This fish-out-of-water tale tracks the escapades of Sidney Young, a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he'd better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen. He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson. He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone.
Production Number 9 Films [gb]; Film4 [gb](funding); Intandem Films [gb]; Aramid Entertainment Fund [ky](funding); Lipsync Productions [gb](funding); UK Film Council [gb](support);
Cast Names Sarah-Jane Paige; Tracy Redington; Jenny Rieu; Stuart Antony; Michael Bennett; Ashton Swinford; Michael Berendt; Daniel Craig; Kate Winslet; James Fiddy; Tim Glanfield; Brian Austin Green; Chris Jameson; Forbes KB; Thor Knai; Edward Lemont; Elli Meyer; Ben Morris; James Schram; Robert Stone; Debbie Attwell; Jemma Bolt; Serena Catapano; Heather Snow Clark; Giada Dobrzenska; Kelan Pannell; Janette Scott; Simon Pegg; Megan Fox; Gillian Anderson;
Box Office USD 2,778,752
Release Date 2008-10-03
Genres Comedy; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug
material.