Film

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008 · 1h 50m · Comedy · Romance · Drama

He's across the pond, and out of his depth.

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

36%

Metacritic

35

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

Simon Pegg

Sidney Young

Kirsten Dunst

Alison Olsen

Danny Huston

Lawrence Maddox

Megan Fox

Sophie Maes

Jeff Bridges

Clayton Harding

Gillian Anderson

Eleanor Johnson

Max Minghella

Vincent Lepak

Jefferson Mays

Bill Nathanson

Bill Paterson

Richard Young

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Kowalski

Kelan Pannell

Young Sidney

Janette Scott

Sidney's Mother

Kelly Jo Charge

Apollo Awards Presenter

Christian Maier Smith

Apollo Awards Guest

Katherine Parkinson

PR Woman

Felicity Montagu

Clipboard Nazi

• Robert B. WeideDirector
• Peter StraughanScreenplay
• Stephen WoolleyProducer
• Elizabeth KarlsenProducer
• Toby YoungProducer
• Robin O'HaraProducer
• Jon DiamondExecutive Producer
• Paul WhiteExecutive Producer
• Peter HampdenExecutive Producer
• Norman MerryExecutive Producer

Official TrailerTV Spot

Release date

October 2, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Budget

$28,000,000

Revenue

$17,286,299

Genres

Comedy, Romance, Drama

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