My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

14% of critics liked it
(58 reviews)
51% of users liked it
(84,832 ratings)

Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, and Alec Baldwin star in this romantic comedy about a man (Cook) who makes his living convincing women to run back into the arms of the men they have recently dumped by taking them on the worst possible dates imaginable. The nightmare lothario's lucrative scheme hits an… More Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, and Alec Baldwin star in this romantic comedy about a man (Cook) who makes his living convincing women to run back into the arms of the men they have recently dumped by taking them on the worst possible dates imaginable. The nightmare lothario's lucrative scheme hits an unexpected hitch, however, when he is hired by his best friend (Jason Biggs) to take out the beauty he longs to win back. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By: Howard Deutch
Written By: Jordan Cahan
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 18, 2008 Wide
On DVD: Jan 13, 2009
Studio: Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

Reece Pendleton, Chicago Reader
There's something genuinely transgressive beneath the movie's rom-com surface, though director Howard Deutch keeps retreating to the safety of frat-boy humor.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
The inexplicable romantic comedy career of Dane Cook marches on.
Laura Kern, New York Times
There are no surprises here, but speedy pacing and a smattering of laughs along the way, as well as a knowing turn by Alec Baldwin as Tank's even more piggish father, make My Best Friend's Girl a date not entirely to be skipped.
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times
Ultimately, its most unforgivable sin is that it's simply not funny.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
An ugly, strictly-for-meatheads comedy that can only be recommended to couples who wear matching Tie Domi Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys out on a date.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It borrows from much funnier movies such as Hitch, Wedding Crashers and My Best Friend's Wedding. Never has a romantic comedy seemed less romantic or less comedic.
S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media
Inane, raunchy romantic comedy inspires no love.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...ultimately falls prey to the melodramatic silliness that one has come to expect from the romantic comedy genre.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
mostly unwatchable
Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
A trophy hottie who can't get enough of all the crude sexual insults this lowlife male pig - without lipstick - is dispensing as effective foreplay, while succumbing to his extreme dirty talk as the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
This is one of those films that would be enormously improved by the arrival of 100 crazy Somali pirates who would proceed to take the entire cast hostage.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
Tedious, largely unfunny and poorly written comedy with the least likeable collection of characters you'll see all year.
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
Yet another in a continuing line of dismal Dane Cook so-called romantic comedies.
Victor Olliver, Teletext
It's a wonder the guys don't just wear Flintstone loincloths. Now let's hear it: Yabba-dabba-don't.
Josh Rosenblatt, Austin Chronicle
Any schmuck with a typewriter and a dirty mouth can test the limits of good taste; it's something else entirely to push the boundaries of narrative possibility and emotional empathy.
Jason Di Rosso, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
A rude, crude romantic comedy with a touch of nastiness that's refreshing and quite funny.
Colin Fraser, FILMINK (Australia)
You should steer well clear of the nasty ideas that screenwriter Jordan Cahan has about relationships and how they work.
Leigh Paatsch, Daily Telegraph (Australia)
A film that truly bites.
Jim Schembri, The Age (Australia)
Dane Cook proves why he is one of American comedy's favourite big-time naughty boys in this fast, funny, foul-tongued but sweet-natured adult-skewed romantic comedy.
Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia)
The film veers off into that realm of unbelievability that I react against. But there is a certain fascination in watching Cook strut his stuff (and boy does he strut), and Kate Hudson is pleasant to watch.

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♥Robyn

A master at seducing and offending women, Tank is a professional. When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives an experience so horrible it sends them running back to their ex's.An outrageous,(at times) sexy,… More
A master at seducing and offending women, Tank is a professional. When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives an experience so horrible it sends them running back to their ex's.An outrageous,(at times) sexy, no-holds-barred romantic comedy
MisterYoda ?

I can't say that this movie was amazing for story line or anything but I laughed my ass off almost the whole movie. It's basically like a male alternative to a "chick flick". Year it's rude and crude but.... IT"S DANE COOK! if you went in thinking that it… More
I can't say that this movie was amazing for story line or anything but I laughed my ass off almost the whole movie. It's basically like a male alternative to a "chick flick". Year it's rude and crude but.... IT"S DANE COOK! if you went in thinking that it would be anything less then your just dumb, The trailers showed you exactly what you are getting. One thing that I loved about this movie is that it wasn't so fake. most guys in chick flicks are so wonderful then they just make one mistake and spend the rest of the movie trying to fix it till everyone lives happily ever after. This movie isn't like that at all. One last thing I liked is that I couldn't have predicted just how far he would go to mess things up, so the shock value of almost everything he says is awesome. Everyone in the Theater I was in was laugh through the movie too. I can't believe it got such a bad rating here but I guess I've also seen movies on here with high ratings that just sucked. whatever.
Lenny M

