How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 romantic comedy film, directed by Donald Petrie, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. It is based on a short cartoon book of the same name by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long. Andie Anderson is a writer who works for a magazine called Composure as the "How to" woman. She is bored and wishes she could write more about important things, such as politics, economics, religion, poverty; stuff she cares about. She soon finds herself writing an article called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". The idea comes about when Andie's friend, Michelle ,... experiences a minor breakdown after yet another break-up. Using her friend as inspiration, Andie reveals how she will actually start dating a guy and drive him away but 'only using the classic mistakes women make'. At the same time, advertising executive Benjamin Barry is striving for a pitch to advertise diamonds and explains to his boss and co-workers how "a woman in lust wants chocolate, a woman in love wants diamonds.
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| Release date: | January 27, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Donald Petrie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lynda Obst, Robert Evans, Christine Forsyth-Peters |
| Editor: | Debra Neil-Fisher |
| Music by: | David Newman |
| Cinematography: | John Bailey |
| Screenplay by: | Kristen Buckley, Burr Steers, Brian Regan |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |