MOVIE SYNOPSIS
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
This fish-out-of-water tale tracks the escapades of Sidney Young, a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he'd better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen. He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson. He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone.
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There's a trick to playing a crude, lewd, obnoxious jerk and getting audiences to laugh at the spectacle of such loutishness. Alas, it's a trick that Simon Pegg and the folks behind How to Lose Your Friends and Alienate People fail, miserably, to pull off.
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MPAA rating:
R
for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug material
Cast:
Jeff Bridges; Danny Huston; Margo Stilley; Gillian Anderson; Megan Fox; Simon Pegg; Kirsten Dunst; Max Minghella; Eliezer Meyer; Kimberly Magness
Directed by:
Robert B. Weide
Genre:
Comedy Running time:
01:50
Release date:
2008
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