A Guy Thing (2003)

Director:

Chris Koch

Writers (WGA):

Greg Glienna (story)
Greg Glienna (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

17 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Boy meets girl. Boy meets girl's cousin.

Plot:

When a man wakes up the morning after his bachelor party in bed with a strange woman he presumes he must have cheated on his fiancee.

Plot Keywords:

Father In Law | Mother In Law | Seattle Space Needle | Bachelor Party | Blackmail

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26

12:00 AM

TNT

Cast

Jason Lee	...	Paul Morse
Julia Stiles	...	Becky Jackon
Selma Blair	...	Karen Cooper
James Brolin	...	Ken Cooper
Shawn Hatosy	...	Jim
Lochlyn Munro	...	Ray Donovan
Diana Scarwid	...	Sandra Cooper
David Koechner	...	Buck Morse
Julie Hagerty	...	Dorothy Morse
Thomas Lennon	...	Pete Morse
Jackie Burroughs	...	Aunt Budge
Jay Brazeau	...	Howard
Matthew Walker	...	Minister Green
Fred Ewanuick	...	Jeff
Lisa Calder	...	Tonya

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, crude humor, some sexual content and drug references.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38897) | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

I-5 at Jackson Street, Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

In the scene where Paul goes to the drug store, the director's father can be briefly seen at the counter.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Becky is looking for her panties in Paul's apartment, you can see through her grass skirt she's still wearing underwear.

Quotes:

Dorothy: These are going to be our in-laws, so we really have to make sure that...
Buck: Honey, I'm a pants salesman. I think I know how to act around people.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Jungle Telegraph

5.3? No way!

"A Guy Thing" may not be a classic, but it sure is a good, funny comedy. The plot focuses on Paul (Jason Lee), who wakes up the morning after his bachelor party with no memory and Becky (Julia Stiles) lying naked in his bed. Before he can figure out what happened, he rushes Becky out of his apartment because his fiance Karen (Selma Blair) is coming. After that, as you could imagine, chaos ensues.

Almost every single scene in "A Guy Thing" delivers loud laughs. The funniest moments come from when Paul imagines what could happen if he tells Karen. Selma Blair is a truly talented comedian, and the worst thing about this film is that she goes underused. Although, she turns out to be more funny than Stiles' character, who actually isn't that interesting. Of course, not every comedy is perfect.

As I said, "A Guy Thing" is no classic, but it's not bad either, 7/10.