Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
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 awkwardly tries to defend himself. In the process, questions about love and sexual commitment are... 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 awkwardly tries to defend himself. In the process, questions about love and sexual commitment are raised and, just as quickly, discarded as new ones arise. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Robert Downey, Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner
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Reviews
The young actresses Graham and Wagner here create two characters who feel whole, distinct and weighty.
You 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.
A lively, if slender, perpetuation of the battle between the sexes on a modern battleground.
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.
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.
Toback has somehow managed to prolong and expand this sketchy egg-on-your-face situation with a series of unexpected ironies and power role reversals that are not without wit, humor and intelligence.
There is little realistic feel to the characters, as drawn by Tobak.
The actors are always fun to watch, and that's what saves this movie from being utter crap.

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