How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

(2008)

★ 6 IMDb · 866 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Роберт Б. Уайди

Cast: Саймон Пегг, Кирстен Данст, Дэнни Хьюстон, Меган Фокс, Джефф Бриджес, Джиллиан Андерсон, Макс Мингелла, Jefferson Mays, Bill Paterson, Мириам Маргулис

Plot

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamor. His alternative magazine, "Post Modern Review", pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based "Sharps" magazine it's something of a shock! It seems "Sharps" editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes. Initially helping him out at Sharps is colleague Alison Olsen, who has her own secret. Wither their friendship?