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:

Mother In Law | Father 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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38897) | 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:

Continuity: When everyone rushes outside to investigate the car alarm, Becky is wearing her coat. All of the coats were earlier shown in the upstairs bedroom and she would not have had time to run upstairs and be outside the same time as everyone else.

Quotes:

Paul: [after finding out they didn't do it] Then how did I get crabs?
Becky: You've got crabs?
Paul: Yeah. You gave me crabs.
Becky: I DO NOT HAVE CRABS!
Paul: You don't?
Becky: No. But if I do I'm going to hunt you down and kill your crabby ass.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Inside 'A Guy Thing' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

New Shoes

A hilarious 'thing'

A GUY THING is one of those rare romantic comedies that is romantic and cute without being overly sappy. At the same time, it manages to provide every scene with the kind great lines and witty humor that just aren't found in very many movies these days. Despite the mediocre trailer, every scene of this movie is absolutely hilarious [and judging by the amount of laughter in the audience, I'm not the only one that thinks so]. Even though the plot may be predictable and the movie starts off a little slow, but overall it's still a great movie that will hopefully be successful at the box office. However, box office success doesn't seem likely for this film because let's face it, movies released in January are only in theaters for a few weeks. And although it is only January, A GUY THING is going to end up on my list of the best movies of 2003 at the end of the year. Highly recommended.