Dane Cook continues his streak of fecal-like films, still hitless, inept to transform his cock dick stand-up humor into a good comedy. One dimensional premise, a Jason Biggs mainstay. Kate Hudson is like a double glazed chicken crisper.
Dead A

This wasn't funny. Disgusting. But watchable.
KJ P

This was funny to watch but the story lacks more than anything!
Dean M

<i>Crude, lewd, rude and very, very, very, very funny!</i> Of course, there are some genuinely funny moments in this romantic comedy film, largely thanks to Dana Cook, who has the 'cocky charmer' thing completely down. These women who dated Cook keep calling him… More
<i>Crude, lewd, rude and very, very, very, very funny!</i> Of course, there are some genuinely funny moments in this romantic comedy film, largely thanks to Dana Cook, who has the 'cocky charmer' thing completely down. These women who dated Cook keep calling him an asshole so does Kate Hudson, but she drives herself madly in love with him. Kate Hudson is fantastic in her brave performance like her mother, Goldie Hawn. And speaking of Jason Bigg, he's good in this too, still playing like a loser - his 'eyebrows' scene is a real rib-tickler!
Coxxie M

my best friends girl: not terrible movie, but far from great. And you should probably be worried about yourself if you find Dane's character likeable, because he plays an even bigger asshole than he is in real life. that must have been something to accomplish. so points for the… More
my best friends girl: not terrible movie, but far from great. And you should probably be worried about yourself if you find Dane's character likeable, because he plays an even bigger asshole than he is in real life. that must have been something to accomplish. so points for the director for getting that extra ass-ness out of him.
Mike S

Funnier than I expected! Considering I'd never heard a single word about this, I instantly assumed it'd be nothing special. You know, the kind of movie you just see because you got nothing better to do, as opposed to looking forward to watching. But as much as it surprised… More
Funnier than I expected! Considering I'd never heard a single word about this, I instantly assumed it'd be nothing special. You know, the kind of movie you just see because you got nothing better to do, as opposed to looking forward to watching. But as much as it surprised me, it was actually way better than I could have hoped. The dialogue is great and the story really interesting, as I kept wondering what was gonna happen next. Also, it's a very honest film, and I could really relate to a lot that was going on. Especially as it comes to Jason Biggs's character, who (as much I hate admitting it) sort of felt like an american version of me at times. Anyway, so be sure not to mistake this for just another run-of-the-mill "chick flick", because it's much better than that, and offers a storyline that can be enjoyed regardless of your gender.
Roy G

A rude, crude romantic comedy with a touch of nastiness that's refreshing and quite funny.
Nicki M

Better than expected for a no brainer comedy. Some genuinely funny bits in it. Some not so great too. Dane Cook is not that appealing as a lead, even when he's not being deliberately vile and Kate Hudson is really pushing the hot female status too, although I don't… More
Better than expected for a no brainer comedy. Some genuinely funny bits in it. Some not so great too. Dane Cook is not that appealing as a lead, even when he's not being deliberately vile and Kate Hudson is really pushing the hot female status too, although I don't actually mind her as an actress. Enjoyable, but silly.
Chris G

You have to feel sorry for Dane Cook. He must not be getting A caliber scripts if he has to resort to starring in a 180 degree remake of a film he did six months before. Let's go back to 2007. Good Luck Chuck. Cook plays a guy who women use to find their true love and get… More
You have to feel sorry for Dane Cook. He must not be getting A caliber scripts if he has to resort to starring in a 180 degree remake of a film he did six months before. Let's go back to 2007. Good Luck Chuck. Cook plays a guy who women use to find their true love and get married. 2008- Cook stars in My Best Friend's Girl, a film that finds Cook being paid by men so that the women they love can see how bad they could really have it. I know you can argue that it's not the same movie but it's just as predictable and just as bad. Tank (Cook) is hired by his roomate/relative Dustin (Jason Biggs) to date his "girlfriend" Alexis (Kate Hudson) so that she'll go running back into his arms and they'll get married and blah, blah, blah. So you know what happens? Yeah! Tank and Alexis fall in love much to Dustin's dissatisfaction and the typical, mindless romantic comedy stuff plays out as usual. Alec Baldwin pops up as Tank's sex maniac Women's studies professor father. The main problem with My Best Friend's Girl is that the characters are very wishy washy. Alexis and Dustin are on a date, but you don't see where there's really an chemistry between leading you to wonder why in the hell he would hire Tank in the first place, other than it's in the script. Dustin is obsessed and Alexis likes Dustin, but has sex with Tank to make herself better for Dustin who it seems she doesn't really give a shit about to begin with. It's sad when the scum bags played by Cook and Baldwin have more credibility than the two decent and normal people in the film. This film is your typical throw away garbage that the studio puts out in the dead box office times of year in hopes that people on dates need a movie to go see. Hopefully anyone who saw My Best Friend's Girl as part of a date didn't skimp on dinner.
Nani V

