How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.9
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film satirizes the superficiality of celebrity journalism and an individual's struggle for authenticity within that system. Its commentary is primarily social and personal, lacking an explicit promotion of either progressive or conservative political ideologies.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on satirizing the celebrity magazine culture and individual character foibles, rather than critiquing traditional identities or centering on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the heterosexual protagonist's comedic misadventures in the world of celebrity journalism, with no exploration of queer identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts Toby Young's memoir. Key characters, including the protagonist Sidney Young (based on Toby Young) and editor Clayton Harding (based on Graydon Carter), maintain their established male gender from the source material. There are no instances of characters canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film is an adaptation of Toby Young's memoir. All major characters, whether based on real individuals or fictionalized, are portrayed by actors of the same race as established in the source material or real-world history. No race swaps are identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
4.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.4
6.0
Critic Ratings
3.6
3.5
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