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A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 25%, Metacritic 27/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,356 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen, from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
396 audience votes
Key crew
- Matt TarsesScreenplay
- Greg GliennaScreenplay
- Chris KochDirector
- Pete SchwabaScreenplay
- Bill WrubelScreenplay
- Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jason LeePaul Morse
- Selma BlairKaren Cooper
- Julia StilesBecky Jackson
- Shawn HatosyJim
- Lochlyn MunroRay Donovan
- James BrolinKen Cooper
- Diana ScarwidSandra Cooper
- David KoechnerBuck
- Julie HagertyDorothy
- Thomas LennonPete
- Larry MillerMinister Ferris (uncredited)
- Jackie BurroughsAunt Budge
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Themes
infidelitypoliceblackmailseattle, washingtonromcomstalkermisunderstandingdance lessonin-lawsopposites attractfiancé fiancée relationshipbachelor party