The lost panty scene, like most scenes in A GUY THING, is one that you've seen many times before. There are also ones of people climbing out of bathrooms in order to hide in trees and ones of Cheetos up the nose. Whether through accident or luck, the movie does discover a few fairly fresh sequences that are quite funny. The best of these are one involving a underwear bin at a discount store and another at a police line-up.

Most of the time, you'll find yourself wondering exactly how you're supposed to take A GUY THING. It's so clumsily directed that you begin to wonder if it is intended to be a parody of a romantic comedy. There are certainly no surprises. You know from the beginning that Paul will eventually realize that the rigid Karen is not for him. He belongs instead with the free-spirited Becky, who can't keep a job for more than a week, if that long. The whole movie would be grating if it weren't for the performances of the three leads. They try so hard that they actually do almost save it.

A GUY THING runs 1:41. It is rated PG-13 for "language, crude humor, some sexual content and drug references" and would be acceptable for kids around 11 and up.