A forgettable and unremarkable romantic comedy, "A Guy Thing" joins the like of "Kissing a Fool" as yet another bland effort with Jason Lee in the lead. The guy needs a solid vehicle if he's really to launch anything resembling a respectable solo career, but why does he continue to choose such poorly scripted and directed turkeys as these. The gags are flat, the pacing is off & unstable, and most of all the premise never really clicks so attempts at setup in the early half never pay off later on.

Lee is a great character and comic actor for sure in supporting roles, but he has yet to really show any strength in leading man status roles and certainly hasn't had much success so far. Here he proves yet again annoyingly dull, even in deliberately played for laughs sequences such as a really dated piece about him seeking treatment for 'crabs' and pales in comparison to co-star Julia Stiles who at least has some spark of life and energy which makes her character easily the film's most endearing. Despite their lack of 'heat', she's easily more fun to hang with than Selma Blair who seems to be in cold fish mode throughout this. Shawn Hatosy makes for a forgettable sidekick.

Its not a total write-off, like it or not Stiles at least has her moments to shine, whilst spunky newcomer Fred Ewanuick has a memorable cameo as a clerk for a pharmacy. Of course everything eventually resorts to cliche towards the end culminating in one of the most predictable 'wedding' sequences your ever likely to see. The score, production values, etc. are all servicable but utterly unremarkable, same goes for the film overall.