How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Page #4

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
11,160 Views


I'm going to have this guy

running for his life.

You're not going to burn

his apartment down

or bite him or anything,

are you?

No! I'm going to limit myself

to doing everything girls

do wrong in relationships.

Basically, everything

we know guys hate.

I'll be clingy, needy...

- Yeah.

- Be touchy-feely.

Ooh, call him in the middle

of the night,

and tell him everything

you had to eat that day.

What's wrong with that?

I'm kidding.

Hello, Ben.

What are you doing here?

Phil, I'm here for

the meeting. Ladies.

But you weren't invited.

Yeah, but I should have been.

I mean, it was my tip

that DeLauer's shopping

for a new firm.

Yes, it was, but I have

to think in terms

of who's best-suited

within the company team.

Yes, sir, and that's me.

I want to handle this pitch.

Ben, you sell Joe Blow better

than anyone else in my shop,

but these girls sell luxury

better than anyone else

in the business.

We have to put our best foot

forward on this pitch.

DeLauer would be

our biggest account.

Yes, sir, they would.

Annual advertising billings

of 50- to $60 million.

And I am the man that's going

to bring this home

for you, Phil.

Why this place?

It's perfect.

Hi, Ingrid.

Hi.

Mullins' is the apres-work

watering hole

for the upwardly mobile.

Now, to date,

the diamond industry

has always targeted men,

sending the message

that the woman needs the man

to buy her the rock.

All right, they say,

"A diamond is forever. "

We say,

"A diamond is for everyone. "

I like that.

Yes.

We don't.

"A diamond is for everyone"

sends the message

that diamonds are everywhere,

which means they're not rare,

and if they're not rare,

they lose their status.

Status is the reason

to buy them in the first place,

which Benjamin would know

if he understood women,

which you don't.

You can't feel bad about that,

Ben. No man does.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Oh! Sorry.

Here. Here.

Thanks.

Dum, dum, dum, dum,

dum, dum, dum...

Hey, don't pressure her.

She's perusing.

Yes, exactly. Hmm.

Hmm.

Selling a diamond to a woman

is like making her fall in love.

She has to feel giddy,

desirous, adventurous,

and desperate.

Take a look around

this room, Phillip.

Most of the women in this bar

are looking for just that.

Exactly. The skills required

to market diamonds

are the same as those needed to

make a woman fall in love, yes.

I'm not talking about lust.

A woman in lust

wants chocolate.

A woman in love...

wants diamonds.

Yeah, I'm not talking

about lust, either, ladies.

I'm talking about deep,

meaningful,

head-over-heels,

his and her towels,

let's grow old together,

L- O-V-E.

Look, I love women. I do.

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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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