Paul and Karen are to be married. Paul drinks too much at the bachelor party, and wakes up with someone not his fiancée. He jumps to conclusions. Their timing is off, and it is a while before she gets to tell him that they did not have sex. In the mean time, he keeps encountering her because she's always changing jobs, and it's in the screenplay.Paul has various misadventures with his prospective in-laws, and spins lies to keep the incident with Becky quiet.Then he finds out Becky is Karen's cousin.Fifty seven minutes in, the useless actor Lochlyn Munro is beating the crap out of Paul, then intimidating him, then threatening him. Throwing Paul to the ground when he has two arm loads of groceries was bad enough; then he jams a french fry up Paul's nose. Why? Munro had his girlfriend Becky followed, and Paul kept showing up. This movie is an irredeemable piece of bovine scatology. The shark was jumped.Earlier on, Munro was shown beating up suspects in a police precinct. Munro seems to be typecast to play testosterone challenged throwbacks who think that they are entitled to break the law as well as other people's faces. He's a failed hockey player, so no surprise there. Later on, he breaks in to Paul's apartment, makes a sandwich, and eats it while roughing up Paul. Breaking and entering, theft, what else? More intimidation, more physical abuse, more verbal abuse. Fortunately, by this time, Paul had already started taping the interactions for the other cops. Ray gets hauled away in cuffs.The scene where Paul and Becky are trapped temporarily in the shower because Ray's dog keeps baring its teeth at them--was mercifully short. I could have lived without the 2003-style marijuana humor.Despite all sorts of gaffes, the wedding goes on. When asked for objections, no one says anything. Then Paul speaks up. Then Pete, who was attracted to Karen (as pointed out so many times in the film) sings to her. Pete and Karen run off together. Paul gets the bouquet. Eventually he runs after Becky. She's in a car, he's on foot. What an ending.Scores----Cinematography: 8/10 OK.Sound: 8/10 OK.Acting: 2/10 The actors hit their marks and spoke their lines, but oh, goodness, why did I have to listen to them? Why would Karen still want to marry Paul after being around any of his friends? Why would the police department keep a psycho like Ray on the force when everyday he is just a lawsuit waiting to happen? I usually like Julia Stiles, but the movie is mostly about Jason Lee's character. Yep, that Jason Lee, the one who went on to give us the memorable (and terrible) My Name Is Earl and Alvin and the Chipmunks.Screenplay: 2/10 Neither clever, nor witty, nor funny, nor genuine, nor believable. It's easy to see why the IMDb and RT ratings were so low.

After a Seattle bachelor party, boozing boxer-clad Jason Lee (as Paul Morse) wakes up in bed with bikini-clad blonde Julia Stiles (as Becky Jackon), who was hired as a dancer for the event. Expecting perky brunette fiancée Selma Blair (as Karen Cooper) to arrive at any moment, Mr. Lee quickly ushers Ms. Stiles out the door. Blair arrives before Lee locates Stiles' dirty underwear, which he hides in the toilet tank. You can expect those panties to pop up later...While preparing for his wedding, Lee learns Stiles is Ms. Blair's cousin. Lee and Stiles try to hide their possible "one night stand" from friends and family. Lee's brother Thomas Lennon (as Pete Morse) does well yearning for the bride-to-be, and Stiles' policeman boyfriend Lochlyn Munro (as Ray Donovan) is likewise convincing. Of the veterans, Jackie Burroughs is the most fun to watch. It's physically funny, with a silly ending. Most of the humor is toilet-based.***** A Guy Thing (1/17/03) Chris Koch ~ Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Thomas Lennon

Typical chick flick that should be enjoyed only by teens. There is not much to comment about this effort that could easily pass as a b-movie effort.The plot tries to be different from some other efforts of it's time but to be honest I didn't think it was a genre definer or a movie that should be kept in order to show it to anyone else!.The acting by Julia Stiles is wooden but it helps that she's pretty. Selma Blair is sexy as always but her character didn't help that much. Jason Lee always works for these kind of movies but the plot didn't help him either.So there you go, this is a mildly-entertaining, not clever or witty, but "ok-time killer" for those who enjoy regular almost mediocre romantic comedies.Watch it only if it airs on cable. I did that! I didn't spend a single dollar on it and I'm proud about it.

This was one of the most boring movies I've ever seen… I don't really know why… Just your run-of-the-mill stories about guy who is about to get married, and starts to fancy someone else instead. Story has been told a thousand times. Nothing new or innovative about it at all.I don't really know what was wrong with this film. Most of the time when these kinds of actors/actresses get together to make a film that have already been made a million times before, it's really entertaining. There are usually little clever thing in them that aren't really in any other. For some reason, this one just doesn't hold your attention. You can pick out some funny parts, or clever ideas in it, but for some reason they're just not funny, nor clever in any way… I wish I new how to explain it, but I don't… Just don't waste your time on this one