After looking on this board to see why most people did not enjoy My Best Friend's Girl, it seemed like the only reason why was due to their lack of respect for Dane Cook, everyone just complained about him or Kate Hudson, but in some sick way I still wanted to see the movie. So I wanted to give it a fair chance and I saw it on Monday, oh, how I regret doing so. There are several problems wrong with this movie: the title is misleading, Jason Biggs really never had Kate Hudson as an official girlfriend in the movie, so why is the title "My Best Friend's Girl"? The song "My Best Friend's Girl" is played almost over and over again in every scene, it gets pretty annoying. Kate Hudson says she wants to get out there and date, but she dates one guy and falls for him. Then Dane Cook is supposed to play this complete and total jerk who just messes around with women's heads and I'm supposed to believe he can just do a 180 on his personality when he finds the right girl? Oh, this story gave me a headache.
Dustin is crazy about a girl he has been dating, Alexis, so much that he moves quickly to say that he loves her and that they should move faster. Alexis freaks out and dumps Dusty, leading him to ask his friend, Tank, for a favor, Tank gets paid by other men to take their ex's out and to be a complete and total disgusting jerk making them realize that the guy they had before was an angel and should be given a second chance. Tank does this for Dusty, one problem, Tank actually really likes Alexis, the plan backfires when Alexis tells Dusty she would like to continue to see other people. Dusty thinks Tank is still trying to help him while secretly he continues dating Alexis and finding out that he even falls for her just as hard as Dusty does.
This movie is hypocritical, sick, and honestly doesn't have any redeemable qualities. I'm supposed to feel bad for Dane Cook's character after he realizes that Alexis is special and because he does one cute thing for her, all that he's put other women through, all he just did to his best friend, all he is putting Alexis through, I'm supposed to like him at the end? Not to mention Alexis sees him finally moving on after she dumps him, he's with another woman and rudely breaks up their date making a fool out of herself. Dusty moves onto a slutty girl and... God, this movie just made me so angry. It has 2 funny giggles, that's about it, I wouldn't really recommend it though. I love movies, if they're aimed for a certain purpose, I cut it a lot of slack, but this movie was just very messy when it came to the story and it just got predictable and stupid.
2/10
Dustin is crazy about a girl he has been dating, Alexis, so much that he moves quickly to say that he loves her and that they should move faster. Alexis freaks out and dumps Dusty, leading him to ask his friend, Tank, for a favor, Tank gets paid by other men to take their ex's out and to be a complete and total disgusting jerk making them realize that the guy they had before was an angel and should be given a second chance. Tank does this for Dusty, one problem, Tank actually really likes Alexis, the plan backfires when Alexis tells Dusty she would like to continue to see other people. Dusty thinks Tank is still trying to help him while secretly he continues dating Alexis and finding out that he even falls for her just as hard as Dusty does.
This movie is hypocritical, sick, and honestly doesn't have any redeemable qualities. I'm supposed to feel bad for Dane Cook's character after he realizes that Alexis is special and because he does one cute thing for her, all that he's put other women through, all he just did to his best friend, all he is putting Alexis through, I'm supposed to like him at the end? Not to mention Alexis sees him finally moving on after she dumps him, he's with another woman and rudely breaks up their date making a fool out of herself. Dusty moves onto a slutty girl and... God, this movie just made me so angry. It has 2 funny giggles, that's about it, I wouldn't really recommend it though. I love movies, if they're aimed for a certain purpose, I cut it a lot of slack, but this movie was just very messy when it came to the story and it just got predictable and stupid.
2/10