{"id":17799,"date":"2022-03-12T11:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itwaslikemagic.com\/?p=17799"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:02:32","slug":"how-to-lose-a-guy-in-10-days-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/how-to-lose-a-guy-in-10-days-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ (2003) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Journalist Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson<\/strong>) works at Composure<\/em> Magazine as the \u201cHow to\u201d woman, though she is desperate to report on more significant matters. Her next column becomes \u2018How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u2019<\/em>, which requires her to date a guy and use every trick in the book to get him to dump her before the ten days are up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey<\/strong>) is an advertising executive looking to land a huge diamond campaign. He bets his boss and two of his co-workers that he can get a woman to fall in love with him in 10 days\u2026 if he wins, he gets the campaign. His coworkers already know about Andie\u2019s new column and deliberately chose her for Ben. She decides he\u2019s the perfect guy for her column when he hits on her at a party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had not seen How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/em> in a long time, so it was fun to watch again. I asked myself frequently if it had always been so cringe-y, but I suppose that\u2019s part of its charm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Hudson goes for the jugular as an obsessive, obnoxious girlfriend who uses baby talk and moves her things in too soon. She interrupts Ben\u2019s poker night, forces him to miss the end of an exciting NBA playoff game, and covers his bathroom in pink and feminine hygiene products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She even puts together a photo album full of creepy photos to foreshadow their future. But, while disturbed and annoyed, Ben doesn\u2019t do the same thing that most men would do… which would be breaking up with her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As awful as some of these scenes regarding secondhand embarrassment, I found them amusing. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/em> is from the era of ridiculously plotted rom-coms, but that\u2019s part of what made them fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey have some really great chemistry. While the majority of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Day<\/em>s is Andie acting batshit crazy, we get some genuine, authentic interaction between the two characters in the final act when Ben takes Andie home to meet his family. This is where Andie and Ben drop the bullshit \u2013 during a game of Bullshit, no less \u2013 and start being honest with each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As fun as it was to watch their chaotic relationship begin, I felt a sense of relief when that finally ended, and the real love story began. Director Donald Petrie<\/a> does an excellent job of giving us enough time to see them together as they truly are before the conclusion, so the actual falling in love part of the movie doesn\u2019t seem rushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petrie is a director who is a bit hit-and-miss for me. I loved\u00a0Mystic Pizza<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0but really hated\u00a0Little Italy<\/em><\/a>. Thankfully,\u00a0How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/em>\u00a0strikes a balance somewhere between those two movies for me. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a perfect rom-com, but let\u2019s face it, it will probably end up on the top ten lists for many rom-com lovers out there. Despite how messy it is, there\u2019s just something about it that makes it entertaining and watchable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watched:<\/strong> 03\/10\/2022
Notable Song<\/strong>: Follow You Down by Gin Blossoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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