romantic comedy can really go either way and you know . you will see one that really sappy and and you will think you want something more realistic . then and you will see one that realistic and but it might be too dull to keep you interested . or maybe you will see one that do everything right and but just fail to make you smile . romantic comedy be tough movie . you go into them with a lot of expectation and and usually and whether you like it be simply a matter of whether the filmmakes be anticipate your expectation or those of the guy or girl next to you . of course and if you have get a girl next to you and and youre a guy like me and it probably doesn not matter all that much whether the movie any good and you have get other thing on your mind . for you and i say and go get her and tiger . for the rest of u and i say and see _a guy thing_ . it a lot of fun . because _a guy thing_ know youre go in to this movie with expectation and so it doesn not pretend that it guy about to get married meet the woman of his dream and and it not his wife . plot be go to make everyone happy . sure and maybe you like it and but maybe it doesn not ring true and or you think it cruel . _a guy thing_ cover that . what _a guy thing_ do be fill the screen with the best support cast i have see in a long time and so if you do not the main plotline and you have still get something to make you smile . whether be talk about the seasoned veteran of big and small screen and like larry miller ( pretty woman and best in show ) and james brolin ( traffic ) and julie hagerty ( airplane . ) and david koechner ( saturday night live and conan obrien regular and dirty work and austin power ii ) or thomas lennon ( the state and viva variety ) and or new face like shawn hatosy ( the faculty ) and or colin foo ( save silverman ) and be talk about a bunch of very talented and skilled actor who know exactly how to take advantage of the film inspire characterisation and steal the show and time after time and and still frame the piece with an energy and a joy rarely see in romantic comedy these day . and that not to detract from the actual romantic throughline and the star that carry it along and because it very sweet and terribly well do . jason lee ( mallrats and chase amy and dogma and etc . ) be touch a the young professional whose life may be spin out of control and and selma blair show an understated brilliance in portray the aspire socialite and sophisticated career woman every guy want to marry except for the guy who actually be . a lot of the success of the movie and though and fall on julia stile and the right girl in the right place at the wrong time and and she wear it well . not since and gosh and i do not know when and have i see an actress in a romantic comedy that have make fall in love with her so easy . of course and it all in the closeup and the voice and and the subtle smile and but it magical and and it one of the big reason why we go to the movie in the first place . but julie stile slightly offbeat sophistication would be lose be it not for the fact that the rest of the cast be so incredibly dead on in their classic simplicity . this be a movie that paint a broken world of irreconcilable stock type and make them fall over each other to make you laugh and and then come through with a great deal of heart . a guy thing be a movie you have definitely see before and and the filmmaker clearly know that when they set down to make it . we haven not really see any new romantic comedy since shakespeare while the relative success of this one or that one be entirely dependent upon the execution of the classic story of boy meet girl . a guy thing do embrace that with a bit of a metacinematic edge and often take the scene into the absurd in order to give the audience a chance to acknowledge the powerful emotion and ancient plot device at play . for the record and it also even manage to poke fun at the rather traditional structural notion of sex and gender that form the center of every romantic comedy and so even the feminist out there might get a kick out of it . and guy and i think we can all agree that we wish our friend be as cool a jason lee friends in this movie . i be not go to spoil it for you and but when you try to explain to your girlfriend why the pharmacist and the clothing store clerk be among the cool dude in cinema and i suggest you just say it a guy thing and and leave it at that .