A Guy Thing (2002)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 75
Wasting the talent of its leads, this predictable romantic comedy relies on cheap laughs.
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 24
Wasting the talent of its leads, this predictable romantic comedy relies on cheap laughs.
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Movie Info
A man trying to save his relationship with the woman he loves finds himself sinking into a quicksand of small lies and half-truths in this comedy. Paul (Jason Lee) is a regular guy who is engaged to marry Karen (Selma Blair); while Paul loves Karen, he's more than a bit nervous around her family, even though her father (James Brolin) has already given him a job in the family business. Shortly before the wedding, Paul's friends throw him a bachelor party, complete with a boatload of liquor and a
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Cast
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Julia Stiles
Becky -
Jason Lee
Paul Coleman -
Selma Blair
Karen -
James Brolin
Ken -
Shawn Hatosy
Jim -
Diana Scarwid
Sandra -
David Koechner
Buck -
Julie Hagerty
Dorothy -
Thomas Lennon
Pete -
Jackie Burroughs
Aunt Budge -
Jay Brazeau
Howard -
Deejay Jackson
Officer -
William Sanderson
Bachelor Party Guy -
Matthew Walker
Minister Green -
Scott Williams
Buddy Scott Trio -
Larry Musser
Ernie -
Jonathon Young
Bachelor Party Guy -
Lochlyn Munro
Ray -
Victor Varnado
Hansberry -
Joe Sather
Buddy Scott Trio -
Dan Joffre
Larry -
Anita Brown
Laundromat Girl -
Noel Fisher
Acne-Faced Teen -
Ronald Selmour
Doc -
Gus Lynch
Agent Harris -
Enid-Raye Adams
Maid of Honor -
Xantha Radley
Ken's Secretary -
Lina Teal
Melanie -
Miriama Smith
Mrs. Ferris -
Chris Wilding
Beaten Suspect -
Michael Sunczk
Tony -
Clayton Watmough
Police Officer -
Jared Van Snellenberg
Guy on Moped -
John B. Destry
Angry Driver -
Gina Stockdale
Gladys -
Benjamin Ratner
Officer -
Donavon Stinson
Mouthy Bar Guy -
Fred Ewanuick
Jeff -
Doris Blomgren
Elderly Shopper -
Shawn Bordoff
Guy on Sofa -
Lisa Calder
Tonya -
Keith Dallas
Spend Mart Clerk -
Benjamin Ettenberg
Zulu Patron -
Alex Farquharson
Nephew -
Colin Foo
Phil -
Fiona Hogan
Agent Roberts -
Bonnie Kean
Drug Store Twin -
Jean Kean
Drug Store Twin -
Paul McGillion
Curt -
Dave McGowan
Bachelor Party Guy -
Daniel McKellar
Bachelor Party Guy -
Peter New
Guy in Tiki Bar Bathroo... -
Zahf Paroo
Ahmed -
Josef Pelletier
Buddy Scott Trio -
Brody Smith
Leo Ferris -
Michael Teigen
Lou -
Stephanie Thorpe
Shopper -
Leslie Jones
Sales Employee -
Andy Thompson
Guy in Washroom
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All Critics (114) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (75) | DVD (18)
If you ever admired Julia Stiles, Selma Blair and Jason Lee -- and who didn't? -- don't watch them crush their careers in this laugh-free romantic comedy from the director of Snow Day.
Top CriticThe three move through a faded deck of clichés ... with a convincing impression of having fun, helped along by a snazzy '60s-'70s soundtrack and bit-part fillips.
Here's a rule of thumb: If the coincidences in your movie have longer odds than Carrot Top perfecting cold fusion, you might be straining the old believability factor.
It takes a truly awful motion picture to nullify the considerable appeal of Lee, Stiles, and Blair, but A Guy Thing has what it takes.
[Tries] desperately to lower the bar for scatological gags, rank sexual humor and cheap physical shots.
A bale of romantic fluff that is a lot funnier than it has any right to be.
Cycles through the same old cliches, like squares accidentally being dosed with drugs, overzealous pharmacists blaring out sensitive medical information (nothing like a good ol' venereal disease joke), and climactically scotched weddings. [Blu-ray]
Lame, crude descendent of Meet the Parents.
Would feel a lot emptier without the lively actors populating it.
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.
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
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.
The quirky comedic timing of skater-turned-thespian Jason Lee helps resuscitate a screenplay choking on its own predictability and awkwardly odd scenarios.
Thanks to Chris Koch's slack direction, A Guy Thing never gathers real comic momentum.
A forgettable and unremarkable romantic comedy.
Of course, the story line is painfully predictable, but everyone involved does such an entertaining job that it doesn't really seem to matter.
It's pure tripe, and the cast knows it.
It's good dirty fun!
It soon has enough surprises and funny moments to keep you watching to the end.
No comment, other than this one: Don't waste your money.
An often witty and only occasionally obnoxious comedy that - thankfully - lacks the disturbing misanthropy of so many movies aimed at a young male audience.
I could be wrong about the ratio, but my guess is that about a quarter of the film is spent in bathrooms. Who funded this movie? American Standard?
With an ultimately too relaxed comic tone, the movie doesn't go far enough in emphasizing the mental terrors that result from Paul's infidelity.
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