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- ComedyRomance
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 2008
English
UK
Profile of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
The mood of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is clever, humorous, and biting. The plot centers around workplace situations, media, and celebrity culture. It is a comedy and romance movie. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. The setting is New York. It happens in contemporary times. It is based on a book. Note that it includes drugs/alcohol, nudity, and profanity.
Summary of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Names may have been changed to protect the innocent--and the not-so innocent--but this comedy adapts Toby Young's biting memoir about his struggles as a Vanity Fair employee. Brilliant Brit Simon Pegg (HOT FUZZ) stars as Young's alter ego, while Jeff Bridges is a Graydon Carter-esque magazine editor.
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 3 October 2008 |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
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as Sidney Young
as Alison Olsen
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Users Reviews
Ho hum - it hovers between 2 and 3 stars. Not terribly interesting or altogether that funny, I was definitely disappointed in this movie. Story of a brit satirist who gets an opportunity to come to NY to work for a company he's recently lampooned -...
- 30.March.2009
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- by: Parker in MN
- Parker in MN rated this movie6/10Okay
I can't say I would have liked this movie were it not for Simon Pegg. It's a typical "small fish learning to swim with the sharks in the big ocean" storyline, but Pegg is his usual charming self in this movie. Actually, he's the only reason you care...
- 20.March.2009
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- by: spiderpig
- spiderpig rated this movie6/10Okay
