Main Cast: Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A man trying to save his relationship with the woman he loves finds himself sinking into a quicksand of small lies and half-truths in this comedy. Paul (Jason Lee) is a regular guy who is engaged to marry Karen (Selma Blair); while Paul loves Karen, he's more than a bit nervous around her family, even though her father (James Brolin) has already given him a job in the family business. Shortly before the wedding, Paul's friends throw him a bachelor party, complete with a boatload of liquor and a squadron of grass-skirt-clad tiki dancers. Paul strikes up a conversation with one of the dancers, the cheerful if inept Becky (Julia Stiles), and the next morning, he wakes up bleary-eyed with a massive hangover -- and Becky in bed next to him. Paul soon receives a phone call from Karen saying she's stopping by for a visit, and Paul scrambles to get Becky out of his apartment. Paul attempts to explain some incriminating evidence with a few white lies, but a messy situation gets messier when Paul runs into Becky at a pre-wedding family get-together...and discovers she's Karen's cousin. A Guy Thing also features Shawn Hatosy, Lochlyn Munro, and Julie Hagerty. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Diana Scarwid - Sandra; David Koechner - Buck; Julie Hagerty - Dorothy; Thomas Lennon - Pete; Jackie Burroughs - Aunt Budge; Jay Brazeau - Howard; Deejay Jackson - Officer; William Sanderson - Bachelor Party Guy; Matthew Walker - Minister Green; Scott Williams - Buddy Scott Trio; Larry Musser - Ernie; Jonathon Young - Bachelor Party Guy; Lochlyn Munro - Ray; Victor Varnado - Hansberry; Joe Sather - Buddy Scott Trio; Dan Joffre - Larry; Anita Brown - Laundromat Girl; Noel Fisher - Acne-Faced Teen; Ronald Selmour - Doc; Gus Lynch - Agent Harris; Enid-Raye Adams - Maid of Honor; Xantha Radley - Ken's Secretary; Lina Teal - Melanie; Miriama Smith - Mrs. Ferris; Chris Wilding - Beaten Suspect; Michael Sunczk - Tony; Clayton Watmough - Police Officer; Jared Van Snellenberg - Guy on Moped; John B. Destry - Angry Driver; Gina Stockdale - Gladys; Benjamin Ratner - Officer; Donavon Stinson - Mouthy Bar Guy; Fred Ewanuick - Jeff; Doris Blomgren - Elderly Shopper; Shawn Bordoff - Guy on Sofa; Lisa Calder - Tonya; Keith Dallas - Spend Mart Clerk; Benjamin Ettenberg - Zulu Patron; Alex Farquharson - Nephew; Colin Foo - Phil; Fiona Hogan - Agent Roberts; Bonnie Kean - Drug Store Twin; Jean Kean - Drug Store Twin; Paul McGillion - Curt; Dave McGowan - Bachelor Party Guy; Daniel McKellar - Bachelor Party Guy; Peter New - Guy in Tiki Bar Bathroom; Zahf Paroo - Ahmed; Josef Pelletier - Buddy Scott Trio; Brody Smith - Leo Ferris; Michael Teigen - Lou; Stephanie Thorpe - Shopper; Leslie Jones - Sales Employee; Andy Thompson - Guy in Washroom
Credit
Patrick Banister - Art Director, Risa Bramon Garcia - Casting, Brennan du Fresne - Casting, David Kerwin - Co-producer, Danielle Sterling - Co-producer, Pamela Withers Chilton - Costume Designer, Bill Mizel - First Assistant Director, Chris Koch - Director, David Moritz - Editor, Mark Mothersbaugh - Composer (Music Score), Maureen Crowe - Musical Direction/Supervision, Dan Davis - Production Designer, Robbie Greenberg - Cinematographer, David Ladd - Producer, David Nicksay - Producer, Lesley Beale - Set Designer, Larry Sutton - Sound/Sound Designer, Greg Glienna - Screen Story, Greg Glienna - Screenwriter, Matt Tarses - Screenwriter, Bill Wrubel - Screenwriter, Pete Schwaba - Screenwriter, Michael Wilhoit - Supervising Sound Editor, Tony Lamberti - Supervising Sound Editor
Karen (Selma Blair) and Paul (Jason Lee) are about to be married. However, after his bachelor party Paul wakes up next to Becky, (Julia Stiles) a dancer at the party. Assuming they slept together Paul rushes Becky out of his apartment and hopes never to see her again. He tries to cover up the connection for the few weeks before the wedding. Unfortunately, this is impossible because Becky unexpectedly shows up around town and she turns out to be Karen's cousin. Even worse Becky's cop ex-boyfriend, with his "steroid rage problem", as she calls it in the movie, had Becky followed and photographed. Becky and Paul have to meet again to solve this problem. Further problems arise with a family and friends consistently showing up at the wrong times. Crabs, dirty underwear in the toilet tank, a horny best friend, and a best man/brother who is in love with the bride all provide for a comical week of wedding preparations.
This film falls within a sub-genre film type from the late 1990s and early 2000s in which grooms are saved, or nearly saved, from distasteful marriage, such as Along Came Polly.[2]
