7/10
Cooking raunchy chatter comedy here!
21 September 2008
(In the style of The Cars hit song "My Best Friend's Girl")

These romantic comedies are always playing down the street With their formulaic chic film style And every new date boy that gets to see Is not in store for a real surprise

(here he comes again) Dane Cook plays Tank with his unruly style Oh, he'll make you flip (here he comes again) When he is cursing to his dates neath the starry sky I kind of like the way he bleeps He stars in "My Best Friend's Girl" He rocks in "My Best Friend's Girl" His Tank is not kind

Kate Hudson got her mother's acting roots But sometimes it drips way above When she tries to be too hip In some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove (here she comes again) When she is starring in movies it makes me cry Yeah, I think I will movie flip (here she comes again) Playing another chic-flick chic who dumps a guy Cause she also stars in "My Best Friend's Girl" She does suck in "My Best Friend's Girl" She used to be so fine She was so fine

OK, I will stop "The Cars" and put on the brakes. The aforementioned musical analogy provided my in-pun input on the protagonists of the film "My Best Friend's Girl". But just in case you did not comprehend the musical jingle film review lingo, let me present it to you in more standard pun terms: Dane Cook was hilarious as Tank, a jabbering Bostonian who gets paid by male dumpees to date their female dumpers in order to reconcile with them. Tank's side-splitting female humiliation ploys is the only aspect that stopped me from not completely dumping "My Best Friend's Girl". Kate Hudson was horrendously superficial as Alexis, our leading female protagonist who herself has dumped Tank's best friend Dustin (played by Jason Biggs); let's just say that Dustin is a very Offman in the courtship department. Dustin eventually hires Tank to shoot his dating fires on Alexis, and out of nowhere (smell of sarcasm arises) Tank falls for his best friend's girl. Director Howard Deutch probably got the inspiration on helming "My Best Friend's Girl" from his younger dating days when he would ask his female dates to go "dutch". Punning kidding aside, his effort was credible but ran into too many emblematic romantic comedy traps. I do give a nod to Screenwriter Jordan Cahan for having the "cahanes" to scribe up a witty raunchy dialogue for Tank. However, the rest of his written narrative of "My Best Friend's Girl" had "Help me Howard" written all over it. I would not be a good friend to you if I would tell you see "My Best Friend's Girl" as soon as possible. My best advice to you is to wait for its Netflix delivery! *** Average
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