Dex has a book-fed philosophy of successful seduction, although the movie never really shows us his technique in action.

NEWYORKER: The Tao of Steve

Six years ago, Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin), a guarded thirty-year-old corporate lawyer, fell for Dex (Colin Egglesfield), her law-school study partner, but stood idly by as he took up with her lifelong best friend, the loud, aggressive, uninhibited Darcy (Kate Hudson).

NEWYORKER: Something Borrowed