Writer-director James Toback must believe his audience is hopelessly prudish if he thinks this pedantic story, which takes place over several hours in a Manhattan loft, is provocative.
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02/12/08
Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:29
Rotten:27
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A comedy/drama about a struggling New York actor who is confronted by his girlfriends when they discover that he has been two-timing both of them with each other. Verbal fireworks ensue as he... [More]
Starring: Robert Downey, Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Director: James Toback
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Reviews for Two Girls and a Guy
Top CriticA thoroughly engrossing, intelligent and enjoyable experience.
06/24/06
The year's smartest and spikiest date-movie so far.
01/01/00
Downey, Graham and Wagner are so natural they take the plot where it leads their characters' hearts. The result is emotional authenticity that is beyond mere performance. It's real.
01/01/00
The film provides a zany and somewhat twisted look at three New York singletons and their quest for love
03/02/02
There is little realistic feel to the characters, as drawn by Tobak.
04/09/05
Built around a fearless performance by the protean Robert Downey Jr., this deliberately provocative story of deception and sexuality packs a punch that's undermined by the director's indulgence.
02/12/08
Two Girls and a Guy isn’t a satisfying movie, but Downey is alarmingly brilliant in it.
01/01/00
Top CriticAny true insight into the nature of contemporary romantic relations never arrives.
01/01/00
Sometimes the story behind a movie can bring an angle to what's on the screen.
01/01/00
Top CriticYou gotta admire a director who can come up with a way to hang out in such luxurious digs for two weeks, acting out sexual situations with three of the dishiest young actors in the business.
02/12/08
The film is mostly an occasion for Downey to plumb some stereotypical guy fantasy depths, defending his appetites, duplicities and major mother-fixation.
01/01/00
The character's self-destructive, self-centered side echoes much of Downey's recent, real-life excess. His obvious talent makes you hope he can put his problems behind him -- and go on to a better film.
01/01/00
As a serio-comedy, it only half succeeds. The laughs are well earned, but the attempts at serious romantic analysis fall short of poignancy.
11/10/09
The irrepressible Downey seems almost born to play the role of this slippery eel, and both Graham and Wagner ease comfortably into their roles.
01/01/00
Robert Downey Jr. is an extraordinarily gifted actor and, despite a contrived storyline and shaky dialogue, Two Girls and a Guy is a striking film, thanks primarily to his inspired performance.
01/01/00
Its particular appeal is in watching Downey, a master, at work, particularly when he seems to be exorcising his own demons, and in appreciating the facial expressions on its three characters who are filmed by Barry Markowitz in bold closeup.
01/01/00
An edgy, gabby, salaciously subversive sex farce.
02/12/08
Top Critica thoroughly cynical look at modern romance and the general state of contemporary interaction between human beings
02/27/01
Worth seeing, if only for the awesome performance from Downey.
09/10/02
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