My Best Friend's Girl
My Best Friend's Girl is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written by Jordan Cahan, and starring Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Diora Baird, Alec Baldwin, Riki Lindhome and Lizzy Caplan. It was released on September 19, 2008, by Lionsgate. The film received generally unfavorable reviews from critics and grossed $41 million. As of 2024, it is the last film Deutch has directed.
Plot
Sherman "Tank" Turner is a help-line operator and a ladies' man with a side hustle: He helps gentlemen who want their ladies back by taking the women on a disastrous date. Throughout the evening, Tank behaves like a rude, vulgar Neanderthal, causing the woman he's out with to realize her ex is not really so bad after all and go back to him.
More details
| author | Jordan Cahan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Boston |
| director | Howard Deutch |
| editor | Seth Flaum |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | baby betray casual sex christian woman even flirt single mother sleep talk turn wedding reception |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Adam Herz Barry Katz Brian Volk-Weiss Doug Johnson Gregory Lessans Guymon Casady Josh Shader |
| productionCompany | Lionsgate Management 360 Superfinger Entertainment Terra Firma Films |
| publisher | Lionsgate |
| theme | romantic comedy |