STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Simon Pegg Kirsten Dunst Jeff Bridges Gillian Anderson Megan Fox Danny Huston

Directors Robert B Weide

Screenwriters Peter Straughan

Running Time 110 minutes

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People (15)

Plot
Sidney Young (Pegg) is a down-on-his-luck British journalist offered the chance of a lifetime at glossy US magazine Sharps. However, his plans to conquer New York hit speedbumps in the shape of a glamorous starlet (Fox), her ruthless publicist (Anderson) and his increasingly irate co-workers (Dunst, Bridges, Huston).

Verdict
Not as smart or as satirical as you might hope, but an enjoyable and often funny look at a mad, mad, mad, mad world.


Reviewer: Helen O'Hara

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