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.
Where the movie succeeds is in its sudden right turns, its willingness to kill a dog, always a bold choice, and its consistent emphasis of the comedy over the romance.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
rotten:
Just because you are supposed to laugh doesn't mean you are going to laugh.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
rotten:
It plays like a made-for-CBS redo of The Devil Wears Prada.
– Robert Wilonsky,
Village Voice,
3 Oct 2008
rotten:
What was good enough for the printed page -- a comic chronicle of our obsession with the shallow -- has been turned into the object of its own derision.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
3 Oct 2008
rotten:
Instead of skewering self-important stars and vapid journalists, Friends gets muddled in slapstick and crude humor.