I'll be honest, when I first started watching this, I wasn't expecting anything too great, or original. The premise doesn't exactly feel logical (woman wants to become a respectable journalist, therefore writes article on deliberately sabotaging a relationship) or natural (mans accepts bet to make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days because...the plot demands it, I guess!), and to be honest, this is the films biggest failing. Any chemistry between the two leads is completely worthless, because the audience knows the entire thing is a sham. That said, there are a few laughs to be had here, and the adequate performances all round mean this isn't awful viewing by any means. Matthew McConaughey doesn't exactly break any new ground here, playing a smug, well-off everyman, but he does serve as a good foil for Kate Hudson, who delivers a performance that really tests the viewers patience. Yes, I realise the point is to be annoying to try and drive off the guy, but it doesn't exactly make for good viewing!The supporting cast is what you'd expect, an array of mildly entertaining but decidedly two-dimensional characters whose sole purpose in life is to gravitate around the leads. The film-making and plot of the film are passable, nothing special but nothing awful either. All in all, I would say this is by no means an awful film, and if it happens to be on and you've no other choice, it's worth wasting a couple of hours on. But it is incredibly average, and let down by a premise which makes you wonder if you even want a happy ending!

Is this one of those stereotypical romantic comedies that basically follow every single point of the 'how-to-make-a-romcom'? You bet it is. Did it work? Sure it did, especially if you enjoy the sappy romantic comedies.And oddly enough, this is the second movie with Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in the lead roles. Could it be because of their on-screen chemistry? Because there is no denying it that they really do compliment one another on the screen.The story is about Andie and Ben who start a relationship under very different pretenses. Ben is a ladies' man who makes a bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in just ten days, while Andie is a writer for a magazine on an assignment to come up with a way of how to lose a guy in just ten days.This is the classic tale of opposites attract and the stereotypical attract, push away and come to realize that what was supposed to be a non-romantic and emotionally committing turn out to be the one and only thing.Much can be said about the genre, but every now and then a movie does turn out to be watchable without sugar-coating everything in its path.

This movie has everything a perfect rom-com needs to have : a slim blonde, a sporty man with six packs, an agenda (actually one on both sides) to move the story, the judgement day (the 10th day) to look forward to, some misunderstanding created by the side characters to stir the things up and then, the epilogue (the 11th day) with the car chase scene, final boy-girl confrontation and the last scene with the camera zooming out on a long and deep kiss. Everything in this movie is tried to be made so perfect that its perfection is what kills me. The irritating behavior of the girl increases so much, that 40 min into the movie, my digestive system gives up. I literally had cramps in my stomach. Her insensitiveness increases exponentially upto the three-fourths of the movie, and then suddenly she gives up to the love of the boy, even when there were two more days to the judgment day (thats because the directors need an emotional scene and a bed scene; and both those requirements are fulfilled by that change of heart, even if it not fits in the storyline). How could anyone watch a movie made with a recipé? Too cliché to watch. Recommended to only those who are the fans of either of the leads or like the cliché itself.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a pretty good, charming romantic comedy even though it's very predictable and plays it safe. I could see the ending from miles away but it's how the movie plays to the ending that affects whether this film is watchable or not. For the most part, it does work thanks to the charming leads of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.Donald Petrie's film is basically a film about the battle of the sexes. The girl works for Cosmopolitan magazine and the guy works at a sports agency and they both hook up with each other despite each person is lying to the other.The acting is pretty good especially with the kind of script they have been given. McConaughey is always charming and does a good job while Hudson is actually likable for once and is remotely interesting.Overall, this is a good but very predictable rom com. It doesn't being anything new to the table but it's still enjoyable. A predictable script that should have been a wasted opportunity brings a new light with this movie. I rate this film 8/10.