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Avg. Critic Score: 45 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    It's about as close to French farce as romantic comedies get, and the closer the better. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    At least it's a pleasant walk, with attractive people and nice conversation Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    It does have its tart, fizzy moments. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    With its ungainly double-deception premise, How to Lose a Guy feels like it was made out of two connect-the-dots drawings laid haphazardly on top of one another. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Both lead players are appealing and attractive enough to make an otherwise tepid movie at least un-excruciating. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    How to lose an audience in 10 minutes: Cobble together a predictable and forced romantic comedy that should have been funnier. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A concept, no matter how promising, is not a movie, and this picture has the bad luck to illustrate the difference. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I am just about ready to write off movies in which people make bets about whether they will, or will not, fall in love. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    This is the kind of movie that was doomed on the page, both by an inherently problematic premise and ill-conceived character motivations. Read full review

  • 25
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    When a chick flick goes wrong -- and this one hits a dead end in hell -- it's a wipeout. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Battle of the sexes romcom with mature content.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has very mature material for a PG-13, including explicit and graphic sexual references and situations. There are references to impotence, orgasms, sex between people who do not know each other very well, and the appropriate name to give to genitals. Characters drink and smoke. Drinking to the point of drunkenness is portrayed as a way to handle unhappiness. There is also very strong language for a PG-13, including continuous use through one long scene of the word "bulls--t" in a card game. Most important, this is a movie in which the characters lie to each other and manipulate each other and make no effort to tell each other the truth, even after they have become very close.
  • Families can talk about how men and women may have different communication styles. And they should talk about bets that may hurt someone's feelings. What negative male and female stereotypes did you see here?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Deceptive behavior, and numerous negative female and male stereotypes -- meant for laughs but will be offensive to many.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: One punch in the face.
  • sex false3 Sex: Plenty of sex talk and sexual behavior. The couple follow each other into the shower for implied sex, kiss passionately, visit a couples/sex therapist, and talk about the name of his penis. Plenty of sexualized magazine headlines shown and near-naked women posing in sportswear.
  • language false3 Language: Many instances of "s--t" especially, plus "pisser," "ass," "freaking," and more. They play the card game named "Bulls--t."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking and smoking, drunkenness; lots of drinking references.
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