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  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Paul (Lee) is about to tie the knot with Karen (Blair), the perfect fiancée. But after a completely unexpected encounter with Karen's cousin Becky (Stiles), Paul tells Karen a teensy lie to keep her from finding out what may or may not be the truth. That teensy lie turns into a bigger one, and soon his life is a series of comical misun...

Directed By: Chris Koch

Written By: Greg Glienna, Pete Schwaba, Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel

  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 41 m

A Guy Thing

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
27
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 37 User Ratings
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Summary Paul (Lee) is about to tie the knot with Karen (Blair), the perfect fiancée. But after a completely unexpected encounter with Karen's cousin Becky (Stiles), Paul tells Karen a teensy lie to keep her from finding out what may or may not be the truth. That teensy lie turns into a bigger one, and soon his life is a series of comical misun...

Directed By: Chris Koch

Written By: Greg Glienna, Pete Schwaba, Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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10% Positive
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28% Mixed
8 Reviews
62% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
27
10% Positive
3 Reviews
28% Mixed
8 Reviews
62% Negative
18 Reviews

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70
Gets off to a rocky start as you try to rationalize Lee’s place in the plot, but it soon has enough surprises and funny moments to keep you watching to the end.
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50
You could do far worse in the current marketplace.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
Does get slightly better as it goes along.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
30
The three leads go through the motions with goofy geniality, and director Chris Koch has enlisted some consummate character actors -- to help hold up the sagging jokes and story line.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
25
Jason Lee seems to have been bitten by a vampire who sucked out all his prickly charisma. You see the promise of stardom dribbling through his fingers.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
20
Most of the meager charms of the chaotic romantic farce A Guy Thing spring from the deft comic contortions of Hollywood's ultimate nerdy sidekick, Jason Lee.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
0
Designed as a disposable commodity, it's a film I'd dispose of with no further ado, except for what it says about minimum standards in a certain tacky niche of the movie business, as well as for what it suggests, in its lunkheaded way, about the perils that marriage may pose.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 37 User Ratings
6.6
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27% Mixed
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27% Mixed
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24% Negative
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Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), David Ladd Films
Release Date Jan 17, 2003
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline He Finally Found The Perfect Girl.
Website http://www.mgm.com/aguything/
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