Direction : Donald Petrie
This is based on the book by Michelle Alexander and Jeannie Long.
Ms. Hudson plays Andie Anderson, who writes how-to columns for a famous women's magazine called Composure. A journalism graduate, Andie yearns to write about more substantial topics than shoes, orgasms and yoga. She refers to this as -- i want to write anything I want. But her editor is looking out for topics in her magazine that would increase its sales than Ms. Hudson's interests.
The recent break-up of her co-worker gives Andie the idea to write a topic for the magazine -- how to lose a guy in 10 days. For that she decides to get hold of a man, make him fall in love with her and then through a combination of clinginess and psychotic behavior, drive him away. All this within 10 days.
Ben Barry (Mr. McConaughey) works in an advertising firm which is going after a big jewelry account. Ben,to get away from a pair of scheming women, makes a bet that he can make any woman (read: Andie) fall in love with him in those same ten days.
Oh the irony, how delicious. Wait, it gets better: this film was based on a book.
In truth, there are about twenty minutes in the middle of this shipwreck that work well. The disruption of a boys-only poker night, the creation of a virtual "family album," and the redoing of Benjamin's apartment in estrogen are strokes of mad brilliance. The visit to that family, by the way, is one of the more unlikely turning points in the entire antagonistic love affair.
Andie's other ways to repulse Ben include herself turnin into a weepy monster, sending him off to buy her a soda in the final seconds of a close Knicks game, sniffling over the rack of lamb Ben had prepared for their second date and giving his penis an embarrassing nickname.
You can't nickname our member "Princess Sophia". Ben, Im with ya.
The film advertises ''Sleepless in Seattle'' whose executive producer, Lynda Obst, also produced this movie.
This movie tries to tell the tale f a man and a woman's behaviour. But Sex and the city had, already, set high standards which this movie could not meet.
If you suspect you've already seen this movie a hundred times, you probably have.
P.S. discreet sexual references and scenes and some profanity.
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