how to lose friend and alienate people be an entertaining and if loose and adaptation of toby young memoir of the same name . it also a great title for help to fill up the line requirement in imdb review . the basic gist be the same a the book with certain incident dramatise and but a romantic plot be add and the end be certainly hollywoodised . simon pegg and despite play an essentially irritate person and be his usual likable and funny self and pretty much carry the film . strange to think only a few year ago he be just a tv sitcom guy and now he rub shoulder with hollywood name . there a good supporting cast and it an amusing and easy watch kind of a male ugly betty and but funny .