My Best Friend's Girl
Lionsgate | Release Date: September 19, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Manages to distract auds from the predictability of the plot with fusillades of profanely funny dialogue and some playfully sexy chemistry generated by Cook and Hudson. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Eventually the conventions of romantic comedy take hold, with the humor declining precipitously. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
The actors (especially Alec Baldwin, as Tank's horndog dad) elevate the material slightly, but such piffle will just fill you with longing...for a better movie. Read full review
50
The New York TimesLaura Kern
A date not entirely to be skipped. It's a movie tailor-made for those who think it's a turn-on to passionately kiss someone to whom they've just said, "I hate you." Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
My Best Friend's Girl isn't just a misfire; it's a misfire compounded by a chain of miscalculations, and it's hard to figure out who this could appeal to (except, perhaps, Dane Cook's fan club). Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
An ugly, strictly-for-meatheads comedy that can only be recommended to couples who wear matching Tie Domi Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys out on a date. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Dane Cook plays a smug jerk in the dismal comedy My Best Friend's Girl. Strike that: He's only ACTING like a smug jerk. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
Ultimately, its most unforgivable sin is that it's simply not funny. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Say what you will about comedian-turned-actor Cook, the man is a force of nature, a tornado of verbal gymnastics and physical contortions who will do anything for a laugh. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyVadim Rizov
Tank's whole shtick is taking advantage of stupid women's desire to live in banal romantic comedies, but the film he's in is just as bad as any other Hudson movie. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
There's a cheap thrill in watching Hudson defuse Cook's pig antics with some foulness of her own. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It lacks the courage of its swinish convictions, and abruptly acquiesces to bland rom-com clichés three-quarters of the way to its appointed end. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The movie is raunchier than expected, and above all clichéd, formulaic and thoroughly sexist. Worst, it's just not very funny. Read full review
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