How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

"Based on the memoirs of a bitter journalist fired from uber-cool mag Vanity Fair, it's a little surprising this movie is so nice. Hell, based on the title I'm surprised it's so nice. But at the risk of sounding like a joyless wanker reviewing a comedy, that's kind of the problem with this film."

"Cleverly titled but noxious British comedy."

"The crushingly unfunny and slopped-together <strong>How to Lose Friends & Alienate People</strong> has neither the ambition nor the intelligence to do justice to its source material."

"A sharp-witted satire of celebrity journalism."

"When Pegg is breaking protocols with his uniquely ballsy aplomb, dancing like a doofus or doing battle with Venetian blinds, the film almost flies."

"There are some very funny lines thanks to Young's sharp, blunt and honest English wit - however, this film isn't, unfortunately, the biting satire it could have been."

"The putrid showbiz comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People appears to hit DEFCON 5 in mistaking its brand of moral laxity for cutesy irreverence."

"Ultimately, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People lets itself down with toothless writing, and some join-the-dots direction."