film4 (1), UK Film Council (1), Reference To Lord Of The Rings (1), Conformity (1), Transgendered (1), Cocaine (1), Writer (1), British (1), Drunkeness (1), 2000's (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 1 year, 5 months ago

An average movie

“With such as title, it could have been pretty awesome and the fact it was based on a real life story was even more promising. First of all, Simon Pegg was a great choice for the lead and, as usual, he was pretty hilarious. I also enjoyed the rest of the cast (Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst), even though, in my opinion, Megan Fox was not really successful in parodying herself. Unfortunately, some of the jokes were not really funny and, above all, they watered down the whole concept with a very predictable romantic-comedy. Furthermore, I thought his obsession towards the Megan Fox character was rather annoying and uninsteresting. So, eventually the end-results were half-baked. I mean, the study of the media world was really interesting and to see this real-life figu” read more