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Jason Biggs, Kate Hudson, and Dane Cook in My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Metacritic reviews

My Best Friend's Girl

34

Metascore

13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 70
    VarietyJoe Leydon
    VarietyJoe Leydon
    Manages to distract auds from the predictability of the plot with fusillades of profanely funny dialogue and some playfully sexy chemistry generated by Cook and Hudson.
  • 60
    The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
    The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
    Eventually the conventions of romantic comedy take hold, with the humor declining precipitously.
  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly
    Entertainment Weekly
    The actors (especially Alec Baldwin, as Tank's horndog dad) elevate the material slightly, but such piffle will just fill you with longing...for a better movie.
  • 50
    The New York TimesLaura Kern
    The New York TimesLaura Kern
    A date not entirely to be skipped. It's a movie tailor-made for those who think it's a turn-on to passionately kiss someone to whom they've just said, "I hate you."
  • 38
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
    My Best Friend's Girl isn't just a misfire; it's a misfire compounded by a chain of miscalculations, and it's hard to figure out who this could appeal to (except, perhaps, Dane Cook's fan club).
  • 38
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
    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.
  • 33
    The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
    The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
    Dane Cook plays a smug jerk in the dismal comedy My Best Friend's Girl. Strike that: He's only ACTING like a smug jerk.
  • 30
    Los Angeles Times
    Los Angeles Times
    Ultimately, its most unforgivable sin is that it's simply not funny.
  • 25
    Boston GlobeWesley Morris
    Boston GlobeWesley Morris
    There's a cheap thrill in watching Hudson defuse Cook's pig antics with some foulness of her own.
  • 25
    TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
    TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
    It lacks the courage of its swinish convictions, and abruptly acquiesces to bland rom-com clichés three-quarters of the way to its appointed end.
  • See all 13 reviews on Metacritic.com
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