Christina Reviews *A Guy Thing*

*** 1/2

Jason Lee plays Paul, a man whose world becomes a nightmare when he wakes up in bed with one of the dancers at his bachelor party.  He and Becky (Julia Stiles) try to make a clean break, but it’s not so easy, as she seems to show up everywhere he goes.  She’s a little wishy-washy and unsure of what she wants to do in life, so she jumps from one job to the next --- bachelor party dancer, toll booth collector, record shop clerk.  Then he finds out that not only does she work at every place he might possibly want to go, but she’s also the cousin of his soon-to-be wife, Karen (Selma Blair). 

As the countdown to the wedding begins, Paul finds himself getting over his head in lies and cover-ups until the truth is finally revealed.  I promise you, the truth is something you definitely would have expected in your wildest dreams.

This was a funny movie.  It hasn’t got a twist or all that much of a heart, but it’s got enough humor in it and Jason Lee is a great comedic actor for this generation.

My favorite part of this movie, which also happens to be the epononymous scene, is when Karen finds Becky's underwear in the tank of the toilet and confronts Paul about it.  He lies and says that they were supposed to be a birthday gift.  She makes a face and points out that the underwear has clearly been used.  He starts raving against the underwear bin in which he found them.  So she calls up the store and gets some guy on the phone.  At first the clerk is confused, but when she says that her fiancee bought her dirty underwear from their store, the clerk quickly catches on and apologizes for the inconvenience, explaining that this happens all the time.  When a customer asks him about this mysterious underwear bin, he explains, "It's a guy thing."

By the way, whatever happened to Julia Stiles?  She seems to have vanished off of the face of the earth.  I know she’s still making movies, but is anyone watching them?  There was a time when you couldn’t go to the video store without seeing her face on some slip sleeve box or DVD cover.