
One of them is lying. So is the other.
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Cast
- Kate Hudson
- Matthew McConaughey
- Kathryn Hahn
- Annie Parisse
- Adam Goldberg
- Thomas Lennon
- Michael Michele
- Shalom Harlow
- Robert Klein
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Samantha Quan
- Justin Peroff
- Celia Weston
- James Murtaugh
- Archie MacGregor
- John DiResta
- Scott Benes
- Zachary Benes
- Rebecca Harris
- Liliane Montevecchi
- James Mainprize
- William Hill
- Georgia Craig
- Tony Longo
- Warner Wolf
- Doug Murray
- Natalie Brown
- Andrew Moodie
- David Macniven
- Jeff Gruich
- William Duell
- Ross Gallo
- Gina Sorell
- Diego Fuentes
- Ingrid Hart
- Al Bernstein
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Collin Barrett
- Bruce Farquhar
- Rod MacDonald
- Bob Reeves
- Gery Soles
- Jim Paris
- Frank Penny
- Marv Albert
- Ames Adamson
- Craig Castaldo
- Dono Cunningham
- Paul Huggett
- Randy Kerdoon
- Julie McLeod
- Jody Raymond
- David C. Roehm Sr.
- Michael Sercerchi
- Joe Taglia
Plots
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made.
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose a guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?
Benjamin, an ad executive, is trying to land a big account, only his boss thinks that it needs a feminine touch, so he considers giving it to a couple of female execs. Benjamin makes a wager with them that if he can get a woman to fall in love with him he gets the account. He lets the female execs choose the girl. They choose Andie, a writer for Composure magazine whom they had met earlier and learned she is doing an article called "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days". Knowing that she's going to be impossible, they don't tell him that. Ben tries his best to woo her while she does her best to drive him away.