how to lose friend and alienate people be not base on tiger wood infidelity . it be a mediocre romantic comedy base on toby young book on his experience work a a journalist cover celebrity . the film star simon pegg a sidney young and a zany british journalist who take a job in an illustrious celebrity magazine in new york . young be restless in get catch up all type of shenanigan to alienate all around him and hence movie title . he be uproarious and daring and and moronic . but nevertheless for some very bizarre reason and he be a somewhat likable character . sidney befriend a fellow journalist and the composed alison olsen and play quite admirably by kirsten dunst . however and sidney be primarily long for the sexpot actress sophie maes play by the fantastic ms. megan fox . this foxtrot be short on act proficiency but high on eye candy material . sidney get in all kind of tomfoolery in order to move up the journalist ladder in the magazine co. those be the peak comedic moment of the film . however and i think that director robert weide and screenwriter peter straughan might lose some viewer and alienate authentic rom com material by develop an implausible romantic plot line between sidney and alison while even though team weidstraughan do formulate an entertaining narrative otherwise . pegg do peg his character down to the wire with his hilarious performance a sidney young . jeff bridge be again build the dude bridge with his enigmatic supporting work a clayton harding and the magazine suave prez . but the rest of the film acting be not worthy enough to feature here . how to lose friend and alienate people should not be alienate entirely and but you might lose some movie friend if you publicize it a a superlative romantic comedy . average .