There is a question posed in this movie that requires much thought: Would you give Megan Fox a cherished ring your dead mother left you, if Ms. Fox promised to have sex with you? Marinate on that for a bit, especially guys and lesbians.
Sidney Young(Simon Pegg) has always been obsessed with celebrity, but he lives to tear it down, mock it while wanting to be part of it. He runs a little magazine in England, where he tries to get into exclusive parties pretending to be the car taker for the pig who will star in Babe 3. One night he crashes the party of Sharps magazine and a big to do its made. The next morning, the man who runs Sharps, Clayton Harding(Jeff Bridges) offers Sidney a job on Sharps. Sidney shows up for day one in a t-shirt that reads "Young, dumb and full of come." He is not a brilliant guy. He desires to turn Sharps from celebrity worship to celebrity mocking. At Sharps he is the low man and answers to Alison Olsen(Kirsten Dunst). She appears to be the only one who can put up with Sidney's brand of obnoxious humor. Sidney is going nowhere int he magazine because he refuses to conform and give a celebrity publicist(Gillian Anderson looking amazing) final cut on his articles about her clients. However, when Sidney meets, a young and hot actress, Sophia Maes(Megan Fox), things change and he has to get next to her. Slapstick ensues and some love matches keep missing each other and Sidney finally makes it to the top, in a sad little montage that feels beneath the movie. He gets where he wants to get or does he?
So, were you thinking about the question posed because the movie kind of starts there and then the big climax happens as a result. Could you give up a family heirloom for a night of sex with Megan Fox? Sidney Young thinks so, and it is not difficult to see why. Megan Fox, all sexy pouty lips and that body, struts around this movie like the hottest thing ever. She always has some descent comic timing, although I suspect the dumb act wasn't difficult for her. Simon Pegg was kind of born to play roles like this as he has brilliantly subtle comic delivery, but is also adept at physical comedy and there are plenty of pratfalls for Pegg to do. He and Kirsten Dunst have a very nice easy chemistry which is good because the movie kind of revolves around the two of them becoming friends. Jeff Bridges doesn't have much to do, but he does a pretty good job and looks to be having fun with the role, which is nice in a movie like this.
"How to Lose" offers much in the way of laughs, especially in the first half, but it does lag in the final act, as we all know where it will eventually go. I think ti could have been shorter and perhaps tighter, but it still offers some great moments, unfortunately a few of the better laughs were blown in the trailer. There is a hilarious fight towards the end and Simon Pegg going on and on about this really sucky director never fails to make me laugh. With Hollywood being ripe for all kinds of satire or parody, I hoped this would be a bit more biting and maybe if I was in the magazine business, I would think it was biting, but it seemed a bit soft for my tastes in terms of satire. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and it never did. It kept one shoe on the entire movie. How uncomfortable!
Simon Pegg makes the movie worth my time because he is quite funny and he makes the most out of the material given to him and he proves he can carry a movie without the help of his usual co-workers, although he seems to work better with those guys. The movie is a little sweeter than I would have expected and not as biting. However, it has posed a question I will think about for eternity: What would I give up for the chance to have sex with Megan Fox?
Final Grade: C+
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