My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writer (WGA):

Jordan Cahan (written by)

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Tank faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend out on a lousy date in order to make her realize how great her former boyfriend is.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | F Word | Pizza | Strip Club | Rain

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dane Cook	...	Tank Turner
Kate Hudson	...	Alexis
Alec Baldwin	...	Professor Turner
Jason Biggs	...	Dustin
Diora Baird	...	Rachel
Lizzy Caplan	...	Ami
Riki Lindhome	...	Hilary
Mini Anden	...	Lizzy
Hilary Pingle	...	Claire
Nate Torrence	...	Craig
Malcolm Barrett	...	Dwalu
Taran Killam	...	Josh
Faye Grant	...	Merrilee
Richard Snee	...	Brian
Amanda Brooks	...	Carly

Also Known As:

Bachelor No. 2 (USA) (working title)
How to Lose a Girl in One Date (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and sexual content throughout, including graphic dialogue and some nudity.

Runtime:

101 min | USA:112 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #44357) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-13 | UK:15 (cinema release) (cut) | Ireland:16 | Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | Czech Republic:15 | Greece:K-13 | New Zealand:R16 | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:18 (DVD rating) (2009) (uncut) | UK:18 (uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | France:U | Argentina:16 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

1688 Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Management 360

Trivia:

For the scene in which Dane Cook grabs and squeezes Kate Hudson's butt, a "stunt butt" was used.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alexis and Tank are kissing inside the church, lipstick is smeared all over Tank's face. When he goes to the bathroom and looks in the mirror, the lipstick has disappeared.

Quotes:

Professor Turner: Making love? what is wrong with you? what is this some red book interview?

Movie Connections:

References La femme de mon pote (1983)

Soundtrack:

Pop That Pussy

Give Me My Hour and a Half Back! Awful Even Compared to Other Dane Cook Movies!

This movie somehow pulls off being both incredibly vulgar yet completely boring and uninteresting at the same time. Basically it's obvious they decided that this trend of vulgar "romantic" comedies (i.e. American Pie) are bound to cash in so they'll just come up with a bunch of vulgar stuff, throw them together in a mixed bag of rail-thin "plot", add in a big name star (Kate Hudson, totally wasted in this) then spew out the result on movie screens and start counting money. Well this movie is going to flop big time, mark my words. When a movie is this bad it will not do well. Word of mouth is more important than I think studios realize, and this movie will not get much of that, if any at all. Advance reviews are atrocious and they should be. This abortion of a movie is one of the biggest wastes of an hour and a half I've ever experienced. Special mention to Dane Cook's completely hammy and painfully unfunny performance. He's trying so hard that it's sad, not delivering even one laugh, and the preview screening I saw was PACKED. It was noticeably silent throughout save for a few embarrassed giggles/immature teenagers laughing loudly at some of the pointless vulgar parts. Isn't Dane Cook's fifteen minutes up yet? He is one of the least funny "comedians" I've ever seen in a movie. Employee of the month was also a travesty.