And We've Reached a New Low: 'My Best Friend's Girl' Trailer Splats Onto the Net
The trailer for My Best Friend's Girl (originally known as "Bachelor No. 2"), starring Kate Hudson and Dane Cook, is now online, and the only word that comes to mind is "monstrosity". Why don't you take a look at it up top. Go ahead, I'll wait here.
Are you as horrified as I am? Normally I prefer not to inflict my negativity about upcoming releases on you; if all I have to contribute is whining, I try to leave the blogging to someone else. But I couldn't pass this up. What we seem to have here is: a) the ten-millionth iteration of the plot where X starts a relationship with Y on a bet or a job but ends up falling in love; b) starring Kate Hudson, the reigning queen of the nondescript rom-com (at least Matthew McConaughey is nowhere to be found); c) co-starring Dane Cook, whose very presence is the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard, as a professional a**hole, and Jason Biggs as an awkward nice guy; and d) directed by Howard Deutch, who is responsible for some of the worst comedies of the last ten years. Oh, and it's named after a song. Despite not being dead, the Cars are spinning in their graves.
On one hand, I'd love to be proven wrong about My Best Friend's Girl; on the other hand, I really, really don't want to subject myself to it. Would it be a dereliction of duty to skip the thing?
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(Page 1)2. Yeah, looks pretty formulaic, but might make a half-decent encore/hbo viewing...if i have nothing else to do.
Posted at 10:55AM on Apr 17th 2008 by John R
3. Looks pretty bad. Part of this movie (can't tell what, didn't notice anything familiar in the trailer) was shot in my apartment building in Brookline, MA. I briefly considered that I had to move simply because Dane Cook might have touched something I would have to come into contact with.
Posted at 11:26AM on Apr 17th 2008 by Froggie
4. "Despite not being dead, the Cars are spinning in their graves."
For what it's worth, Benjamin Orr died in 2000.
Posted at 11:48AM on Apr 17th 2008 by Pete
5. Sigh. First, a movie about a guy who agrees to be a maid of honor because he can't respect her decision to marry someone else (let me guess how unrealistically that turns out), now a guy who tries to make himself look good by hiring a guy to treat the girl he supposedly loves like trash? I'm laughing already ...
Posted at 2:00PM on Apr 17th 2008 by ML
6. Dane Cook makes my skin crawl and not in the good, heroine withdrawal way.
Posted at 2:07PM on Apr 17th 2008 by GL
7. "Horrified" is the perfect word. That actually looks like a mash-up of the worst comedies of the past ten years. The lack of McConaughey is a plus, but that's about the best I can say.
Posted at 2:46PM on Apr 17th 2008 by Gina
8. I thought trailers were supposed to show the highlights of a film, guess I was wrong. No more Kate Hudson movies for me, her acting's really getting annoying.
Posted at 4:47PM on Apr 17th 2008 by Keren
1. Love Alec Baldwin -- he looks funny. But yeah, didn't do much for me either.
Posted at 10:19AM on Apr 17th 2008 by Erik Davis