Rotten
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.
Reece Pendleton, Chicago Reader
My Best Friend's Girl
It's funny what love can make you do...
2008 · 1h 41m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Howard Deutch
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My Best Friend's Girl
Overview
Lovestruck Dustin is dating Alexis, his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her back. He asks his best friend Tank to take her on the worst rebound date imaginable - his side job - so that she will come running back to him, and Tank reluctantly agrees. However, Alexis is more than a match for Tank's shock tactics and he begins to really fall for her, leaving him torn between loyalty to Dustin and his growing attraction toward Alexis.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In order for My Best Friend's Girl to work at all, it needs a leading man with the charisma to suggest the soulful, lovelorn gentleman behind the crude serial womanizer.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
The inexplicable romantic comedy career of Dane Cook marches on.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
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.
Laura Kern, New York Times
Rotten
Ultimately, its most unforgivable sin is that it's simply not funny.
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
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