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A Guy Thing (2003)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:24
Rotten:73
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Wasting the talent of its leads, this predictable romantic comedy relies on cheap laughs.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $15,408,822
Synopsis:
It’s his bachelor bash, his one final night to be a wild single guy, but Paul (Jason Lee) isn’t exactly the life of the party. Instead, he’s determined not to do anything he can’t live with later –...
It’s his bachelor bash, his one final night to be a wild single guy, but Paul (Jason Lee) isn’t exactly the life of the party. Instead, he’s determined not to do anything he can’t live with later – or tell his fiancée, Karen (Selma Blair). That’s why it comes as such a shock when the phone rings the next morning and he wakes up to discover a lovely stranger named Becky (Julia Stiles) in bed next to him with no clothes on.
Worse: His mother-in-law-to-be is the one who is calling.
Even worse: She tells him Karen is on her way over.
Paul zooms into frantic action, shooing Becky out the door and desperately trying to rid the apartment of any evidence of wrongdoing – even though he can’t remember doing anything wrong. When Karen does arrive and asks him how the bachelor party went, Paul tells a teensy lie to cover up what may or may not be the truth. That teensy lie turns into a bigger one, and soon Paul’s life is a series of comical misunderstandings. Paul gets trapped in an ever-escalating comedy of errors with no apparent way out – except up the aisle.
When a guy decides he’s ready to make a commitment, how does he know he’s making the right one? It’s amazing how much can change because of one little thing – A Guy Thing.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a David Ladd Films production of A Guy Thing, a comedy starring Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy, Lochlyn Munro, and Julie Hagerty. Directed by Chris Koch, the screenplay is by Greg Glienna & Pete Schwaba and Matt Tarses & Bill Wrubel, the story by Greg Glienna. A Guy Thing was produced by David Ladd and David Nicksay. The talented roster of filmmakers includes director of photography Robbie Greenberg, production designer Dan Davis, film editor David Moritz, costume designer Pamela Withers, music supervisor Maureen Crowe, and composer Mark Mothersbaugh.
Starring: Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair, James Brolin
Starring: Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy, David Koechner, Thomas Lennon, Lochlyn Munro, Diana Scarwid, Julie Hagerty
Director: Chris Koch
Director: Chris Koch
Screenwriter: Pete Schwaba, Greg Glienna, Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel
Producer: David Ladd, David A. Nicksay
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh
Studio: MGM/UA
Reviews for A Guy Thing
every bumbling mishap along the way to the aisle- the sudden public attacks of diarrhea, the psychotic ex-boyfriend, about a hundred other stale gags - is straight out of the campus-howler how-to book
I can't imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a 'thing' for guys or gals.
Julia Stiles provides the one shining light in an otherwise dull, unfunny, cringe-inducing comedy caper.
A date movie - but only if your other option is a documentary on plates.
...wasn't as bad as suffering through Just Married, but that's a little like saying you'd rather cross the Atlantic in the Hindenburg than the Titanic.
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