Kate Hudson ("Almost Famous") and Matthew McConaughey ("The Wedding Planner") co-star in this trite and predictable girls-night-out farce about Andie, a young twenty-something magazine writer (Hudson), who sets out to write an article that throws her into the path of another young twenty-something (McConaughey) who has an agenda of his own. The plot of Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barry's romance is told in its entirety in the previews; but, alas, director Donald Petrie felt the need to waste 112 minutes of the viewer's life instead.

"How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" is the clichd product of every nineties chick flick from "She's All That" to "Legally Blonde." Andie is a journalist with a master's degree from Columbia, who yearns to write more than just her monthly column in "Composure" magazine, in which her how-to articles explore the challenges of waxing and shopping. Much to her disappointment, her boss (Bebe Neuwirth of "Jumanji") does not allow Andie's high strung opinions on politics to infiltrate her women's lifestyle periodical.

As a compromise, Andie volunteers to use a fellow staff member's recent breakup to explore the mistakes women make in relationships. Under the impression that this sensational piece will guarantee greater journalistic freedom from the magazine, Andie sets forth to find a man and date him for ten days while doing all the irritating little things that women tragically but inevitably do.

In comes hotshot advertising executive Ben (McConaughey), who is trying to land a large account with a diamond dealer but has to fight off two vicious females in his company. In order to ward him off, his colleagues challenge him to prove his expertise on women's feelings by wagering on his ability to make a woman fall in love with him in ten days.

Somehow, with all the bars and clubs in New York City, Ben's colleagues happen to spot Andie in a crowd searching, for her guinea pig and throw Ben in her direction.

For obvious reasons, the rest of the movie then progresses at a painstakingly slow pace. Andie tries everything, from replacing Ben's masculine shaving products in his bathroom mirror with Vagisil and various menstrual products, to taking him to a chick-flick marathon and getting Ben punched and thrown out for talking about his feelings during the ultimate chick flick, "Sleepless in Seattle."

During the time from day two to day eight, Andie becomes increasingly ridiculous and intolerable, both to Ben and to audience. The result of her antics garnered, at most, a few chuckles.

There were some amusing moments in the film, although they were few and far between. One such moment was the staff meeting at the magazine that began with Neuwirth nonchalantly announcing, "Shoes off!" to the relief of her giggling female staff. Another scene, in which Ben expresses his confusion and frustration to his less handsome sidekicks, ends with Ben's mildly amusing description of Andie -- Kathie Lee Gifford on crack.

Putting plot and dialogue aside, the acting in "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" is as uneventful and uninteresting as the rest of the movie's qualities. Hudson's comic abilities were forced and mechanical, while McConaughey was far from believable as the sensitive, understanding boyfriend. His Southern smooth talking was charming, though not altogether appropriate for a character whose roots are in Staten Island. Together, the pair failed to generate any romantic sparks. Neuwirth played her role as the icy boss in a flat and uninspiring performance. Unfortunately, she was joined by a sea of other sadly forgettable characters.

The only thing worth watching in this movie is probably the Burberry-clad dog, but only if you actually enjoyed the Tiffany-sporting chihuahau of "Legally Blonde." Unless you have the time and money to waste or just want to get out of the cold and don't care what you do to stay warm, skip this flick and watch a re-run on television instead.

The re-run will be better.