The humor was horrible...the story was horribe as well...and Dane Cook was annoying as usual. He's not even "hot" as how they portrayed him to be.
Manu G

Quite funny and complicated in a friend don't go behind your back style. Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the girl of Dustin?s dreams. But after only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down… More
Quite funny and complicated in a friend don't go behind your back style. Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the girl of Dustin?s dreams. But after only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialist. A master at seducing and offending women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives ,an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. But when Tank works his magic on Alexis, he ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to his best friend?s girl.
moon r

it's fun, it's brash, it's fast and it's loose and i'm not talkin' 'bout yer kitty in heat, but about this rather questionable entertainment effort. it's the second movie i saw this weekend wherein the lead is an "asshole"---but, get… More
it's fun, it's brash, it's fast and it's loose and i'm not talkin' 'bout yer kitty in heat, but about this rather questionable entertainment effort. it's the second movie i saw this weekend wherein the lead is an "asshole"---but, get this, he's doin' it ON PURPOSE, so it's alright!. this one does it so that they, the women in the world of dating, having no sense of their own and infatuated with "bad guys" get their comeuppance and learn to appreciate the regular schmucks they usually disdain. which is only as silly as half a dozen similar efforts i've seen this year. no better, no worse, only this one...there is a distastefully appalling lack of appreciation for morality here that was decidedly uncomfortable. hudson is talked into sleeping with strange men so as to complete her limited education, and so she does, and no one, but no one (no one except the shmuck who loves her from afar) seems to think anything at all about the sad implications of following such a course. it was like watching a 90 minute infomercial about the joys of unrestricted sex for the hell of it...and i hope i'm not selling this by saying that.
Mason W

My Best Friend's Girl, is a funny movie starring Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, Jason Biggs, and Alec Baldwin. This movie centers on a professional jerk (Cook) who is hired by a close friend (Biggs) to date his ex-gf (Hudson). The idea is to date and have it go so terribly wrong… More
My Best Friend's Girl, is a funny movie starring Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, Jason Biggs, and Alec Baldwin. This movie centers on a professional jerk (Cook) who is hired by a close friend (Biggs) to date his ex-gf (Hudson). The idea is to date and have it go so terribly wrong that she will go running to her ex....things get a little messy and it has many crazy moments.
Andreas B

Imagine a movie where it feels like you are a seal and the seal is trying to swim away from the big ship that says *commercial product name here*. That product is chasing after you with a big beacon and a bunch of sailors that keep swearing and cursing and calling you a "f***ing… More
Imagine a movie where it feels like you are a seal and the seal is trying to swim away from the big ship that says *commercial product name here*. That product is chasing after you with a big beacon and a bunch of sailors that keep swearing and cursing and calling you a "f***ing c***bag seal" and you swim away saying Oh god oh no oh God oh no I can't go yet, and this is about the time that this joke has gone on for too long and is not funny or easy to remember. That long intro is pretty much the basis of My Best Friend's Girl, a movie that was created just to have a bunch of elongated Dane Cook jokes that miss the point. No one wants to hear a joke longer than Jason Brigg's head, let alone over twenty. This unoriginal script is about a guy wanting to get the girl, and a guy who does not but in the end does. This formula has been done better so many times, and this chauvinistic sex-romp was not needed. So many jokes about sex and genitalia that it would even make Ron Jeremy feel that this movie is redundant, and trust me that is saying something. This movie is stale, and I mean that in the most complimentary way. This movie seems like it were written by two fifteen year olds who had discovered a pornographic website and thought "lol dan coko is da best eva les mak @ funee movee". Dane Cook is rarely and barely funny, but a) rarely and barely funny does not save a film, and b) the times he is slightly funny are not in this film at all. You should rather get a bunch of youtube clips of his live shows, put them in a playlist and hit randomize and you'd get a better, more cohesive film than this crap heap. As for Kate Hudson, seriously. Come on. You are NOT that bad of an actress; give yourself some credibility! First How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, then Fool's Gold, etc, and now this? You have been in films WAY better than this, and it's not as if you are not good enough to star in credible movies. This film is stupid. I can no longer listen to the song by The Cars without wanting to shove a needle into my eye. The jokes are as funny as watching a pig eat a banana... ...Wait that is actually hilarious. No, this film is not that funny. This film is trashy trash: Garbage laced in vulgarities that have no purpose. If this is My Best Friend's Girl, she is definitely a butterface. Final Rating: 1.6/10 Keep An Eye Out For: When Jason Briggs gives Kate Hudson "When Harry Met Sally". This is a key reminder that there are actually good romantic comedies out there, and ones you should rather watch. Oh, and Diora Baird is always nice.
Burger S

