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Release Date:
17 January 2003 (USA)
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Boy meets girl. Boy meets girl's cousin. more
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When a man wakes up the morning after his bachelor party in bed with a strange woman he presumes he must have cheated on his fiancee. full summary | full synopsis
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Julia Stiles: Homeless are 'liberated from the conventions of fashion.' What!?
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Silly and weakly plotted but reasonably funny and made more enjoyable by Lee's performance
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jason Lee | ... | Paul |
 | Julia Stiles | ... | Becky |
 | Selma Blair | ... | Karen |
 | James Brolin | ... | Ken |
 | Shawn Hatosy | ... | Jim |
 | Lochlyn Munro | ... | Ray |
 | Diana Scarwid | ... | Sandra |
 | David Koechner | ... | Buck |
 | Julie Hagerty | ... | Dorothy |
 | Thomas Lennon | ... | Pete |
| Jackie Burroughs | ... | Aunt Budge |
| Jay Brazeau | ... | Howard |
| Matthew Walker | ... | Minister Green |
| Fred Ewanuick | ... | Jeff |
| Lisa Calder | ... | Tonya |
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Rated PG-13 for language, crude humor, some sexual content and drug references.
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101 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Netherlands:MG6 |
Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
Finland:K-7 |
USA:PG-13 (No.38897) |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Australia:M |
Germany:6 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:12A
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In the scene after the bachelor party, when Paul is pushing Becky into the hallway before Karen can arrive, Minister Ferris and his family see Becky leaving, resulting in an awkward silence. Minister Ferris is played by Larry Miller, who previously worked with Julia Stiles (Becky) in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).
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Revealing mistakes: When Becky is looking for her panties in Paul's apartment, you can see through her grass skirt she's still wearing underwear.
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Buck:
So Kenny, what do you think of the condo?
Ken: [struggling to be tactful] It's great... it's got a lot of... character.
Buck: When I gave up the bachelor pad, I said to Dorothy, I'll move in with you under one condition: it's gotta reflect my style.
[proudly points to huge painting of John Wayne]
Buck: The Duke... signed by the artist!
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Ken: [struggling to be tactful] It's great... it's got a lot of... character.
Buck: When I gave up the bachelor pad, I said to Dorothy, I'll move in with you under one condition: it's gotta reflect my style.
[proudly points to huge painting of John Wayne]
Buck: The Duke... signed by the artist!
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Referenced in Inside 'A Guy Thing' (2003) (V)
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Across The Alley From The Alamo
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Paul Coleman is a week away from marrying Karen when he wakes up next to a dancer he met at his stag do. He quickly ushers her out of the flat and hopes never to see her again. Sadly it is a matter of hours before he is introduced to her again as Karen's cousin Becky. Paul tries to make it to his wedding day without Karen finding out – an aim that is made more difficult by Becky's crazy ex-boyfriend, overzealous police and the complex web of lies Paul spins to cover himself.
On paper this film sounds awful and indeed almost every second of it is teetering on the edge of being an awful romantic comedy that goes just where you expect it to. The plot is simply daft – one contrived set piece after another that is increasingly stretched as the film goes on. It ends in just the way you know it will (despite how much I hoped it wouldn't or failed to see how it could) and it will infuriate many in regards just how silly it is.
However it is funny enough to cover the cracks. Much of the humour is instantly recognisable and made up of well known routines (Paul climbing out of the bathroom window) or physical comedy (some pratfalls along the way). Happily there is plenty of slightly off the wall humour that, although not new, is quite good. An example would be the `fantasy sequences' but my favourite bit is Paul sweet memories of a male dance teacher. The whole thing is very silly and you should prepare yourself for that, but it does just about have enough silly laughs to keep it going.
For me the number one reason I enjoyed this film was the performance of Jason Lee. At no point does he suggest that this is a serious film, in fact many times a silly scene was saved by the `what the f is going on' look on his face – a hint to us that he is in the film and he can't believe what's happening, so the audience should go with him. For the rest of the time he lends himself really easily to the type of humour and is able to raise the material a bit. He is a good lead here and keeps bits of his `Brody' from Mallrats to good effect. Stiles is awful in my opinion. She doesn't really act and seems to be trying too hard to do `kooky' – it doesn't work. She has so little screentime that I found it very hard to accept that Paul would get anything from her. Blair has a thankless role and she doesn't quite carry it off – like Stiles I felt that she was trying too hard and almost came across as a caricature. Maybe they were both led by Lee's knowing performance and responded in a bad way. Larry Miller is quite funny (but predictable) as the minister next door and Brolin is a surprising find as the father in law.
Overall this is a very silly film, based on one daft scene after another that leads to a predictable ending that simply doesn't make sense even using the logic of this type of film. However it is funny and a great performance by Jason Lee makes it more enjoyable than it probably should be.