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Sometimes funny, but very predictable
If you're a Jason Lee fan (like me), you can appreciate it when he flashes a big smile, gives you a thumbs-up, or suddenly raises his voice when he's angry. His expressions are funny. You'll see a lot of mugging and a few good jokes in this: your average romantic comedy.
Jason Lee plays Paul, a man who is about to get married and continue a career at his father-in-law's corporation. After his bachelor party, he winds up in bed with a Tiki dancer from the bar. He believes he slept with her and tries to hide it from his uptight fiancee Karen (Selma Blair). He finds out later that the Tiki girl is actually Karen's cousin Becky (Julia Stiles). While Paul tries to keep their night together a secret, even though no sex took place, he finds himself in a series of slapstick situations. Some enlist gross-out humor and innuendo (and we've seen this done better before). The main problem with these gags is that you can always see them coming. You're not given hints, you're flat-out TOLD what is going to happen. It takes the surprise out of what could have been some funny moments. The only really funny, unexpected giggle happens during a scene featuring Paul and his ballroom dance instructor.
I really didn't like the overall message of the movie. Do guys really have this understanding that it's okay to cheat because they are "hunters?" Would a father-in-law really say "It happens" if he found out that the man engaged to his daughter had cheated on her?

Bad messages and predictability aside, this movie is kind of a typical, no-brain-needed escape flick. It's not to be taken too seriously, and it was probably better suited for rental rather than a trip to the cinema. I've seen better performances out of Jason Lee (Chasing Amy), Julia Stiles (Ten Things I Hate About You), and Selma Blair (Legally Blonde). You can always rent the movie and judge for yourself. There are no twists at the end or anything, so if you find that you really don't like it about halfway through, just turn it off and take it back.

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Could Have Been Better!
"A Guy Thing" is more of a formula than a story. It increases more on the rules of romantic comedy, and it decreases on originality. It stars Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, and Selma Blair. None of the actors I had a problem with, but the storyline could have had alot of work done to it. The movie could have been much better if it ignored the standard features of a romantic comedy. If this movie dared to be original, it would have been so much better. The movie did have some funny moments, and good characters, but I have seen this kind of movie before, and I want to see it done better. The movie could be described by the movie's tagline. "Boy Meets Girl, Boy Meets Girl's Cousin." It's pretty obvious what the movie is about, and how the movie is going to end.

The movie is about Paul. Paul is an ad salesmen who is getting ready to be married in one week to Karen. He works for her father, Ken, and he is ready for his bachlor party which is being thrown by his brother Pete, and his friend Jim. The entertainment for the party are hula girls, and among them is Becky. Paul gives his groom hat to Jim, and the next mourning he finds himself in bed with Becky, because she doesn't know that he is the groom to be. Paul doesn't remember what happened between the two, rushes Becky out, and then finds Karen coming in seconds later. This begins a seris of lies that start by Jim telling him never to tell Karen what happened between him and Becky. The problem really starts at a dinner party with Paul's parents, Karen's parents, her Aunt Budge, and Karen's cousin who happens to be Becky. Paul has to have Becky assure him that she will never tell anybody anything about what may or may not have happened between them, but the situations gets complicated when Becky's crazy cop ex-boyfriend and gets jealous of him. As Paul's wedding day comes closer and closer, he tries to cover up everything that he lied about, so that this whole thing could end.

"A Guy Thing" is a pretty good movie, but has the ability to make it be better. It follows the three rules for a romantic comedy.

1)The main characters best friend needs to be the dumbest person in the cast.
2)There always has to be one character that knows everything that is going on.
3)The main character's othr half is always clueless until the end.

Those three things are in every romantic comedy including "A Guy Thing." It is alright for movies to be different. I enjoyed the movie and it was a great way to spead an hour and a half. It was funny, smart, it was well acted, and it had some original material, but other than that it was the same old thing. "A Guy Thing" was in the theatre, and I saw it there, but this movie is better to watch on DVD.

ENJOY!

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

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Could not stop from laughing out loud
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).