It's still a little far fetched that Dane Cook is such a "head turner", but I laughed out loud at least five times during this movie. Way better than Good Luck Chuch!
Sol C

While the trailer looks good, the film disappoints. I felt like I have seen this romantic triangle type of film before and done better. One example: There's Something About Marry. Dane Cook was much better in Good Luck Chuck and Employee of the Month than in this film. Kate… More
While the trailer looks good, the film disappoints. I felt like I have seen this romantic triangle type of film before and done better. One example: There's Something About Marry. Dane Cook was much better in Good Luck Chuck and Employee of the Month than in this film. Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs do an ok job with their roles. Alec Baldwin steals each scene that he is in. I did like the the songs in the movie. Howard Deutch has directed better films than this.
Panta O

[b][size=5][color=red]My Best Friend's Girl (2008)[/color][/size][/b] [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/11/10008611.jpg[/img] [b]U filmu koji je komedija, sa dobrim glumcima, se uvek da primetiti i najmanji nedostatak u scenariju ili režiji... a ovog… More
[b][size=5][color=red]My Best Friend's Girl (2008)[/color][/size][/b] [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/11/10008611.jpg[/img] [b]U filmu koji je komedija, sa dobrim glumcima, se uvek da primetiti i najmanji nedostatak u scenariju ili režiji... a ovog uta ih je bilo više. Ne mogu da kažem da nije bilo gledljivo, ali moram vam reæi da sam mogao iæi dalje kroz život i bez ovog filma... ionako nije ostavio traga u meni... što je šteta kada u glavnoj ulozi imamo Dane Cook-a (GOOD LUCK CHUCK) i pored njega Kate Hudson. Hudson kao Alexis ima posebnog šarma u ovom filmu (iako me jako podsetila na Jennifer Lopez ali bez svih njenih najboljih “osobina”) o muškarcu koji živi od toga da, za nadoknadu, izaðe sa njihovim devojkama i “oživi” vezu tako što æe praviti budalu od sebe i obezbediti im najgori moguæi izlazak u životu (posle èega njihovi momci izgledaju kao zlato)… [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1188606/photo_11_hires.jpg[/img] Režiser Howard Deutch i scenarista Jordan Cahan pokušavaju da kompenzuju što se moglo, ali, po mom mišljenju, neuspešno… ipak, ne bih ocenio jako negativno ovaj film jer nije ni zamišljen kao neko remek-delo veæ zabava za utorak ili sredu uveèe kada je najdosadnije… [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1188606/photo_10_hires.jpg[/img] Ocena je ovoga puta 4/10.[/b] [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1188606/photo_09_hires.jpg[/img]
Deb S

Dane Cook's Tank got a special talent; you pay him to go out with your girlfriend just so that after one horrific dating experience, your loved one will appreciate you a lot more, and get back into your arms. Tank's best friend and roommate Dustin (the dorky clueless… More
Dane Cook's Tank got a special talent; you pay him to go out with your girlfriend just so that after one horrific dating experience, your loved one will appreciate you a lot more, and get back into your arms. Tank's best friend and roommate Dustin (the dorky clueless wrack of guy Jason Biggs) is a complete loser, and madly in love with his co-worker Alexis (the sexy Kate Hudson). After weeks of dating, things are going nowhere so when Dustin confesses to Alexis that he loves her, Alexis suggests that they just remain friends....the kiss of death. Desperate Dustin resorts to asking Tank to get Alexis back for him but predictably Tank ends up falling in love with Alexis. This movie was so fun to watch and filled with great one-liners and I would definitely recommend it if you're looking for a great laughs, and you're not worried about the crudity and lewdness.