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A Guy Thing
2003
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A Guy Thing
Positive Reviews
11
Negative reviews
34
Average Rating
1.9
/5
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1.5
Abysmal, one of those dumbed into the gutter farces in which the hero keeps having to do things like crawl out a second story window and onto a tree b ..
EW
0.5
desperately to lower the bar for scatological gags, rank sexual humor and cheap physical shots.
1.5
It evaporates from your mind like cotton candy killing time on a summer sidewalk. Its about that filling, too.
3.0
Would feel a lot emptier without the lively actors populating it.
E Film Critic
1.3
What a childish, empty effort, and what a dispiriting thing to watch, or think back on watching.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Nobodys gonna mistake this rehash for When Harry Met Sally but... I was amused.
JoBlo
2.5
A pretty lame, crude affair...but the agreeable cast make it more palatable than it would otherwise have been.
One Guys Opinion
1.3
It takes a truly awful motion picture to nullify the considerable appeal of Lee, Stiles, and Blair, but A Guy Thing has what it takes.
ReelViews
2.5
An amiable romantic comedy that delivers a couple of solid laughs and doesnt utterly humiliate its game cast in the process.
Tv Guide
2.5
Pauls convinced by his best buddy Jim (Shawn Hatosy, John Q) not to come clean with Karen as hes unlikely to ever see Becky again.
3.1
But unlike the witless Just Married, theres enough chemistry between the leads, a few ludicrous plot twists and a fair amount of laughs to entertain a ..
Usa Today
2.0
Gags and subplots misfire left and right, either a build up that doesnt pay off, or a half baked punchline that comes out of nowhere, and director Chr ..
News Review
1.8
Id be lying if I said I didnt enjoy and/or laugh at bits and pieces of the movie.
Screen It
1.5
Had Julia Stiles the same comic energy that Jason Lee offers, the film would be more effective.
Film Journal International ..
1.3
Then theres the fact that, with Becky, hes having more fun than hes ever had with Karen.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
A pretty stupid comedy that has a much better cast than it deserves.
Internet Reviews
1.9
Some of the gags are solid, but this sort of thing lives or dies on the strength of its cast, and, unfortunately, the leads are playing against their ..
Boston
1.0
I could be wrong about the ratio, but my guess is that about a quarter of the film is spent in bathrooms. Who funded this movie American Standard
Mountain X
3.0
A bale of romantic fluff that is a lot funnier than it has any right to be.
Toronto Star
1.5
Stumbles along laboriously, its jokes following one after another in a sloppy, flat footed walk.
Salon
2.0
But thanks to Chris Kochs slack direction, A Guy Thing never gathers real comic momentum.
Bbc
0.0
I cant imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a thing for guys or gals.
Mr Brown Movies
3.1
A charmer when it wants to be, if only because the characters on display are ones we enjoy spending time with.
The Movie Boy
2.0
Did it really take four Writers Guild members (Greg Glienna, Pete Schwaba, Matt Tarses and Bill Wrubel) to write a joke about some soiled underwear
Calendar Live
1.9
A Guy Thing is just about as predictable a romantic comedy as you can get, save for a few laughs here and there. Unless youre hard up for something to ..
Hollywood
2.8
While it displays precious little originality or ingenuity, A Guy Thing is less graceless than most of its ilk and benefits from a likable cast.
Seattle Pi
1.3
In fairness to Koch, hes now a successful sitcom director, helming the cleverer weekly light farces on ABCs Modern Family.
Groucho Reviews
2.5
Not only is Lee a colorless chump as a romantic Everyman, but he doesnt even live up to Stiles highly scripted generic praise of his character.
Spliced Wire
3.1
Something only instantly forgettable suddenly seems a lot better than it probably actually is.
Film Freak Central
1.5
A harmless film that could have been perfect for its leads, but given so little to do, theyre never as endearing as the film implies.
Oregon Live
1.5
It all sounds so funny well, no, it doesnt, and it isnt. Not remotely. Not ever.
Boxoffice Magazine
0.5
every bumbling mishap along the way to the aisle the sudden public attacks of diarrhea, the psychotic ex boyfriend, about a hundred other stale gags i ..
Film Ink
1.5
The film itself is merely an outline, colored in with labored antics and shored up here and there by competent character bits.
La Weekly
2.0
A date movie but only if your other option is a documentary on plates.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.1
Im a big Julia Stiles fan; still, this is only a better than average, average film.
Ross Anthony
1.5
It wouldnt be that bad if this were just a run of the mill romantic comedy with hackneyed dialogue and plot elements we had all seen before.
Film Quips Online
3.5
Able to balance a sweet romance with edgy humor, this film works much better than many of its predecessors like the odious The Sweetest Thing.
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.5
What should have been an entertaining take on screwball comedy conventions with a likable cast is undermined by cheap laughs.
Freep
2.0
...wasnt as bad as suffering through Just Married, but thats a little like saying youd rather cross the Atlantic in the Hindenburg than the Titanic.
Movie Metropolis
2.2
There has to be something offensive about a movie this aggressively bland.
Film Blather
2.0
Its powered by an increasingly hard to believe series of coincidences, so flagrantly employed that you might even start to believe that A Guy Thing is ..
Filmcritic.com
1.5
They took a talented cast and produced a film thats entirely forgettable.
TheMovieChicks.com
2.5
Her character, Becky, isnt given much personality by the written by committee screenplay (other than a tendency toward clumsiness); Stiles gives her a ..
Seattle Times
0.5
But in this case the fiance doesnt know hes slept with her cousin.
Archive Spectator
3.1
Of course, the story line is painfully predictable, but everyone involved does such an entertaining job that it doesnt really seem to matter.
Premiere Magazine
1.9
A laugh, several laughs, are not only expected but flat out demanded. Try as I might, I couldnt produce any. Lets hope you have better luck.
Globe and Mail
2.0
The film is completely predictable, yet two questions remain: why would Becky want to hook up with a loser like Paul, and what is the talented Stiles ..
eye WEEKLY
1.0
The dangerous chemistry between Solas tight arsed surgeon and Fernandez exuberant seducer is pitched perfectly.
The List
2.2
Whats bothersome is the overall ethic of the film, the notion that every character needs to be outrageous, that any comical situation should be pushed ..
2.2
A romantic comedy thats as completely predictable as it is eminently forgettable.
2.0
In the end, this hit or miss comedy will stick with you about as long as a rented tux.
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