Synopsis
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
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Cast
- Simon PeggSidney Young
- Kirsten DunstAlison Olsen
- Danny HustonLawrence Maddox
- Megan FoxSophie Maes
- Jeff BridgesClayton Harding
- Gillian AndersonEleanor Johnson
- Max MinghellaVincent Lepak
- Jefferson MaysBill Nathanson
- Bill PatersonRichard Young
- Miriam MargolyesMrs. Kowalski
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Possibly the best movie that could be made about Toby Young that isn't rated NC-17. - 60
Empire
Not as smart or as satirical as you might hope, but an enjoyable and often funny look at a mad, mad, mad, mad world. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Best in show is the divine Gillian Anderson as a powerful celebrity publicist, editing the image of her clients in much the same way this adaptation tames Young's much pricklier book. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The result is an initially hilarious picture that grows perplexingly trite as screenwriter Peter Straughan transforms Young's sly observations into assembly-line pap. - 50
USA Today
Gets muddled in slapstick and crude humor. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Simon Pegg is likably smart and obnoxious as the fish-out-of-water Brit in high-gloss Manhattan, but he's swimming upstream in a feature that substitutes slapstick for scathing wit. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
An embarassingly unfunny, stumblebum adaptation of Toby Young's memoir. - 30
Variety
Cleverly titled but noxious British comedy.
