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A Guy Thing (2003)
Released By: MGM Home Entertainment   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Chris Koch
Language: English
Official Website: http://www.mgm.com/aguything/
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: 5/27/2003
Cast: James Brolin, Jason Lee, Selma Blair, Julia Stiles, Shawn Hatosy
Published ID: 494885
UPC: 027616882196,
Plot: 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 squadron of grass-skirt-clad tiki dancers. Paul strikes up a conversation with one of the dancers, the cheerful if inept Becky (Julia Stiles), and the next morning, he wakes up bleary-eyed with a massive hangover -- and Becky in bed next to him. Paul soon receives a phone call from Karen saying she's stopping by for a visit, and Paul scrambles to get Becky out of his apartment. Paul attempts to explain some incriminating evidence with a few white lies, but a messy situation gets messier when Paul runs into Becky at a pre-wedding family get-together...and discovers she's Karen's cousin. A Guy Thing also features Shawn Hatosy, Lochlyn Munro, and Julie Hagerty. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Fun Date Movie...
Added 6/8/2009
This isn't the best movie I've ever seen - but it makes a great day movie, unlike something like Saving Private Ryan. Funny romantic comedy.
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Funny
Added 6/29/2008
It's pretty funny for a movie of that style. I rented and downloaded the movie for 99c. Worth the buck.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Could not stop from laughing out loud
Added 2/5/2008
Paul Colman (Jason Lee) is reluctantly having a bachelor party. He innocently buys a bear for an inept hula girl (Julia Stiles) that was part of the entertainment. He wakes up to find her in his bead and is fiancé on the way. From there it is one situation after another and snowballs. Will he ever straiten it out with his fiancé? And what is to become of the hula girl?

Yes the first thing you will notice is that this is formula. The whole reason we pick a genera is because we like to see variations on a formula; who can do it better and what different twist can be placed in the story and keep it on track. If this had been played with some actor that had to rely on past films reputations like Adam Sandler the film would not work.

My favorite scene was the one where Paul (with a strait face) tells Karen that the panties (obviously used) she is holding came from a bin at a discount store. She dials up the store for verification.
One added plus to the movie is Larry Miller as Minister Ferris who knew or suspected everything and could not tell. See him again when he can really branch out in "Radioland Murders" (1994) and "Undercover Blues" (1993).



Radioland Murders
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Guy Thing
Added 1/24/2008
This is a well done romantic comedy about a chap who is going to marry a "safe' attractive girl approved by the fam but falls for a wilder one who is spontaneous, full of life and of course cannot hold a job. The problem is that she is a cousin of the chick he plans to marry.
My first copy of this film went bad so this is a replacement so it must be pretty good.
The flick has numerous hillarious scenes including one involving two of the main characters being trapped in a shower-bathtub by a snarling attack dog.
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Cute movie
Added 12/11/2007
It's a cute movie. The actors were great. This is a fire place date movie
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Fun Date Movie...
Added 6/8/2009
This isn't the best movie I've ever seen - but it makes a great day movie, unlike something like Saving Private Ryan. Funny romantic comedy.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Funny
Added 6/29/2008
It's pretty funny for a movie of that style. I rented and downloaded the movie for 99c. Worth the buck.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Could not stop from laughing out loud
Added 2/5/2008
Paul Colman (Jason Lee) is reluctantly having a bachelor party. He innocently buys a bear for an inept hula girl (Julia Stiles) that was part of the entertainment. He wakes up to find her in his bead and is fiancé on the way. From there it is one situation after another and snowballs. Will he ever straiten it out with his fiancé? And what is to become of the hula girl?

Yes the first thing you will notice is that this is formula. The whole reason we pick a genera is because we like to see variations on a formula; who can do it better and what different twist can be placed in the story and keep it on track. If this had been played with some actor that had to rely on past films reputations like Adam Sandler the film would not work.

My favorite scene was the one where Paul (with a strait face) tells Karen that the panties (obviously used) she is holding came from a bin at a discount store. She dials up the store for verification.
One added plus to the movie is Larry Miller as Minister Ferris who knew or suspected everything and could not tell. See him again when he can really branch out in "Radioland Murders" (1994) and "Undercover Blues" (1993).



Radioland Murders
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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