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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.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Theatrical Release: Jan 17, 2003 Wide

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 – or tell his fiancée, Karen (Selma Blair). That’s why it comes as such a shock when the phone rings the... 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. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy

Director: Chris Koch
Screenwriter: Pete Schwaba, Greg Glienna, Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel
Producer: David Ladd, David A. Nicksay
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 15, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Stereo Surround - French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - 1. Deleted Scenes
  • 2. Alternate Endings
  • Audio Commentaries
  • Behind the Scenes - "Inside A GUY THING"
  • Featurettes - "Groovy Gravy"
  • Outtakes

Interactive Features:

  • Games
  • Trivia

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3/5

Would feel a lot emptier without the lively actors populating it.

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Rob Gonsalves
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I can't imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a 'thing' for guys or gals.

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02/08/05
Michael Dequina
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02/21/04
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2/5

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11/02/03
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09/05/03
Sydney Morning Herald
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2/5

Julia Stiles provides the one shining light in an otherwise dull, unfunny, cringe-inducing comedy caper.

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09/01/03
Shannon J. Harvey
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09/01/03
Sunday Times (Australia)
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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

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08/19/03
Mark Adnum
FILMINK (Australia)
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2/5

A date movie - but only if your other option is a documentary on plates.

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07/25/03
Harry Guerin
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07/08/03
Guardian [UK]
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4/10

...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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06/20/03
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06/10/03
Matthew Turner
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06/09/03
Greg Muskewitz
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2/4

The quirky comedic timing of skater-turned-thespian Jason Lee helps resuscitate a screenplay choking on its own predictability and awkwardly odd scenarios.

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05/20/03
Tyler Hanley
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04/20/03
Rich Cline
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2/5

Thanks to Chris Koch's slack direction, A Guy Thing never gathers real comic momentum.

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03/11/03
Jason Best
BBC
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1.5/5

A forgettable and unremarkable romantic comedy.

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03/09/03
Garth Franklin
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