How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 7, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
16
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
McConaughey and (especially) Hudson manage to make it all work, maintaining their likability even in situations where they inevitably end up acting like jerks. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey don't simply star in this movie; they tag-team it out of the Freddie Prinze Jr. --Julia Stiles puppy-love ghetto. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's about as close to French farce as romantic comedies get, and the closer the better. Read full review
70
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
At least it's a pleasant walk, with attractive people and nice conversation Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Playful, predictable and more than a little precious, this entertaining if slight romantic farce makes it's hard not to mourn the loss of the adult romantic comedy. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Eventually loses its cheerful goofiness and its momentum, climaxing with a lengthy and embarrassing showdown scene at a big party. But it gets worse. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
What's missing? Simple: the romance. This movie is so intent upon getting cheap laughs and putting the protagonists in uncomfortable situations that it forgets they're supposed to be falling in love. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The picture is actually watchable. What's more, as romance comedies go, it's something of a novelty. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
It does have its tart, fizzy moments. Read full review
60
SlateDavid Edelstein
It's totally implausible, and yet it gets at something unnervingly real: the way that people can blow a budding relationship by being too honest with each other. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
As her character resorts to increasingly cruel and devious pranks, Hudson only seems funnier and more endearing. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
There's a pleasantly malevolent ridiculousness hovering around How to Lose a Guy. But the movie would have been so much better if it had jumped into its mean-spiritedness with gusto and passion, instead of just splashing around in it halfheartedly. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The plot contrivances that bring them together to torture each other are so deftly handled that I almost bought them, and the two leads are charming and funny enough to offset the characters' obnoxious motives. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
With its ungainly double-deception premise, How to Lose a Guy feels like it was made out of two connect-the-dots drawings laid haphazardly on top of one another. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
There is no shape or pacing to Daniel Petrie's movie. It's like a bottle of soda left uncapped. So thus a story that promised effervescence ends up being flat. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Some of the scenarios are funny. But they're uniformly overplayed. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Both lead players are appealing and attractive enough to make an otherwise tepid movie at least un-excruciating. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though something less than a masterpiece of the genre, this good-natured skirmish in the war between men and women benefits from Hudson's thoroughly charming performance. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
With a premise this screwy, nobody has any choice but to follow the savvy lead of Bebe Neuwirth, who, as Hudson's "Composure" editor, hams her queen-bitch-mother-hen role to glazed perfection. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
How to lose an audience in 10 minutes: Cobble together a predictable and forced romantic comedy that should have been funnier. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
The few chuckles the film affords come early, and too often the script desperately tries to repeat them. By the end, it's not funny or happy -- just over. And you're glad for it, the one true emotion you feel in the whole two hours. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The movie isn't all bad, and it's sure to succeed with its target audience.
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A concept, no matter how promising, is not a movie, and this picture has the bad luck to illustrate the difference. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
In the end, we know Andie and Ben will kiss and make up -– how could too alliteratively aligned pretty people not? -– but first we must wade through the protracted and wholly unwarranted period in which both huffs about the other’s deceptions. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
I can't think of much that might happen on a date evening that could be more annoying than this movie. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Large chunks of the film seem like a record played at the wrong speed: The tempo of the dialogue as delivered doesn't match the lines as written, and the filmmakers are too lazy or too inept to make their convoluted premise jibe with any recognizable idea of human nature. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I am just about ready to write off movies in which people make bets about whether they will, or will not, fall in love. Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
This is the kind of movie that was doomed on the page, both by an inherently problematic premise and ill-conceived character motivations. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
When a chick flick goes wrong -- and this one hits a dead end in hell -- it's a wipeout. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Directed by Donald Petrie ("Miss Congeniality") with about as much substance and style as a ham sandwich. It's a heavy hand that damps down such airy creatures as Hudson and McConaughey. Read full review
0
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
All in all, the only lesson here is how to irritate. This is a stupid movie for stupid people. If you're a stupid person, knock yourself out. Please Read full review
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