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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachMcConaughey and (especially) Hudson manage to make it all work, maintaining their likability even in situations where they inevitably end up acting like jerks.
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanAt least it's a pleasant walk, with attractive people and nice conversation
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt does have its tart, fizzy moments.
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinIt's totally implausible, and yet it gets at something unnervingly real: the way that people can blow a budding relationship by being too honest with each other.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWith its ungainly double-deception premise, How to Lose a Guy feels like it was made out of two connect-the-dots drawings laid haphazardly on top of one another.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThere is no shape or pacing to Daniel Petrie's movie. It's like a bottle of soda left uncapped. So thus a story that promised effervescence ends up being flat.
- 40Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe movie isn't all bad, and it's sure to succeed with its target audience.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA concept, no matter how promising, is not a movie, and this picture has the bad luck to illustrate the difference.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWhen a chick flick goes wrong -- and this one hits a dead end in hell -- it's a wipeout.
- 20L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertDirected by Donald Petrie ("Miss Congeniality") with about as much substance and style as a ham sandwich. It's a heavy hand that damps down such airy creatures as Hudson and McConaughey.