Dear Kate Hudson: It's nothing personal, really, but could you please, please stop it with the romantic comedies? It's not that you're not good at them. You are. Just like your mother, you're cute and bubbly and lovely. In other words, it's easy to believe you would always get the guy (although a little more difficult to believe you'd ever have any difficulty getting him, but that's for another letter). Your latest rom-com, My Best Friend's Girl, is annoying for several reasons: 1) Dane Cook. This is a huge step down from Matthew McConaughey, don't you think? At one point during the trailer, he tears open a burrito and spreads it on his face. (I only wish I were making this up.) 2) The dialogue is horrifying. Did you notice that Jason Biggs says, "I'm Mr. Right. Just not Mr. Right ... Now." You'll be waiting a long time for the applause on that one, and that made it into the trailer. 3) DANE COOK. 4) It's yet another romantic comedy. I get that this one is more comedy than romance -- the trailer doesn't even make it obvious which one of the losers your character chooses in the end -- but it's still part of the problem.
My advice to you, Ms. Hudson (other than to choose neither Biggs nor Cook; you can do so much better) is to try something new. Make a period drama. Or a zany comedy (one in which your character is not in a relationship). Or even another thriller. The Skeleton Key wasn't great or anything, but at this point I'd take a sequel to that over another movie in which you are lovelorn or dating or, god forbid, desperate. If you ignore my advice and end up playing another romantic lead, I will no longer like you. And I don't want to do that, because you are cute and charming and all that other stuff that you get from your mother. Don't make me not like you, Kate. Don't do it.
Sincerely,
Trying hard to be your fan
Sincerely,
Trying hard to be your fan
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