My Best Friend’s Girl Inspires No Thoughts Whatsoever

The trailer for My Best Friend’s Girl, the latest wrinkle-nosed rom-com confection starring Kate Hudson, is online, and it could not possibly seem like more of a bland, corporate-manufactured piece of fluff.

It’s all there — the totally anonymous title (bonus points for nipping it from an old pop song); the scene where a ruckus is created at a wedding; the presence of Jason Biggs, who still has the rot of Over Her Dead Body, not to mention the general stench of inconsequentiality, hanging over him; and a guy like Howard Deutch directing. The brief flash of bra from Hudson should fool no one, this is a movie that asks nothing of its audience, just as it asks nothing of its actors. No nuance, no semi-relatable real-world angst or moments of reflection, nothing. But, hey, whatever. It’ll do what it does, which is probably around $50-70 million domestically (I’m erring on the side of generosity), with steady ancillary revenue for the foreseeable future. Movies like this were made to play on airplanes. I’ll say this, though — best to dial down the Dane Cook, and dial up the Lizzy Caplan and Alec Baldwin, no matter their actual (in)significance in the finished product. My Best Friend’s Girl opens nationwide on September 19, from Lionsgate. For more information, click here.

2 thoughts on “My Best Friend’s Girl Inspires No Thoughts Whatsoever

  1. Do people go to Dane Cook movies? Is there any evidence of this? IMDB doesn’t seem to record that Employee of the Month or Good Luck Chuck did much in the way of business? Doesn’t this guy need to deliver one hit (and it doesn’t count if he’s supporting Steve Carrell) to be the savior of the romantic comedy?

  2. Dane Cook started off as a stand up comedian; now he’s starring in movies with Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudsen… pretty impressive.

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