How to Lose Friends and Alienate People [Blu-ray]

Let me begin by saying that I now think that movie is even funnier since it is based on Toby Young's book and his experience in NY!! His interview is in itself hilarious!Simon Pegg has a talent for playing characters that are just clueless, somewhat out of touch with reality, with a hint of loser! He just does it very well!!! Throw that into the quick pace lifestyle of the big apple and those characteristics become even more profound!I will have to say that I am not really a romantic comedy type person, but the comedy side of this movie far outweighs the romance! There were some laugh out loud scenes for me, like when Simon coughs with his mouth full on the lady's overcoat... even funnier that he can't leave it alone! The scene where he gets smashed at a fourth of July party and get up and starts singing `England England England' was hilarious to me... what a complete Wally! The scene with the dog in the office is funny too! But for all those who said that there were no laugh out loud scenes, what do you call the two scene with the transvestite!? Absolutely hilarious!! (especially the stripper prank!) What a wally!!On the more serious side, Simon's character is very serious about what he does and is uncompromising and that becomes more and more obvious as the movie progresses... you find out that his character is actually deeper than you imagined!! I liked how the movie portrays Simon as a person who is unwilling to let go of his principles in the corporate rat race... I think the movie does an excellent job of capturing the struggles that most people have to go through in terms of either selling out and climbing the corporate ladder or retaining their morals and principles and staying at the bottom of the corporate food chain! I feel your pain Sydney Young!I really liked that the movie ended with comedic closing note rather than a romantic one... to be honest it is a romantic comedy that most guys can enjoy with their significant others! Once the movie was over and I had a big smile on my face, my wife turned to me and said `SEE! You can enjoy romantic comedies!'A very funny but meaningful movie that I enjoyed watching and I'm sure that I will watch it again!

...and I'm glad I didn't because this little movie is perfectly enjoyable. What did they think they were going to see? The Power and the Glory? The Sorrow and the Pity? C'mon, get real. It's a rom-com folks, a perfectly fine little rom-com, with one of my favorites Simon Pegg doing a very good job at keeping me entertained for the 90 minutes or so this confection lasted ...so do like me and don't listen to the contrarians—give this fun and funny/silly/escapist movie a chance. I gave it four stars to try to offset some of the puerile negativity rampant amongst these reviews. Maybe they should try walking barefoot in the grass more, to ground out some of that negativity?

However, this dvd titled How To Lose Friends & Alienate People touches on the delicate issue of how far can a person reasonably go when aiming for greatness and making a memorable contribution in one’s career. Simon Pegg plays a British journalist who goes to great lengths to make a name for himself in the career arena. The front of the dvd also lists Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, and Jeff Bridges as actors/actresses who star in this film. The following are some of the bonuses associated with this dvd: Audio Commentary With Director Robert Weide and Star Simon Pegg, Audio Commentary With Director Robert Weide, and Sharp Interviews-Making of Featurette. Internet Movie Database lists the movie being inspired by Toby Young’s memoir “How To Lose Friends and Alienate People” and I read somewhere online that this movie was also inspired by a real-life publicist (Gillian Anderson’s character portrayal).

Simon Pegg is a talented and likeable comedian and actor, and I will watch literally anything he is in. That said, this movie is not up to his standards. He was so underused in this film. As others have mentioned, it's predictable romantic fare with a scarce few moments where SP can really showcase his skills, comedy or otherwise - I found it more or less enjoyable, but it was fluff with a few nice moments. I watched it for SP, and I got the added bonus of the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges (who is also underused in his role). The movie itself is kind of tepid. Kirsten Dunst is the female lead, and while I think she seems like a genuinely decent person, I've always been put off by her as an actress.In the end, though, in my opinion this movie is still heaps better than much of what passes for "romantic comedy" out there. (Any herein unnamed rom com containing Katherine Heigl and/or Gerard Butler, I'm looking at you.) If you've got $2.99, a couple of hours to spare, and a deep personal need to watch everything in the Peggster's catalog, go ahead and rent it.

Can't really argue with all the bad reviews here. This movie doesn't know if it wants to be irreverent and subsersive or drippy rom-com. And that's a big problem, especially with such a groaningly predictable and flimsy plot. However, there are many outrageously funny sequences and Simon Pegg gives his comedic best. Which is a lot. If you care to, watch it for him.

Great film with a star cast. I won't add any spoilers but this is a boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back movie with a happy ending, if you discount the fate of the character, played by Kirsten Dunst's book . . .

Much better than I expected. Witty and well acted. Read the book and he really is a smug so and so but then he does end up with a gorgeous intelligent wife so perhaps he gas reason to be - and must have something more to impress a girl!

Simon Peg earning his movie credits here.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's not for everyone, it is quite funny in a silly way but I laughed out loud a lot and that's all I wanted from this.

Very funny, disc was used, i thought it was brand new. Quality was perfect