How to Seduce Difficult Women

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How to Seduce Difficult Women
Directed byRichard Temtchine
Written byRichard Temtchine
Produced byRichard Temtchine
Starring
CinematographyBenjamin Chartier
Edited byMichael D. Thomson
Music byPedro H. da Silva
Production
company
Quadrant Entertainment
Distributed byQuadrant Entertainment
Release date
  • October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

How to Seduce Difficult Women is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written, directed, and produced by Richard Temtchine. The film stars Louis-Do de Lencquesaing and Stéphanie Szostak. It revolves around a writer who decides to take on ten relationship-challenged men to help them learn the art of seduction.

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On Rotten Tomatoes, How to Seduce Difficult Women holds an approval rating of 14% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 3.40 out of 10. [1] Joseph Jon Lanthier of Slant Magazine rated the film 1 out of 4 stars, noting it "embodies the disturbingly "modern" sexual idealism that promises kinky rewards and cuddly concessions respectively to men and women bold enough to assert their selfishness in pursuit of "instinctual" posturing (men control, women swoon)." [2] Aaron Hillis, writing for Time Out , gave the film 1 out of 5 stars. [3]

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References

  1. "How to Seduce Difficult Women". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. Lanthier, Joseph Jon (October 27, 2009). "Review: How to Seduce Difficult Women". Slant Magazine . Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. Hillis, Aaron (October 28, 2009). "How to Seduce Difficult Women". Time Out . Retrieved May 16, 2022.