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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

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On DVD: February 17, 2009
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: Robert B. Weide
Writer: Peter Straughan
Cast: Simon Pegg, Megan Fox, Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Official site: how2losefriends.com
Running Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material.

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 bosses, peers and superstars. The film is based on Toby Young's memoir of the same name and also stars Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson,...

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It's missing robots, but it does feature Megan Fox walking sensually through a swimming pool. Yes, between Transformers and Transformers 2, there was How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, a romantic comedy about the world of celebrity gossip and reporting. Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst star as two reporters who, while first at odds with one another, begin to realize their feelings. Dogs get killed in the process.

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