Nothing new or special in this `Thing'

A Guy Thing - rated PG-13

Welcome to the wonderful world of filmmaking, where the creators of "A Guy Thing" don't even pretend to be concerned with quality. While the story line has some funny moments, the movie plays more like a TV sitcom than a feature film.

Paul has a Hawaiian-themed bachelor party and wakes up in the morning with a hangover and a tiki dancer in his bed. After kicking the confused, grass-skirted girl out of his apartment, Paul (Jason Lee) is guilt-stricken and paranoid that his fiancee, Karen, might find out.

As Karen (Selma Blair) makes wedding plans, Paul has paranoid, nightmarish visions of what she might do if she finds out about the tiki girl. He's just starting to think that Karen will never know when he goes to a wedding rehearsal dinner and sees the tiki girl. Surprise. She is Karen's cousin Becky (Julia Stiles). Just when things seem like they couldn't get any worse, Paul has the misfortune of meeting Karen's psycho, obsessive ex-boyfriend, a cop who just happens to have pictures of Paul and Becky on the night of the bachelor party. In order to cover up his one-night stand, Paul - with Becky's help - sneaks into the cop's apartment to steal the photos.

It's easy to see what's going to happen when it's time for Paul and Karen to say their vows. Even the actors seem bored by this cliched plot. They put almost no effort into making the movie funny or interesting.

The romance is forced, and the comedy is either gross and crude or too simple to be funny. The script leaves the actors nowhere to go, and makes "A Guy Thing" bare of intelligence, wit and humor.

Grade: C

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