Hudson + Anyone = Good Chemistry
Andie
Anderson (Hudson) is a brilliant young writer
who is stuck writing fluff pieces about romance
and dating for a prominent woman's magazine. She
is commissioned to do a piece about 'How to Lose
a Guy in 10 Days' by doing all the things that
women typically do wrong in a relationship. Ben
Barry (McConaughey) is an ad-exec who makes a
wager with his co-workers that he can get Andie
to fall in love with him in ten days.
There are typically about five or ten of these
paint-by-numbers romantic comedies released each
year. Unfortunately only one or two of them are
ever remotely memorable. This particular effort
is recommendable primarily because of the charm
exuded by both leads. Kate Hudson is without
question the successor to Meg Ryan's throne as
the queen of romantic comedies, and Matthew
McConaughey has finally found a role where his
goofy southern charm doesn't work against him.
Hudson, looking obscenely gorgeous yet again,
really carries this film with a performance that
will get overlooked because of the slapstick
nature of the role. It takes real talent to be
that adorable.
Okay... so the plot is as contrived as they
come, but the jokes are all well timed and
fresh. The romance, although not remotely
profound, is cute and believable... this is a
fun couple to spend two hours with.
The obligatory happy ending is delayed a little
too long. I think twenty minutes could have been
trimmed from the running length... there are a
few flat spots that will induce some glances at
your wristwatch before we get to the
falling-in-love scenes. But, overall, this film
will provide most of what you'll expect from it.
There are enough laughs and enough fluffy
romantic scenes to make this a passable date
movie.
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Written by TC Candler
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