How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
November 9th 2008 08:11
AFTER Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, I didn’t really expect Simon Pegg to star in an American romantic comedy, but I’m glad he did.
The likeable English comedian stars as Sidney Young, the editor and publisher of a rinky-dink satirical magazine in London. He has a love-hate relationship with celebrities; while he’s keen to lampoon them in his rag, he’s also captivated by the exclusive world they inhabit.
Following a disastrous attempt to crash an awards party, Sidney receives an unexpected job offer from Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), the editor of world-renowned Sharps magazine in New York. He jumps at the chance and heads to the Big Apple, ready to infuse Sharps with his acid pen and shake things up.
While Harding sees something of himself in Sidney, he makes it clear that the only way to get ahead in the business is to leave his journalistic integrity at the door and relentlessly suck up to celebs and their arrogant agents.
Sidney tries to stick to his principles, but his desire to get close to hot, young actress Sophie Maes (Megan Fox) causes him to waver, and perhaps the only one who can save him from totally selling out is his kindly colleague Alison (Kirsten Dunst).
Having worked in the magazine industry for many years, I guess I was always going to appreciate the subject matter, but it really is a good movie. I’ve always been a fan of Pegg and Dunst, and Bridges and Fox, who channels a bit of classic Marilyn as sexpot Maes, back them up brilliantly.
The likeable English comedian stars as Sidney Young, the editor and publisher of a rinky-dink satirical magazine in London. He has a love-hate relationship with celebrities; while he’s keen to lampoon them in his rag, he’s also captivated by the exclusive world they inhabit.
Following a disastrous attempt to crash an awards party, Sidney receives an unexpected job offer from Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), the editor of world-renowned Sharps magazine in New York. He jumps at the chance and heads to the Big Apple, ready to infuse Sharps with his acid pen and shake things up.
While Harding sees something of himself in Sidney, he makes it clear that the only way to get ahead in the business is to leave his journalistic integrity at the door and relentlessly suck up to celebs and their arrogant agents.
Sidney tries to stick to his principles, but his desire to get close to hot, young actress Sophie Maes (Megan Fox) causes him to waver, and perhaps the only one who can save him from totally selling out is his kindly colleague Alison (Kirsten Dunst).
Having worked in the magazine industry for many years, I guess I was always going to appreciate the subject matter, but it really is a good movie. I’ve always been a fan of Pegg and Dunst, and Bridges and Fox, who channels a bit of classic Marilyn as sexpot Maes, back them up brilliantly.
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I fully expected the film to devolve into a typical romantic comedy, so it didn't really bother me.