Synopsis
Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen, from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
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Cast
- Jason LeePaul Morse
- Selma BlairKaren Cooper
- Julia StilesBecky Jackson
- Shawn HatosyJim
- Lochlyn MunroRay Donovan
- James BrolinKen Cooper
- Diana ScarwidSandra Cooper
- David KoechnerBuck
- Julie HagertyDorothy
- Thomas LennonPete
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Tribune
Sometimes funny, often strained comedy. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
You might believe that a movie comedy requires no visual rhythm, and that entire scenes -- especially those big set-pieces -- benefit greatly from a shooting style devoid of imagination and unremittingly flat. If so, A Guy Thing is surely your thing. Enjoy. - 38
New York Daily News
The stars have little opportunity to engage their characters. The gang-written screenplay and Chris Koch's artless direction turn their scenes into a series of broad, overplayed comic sketches. - 30
Salon
Stumbles along laboriously, its jokes following one after another in a sloppy, flat-footed walk. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
A childish, empty effort. - 25
Christian Science Monitor
The bad thing about A Guy Thing isn't the talent of its stars but the warmed-over triteness of the material they're forced to work with. - 20
The A.V. Club
Perhaps Lee took a look at the script -- saw all the jokes about diarrhea, pubic lice, drunk old ladies, and drugged gravy, and thought, "Why bother?" Looking at the final results, it's hard to feel any other way. - 20
The New York Times
Most of the meager charms of the chaotic romantic farce A Guy Thing spring from the deft comic contortions of Hollywood's ultimate nerdy sidekick, Jason Lee.
