How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Page #3

Synopsis: Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose a guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Donald Petrie
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG-13
Year:
2003
116 min
$105,765,605
Website
11,368 Views


into a must-read,

then you can write

about whatever you want.

Until then, you can write

about whatever I want.

Understood?

Yeah.

Michelle, what have you got?

I'm sorry, Lana,

I wasn't feeling very well...

She got dumped.

Oh, no,

Michelle...

What a hellish ordeal for you.

But I must say,

you are looking fabulous.

Are we loving

the way she looks, all?

- We love the way she looks.

- Oh, you are so right.

She looks great.

Well, I haven't eaten

since the split.

Good for you!

Write about it.

I can't use my personal life

for a story.

I understand completely.

Who will use Michelle's

personal life for a story?

Oh, I will.

- Go.

- No, no, no,

Lana,

with all due respect,

Lori has no business

mucking around

in my personal life,

and I can't...

I can't let her.

- I am...

- I'll do it.

What?

I'll... I will...

I'll sort of do it.

It's... You will be

my inspiration.

For?

Look at Michelle.

- She is a great girl, right?

- Yes.

An amazing woman.

But she has a problem

hanging onto relationships,

and doesn't really know

what she's doing wrong,

which is like a lot

of our readers.

Uh-huh.

So, I was thinking that

I could start by dating a guy,

and then drive him away,

but only using

the classic mistakes

most women, like Michelle,

make...

all the time.

I'll keep a diary of it,

and it will be sort of a...

dating "How to" in reverse.

What not to do.

Yeah.

"How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. "

Yes. Go.

Bart, what's new

in the shoe world?

Wait, wait, Lana, I'm sorry.

Why ten days?

Five days is too short,

and we go to press in 11. Yes?

Okay, what we found out

is men are attracted

to purple shoes.

Now, I love...

Maybe toss in something

spiritual as well.

Who's that chic Buddhist

Richard Gere cavorts with?

The Dalai Lama.

He's fabulous. Ah!

Here's my 10:
00. Welcome.

Hi.

Ladies, Judy Spears

and Judy Green

from Warren Advertising.

We're going to cook up

some fabulous tie-ins

for the fall.

Jeannie Ashcroft,

Fashion and Trends.

Michelle Rubin,

Fitness and Health.

Excuse me. Hi.

And Andie Anderson,

our resident "How to" girl.

Oh, I've seen

your column, Andie.

What are you working on now?

Oh, actually...

"How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. "

She's actually going

to start dating a guy,

and then drive him away

in a week and a half.

Sounds needlessly vicious.

It's going to be fabulous.

Now all she has to do

is run along

and find the lucky guy.

Go, go, go.

- Nice to meet you.

- Bye.

Good-bye.

Ladies, come.

Find the guy.

- Okay.

- Find the guy.

Oh, you are never going

to pull this off.

Watch me.

Tonight, I'll hook a guy.

Tomorrow, pull the switch.

Before the ten days are up,

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Kristen Buckley

Kristen Buckley (born June 9, 1968 in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter and author. She co-wrote the screenplays for 102 Dalmatians (for which she also co-wrote the story), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and Shoe Addicts Anonymous. She also wrote The Parker Grey Show (a novel) and Tramps Like Us (a memoir). more…

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