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A Guy Thing (2003)
Director: Chris Koch
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Lee is his usual nondescript self as Paul, who's engaged to uptight Karen (Blair), but wakes up next to stranger Becky (Stiles) after his stag night. Panic ensues as he must usher out his apparent one-night stand before his fiancée arrives - and so begins a series of farcical scenes based on his attempts to hide the truth. All this is very loosely held together by the notion that all men, even strangers, have a wordless pact to keep each other's dirty deeds secret. Belly laughs are scarce, though, as the lacklustre film lurches from one middling set piece to another, pausing to add in the requisite romance with a reluctance that's as damaging as the lack of chemistry between Lee and the usually reliable Stiles.Author: ASm
Cast & crew
Director: Chris Koch
Producer: David Ladd, David Nicksay
Cast: Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy, Lochlyn Munro, Diana Scarwid, Julie Hagerty, David Koechner full cast
Duration: 101 mins
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