Two Girls and a Guy
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: April 24, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The beauty of Two Girls and a Guy is that it presents us with a hero so craven, so indefensible in his duplicity, that his twin victims leapfrog past vengeance into an almost physical state of curiosity. Read full review
90
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
You'll likely come away from this astonishing encounter between the three corners of a lovers' triangle not just amused but enlightened about such not-so-simple issues as fidelity, betrayal, lust, possessiveness, honesty and forgiveness. Read full review
90
Dallas ObserverPeter Rainer
The work of an obsessive who has developed a light touch--though some of his more outright themes and pronouncements can be heavy-going. Read full review
80
SalonCharles Taylor
You slip into the movie so easily that by the time it reaches its emotional climax, you're unprepared. Read full review
80
NewsweekDavid Ansen
His smart, raunchy movie offers no answers (how could it?), but it poses its questions with painfully hilarious honesty. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Some of the points seem too easy, some of the revelations practically announce themselves in advance, and there's never any sense of excitement or suspense as to where the whole thing is heading. But it still works, most of the time. Read full review
80
Washington PostRita Kempley
Cerebral, frenetic and funny, this chamber piece from filmmaker James Toback provides a timely if inconclusive comment on monogamy. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is essentially a filmed stage play, one of those idea-plays like Shaw liked to write, in which men and women ponder their differences and complexities. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Object to the picture on ideological grounds, if you like, but that's no way to watch movies. Better to appreciate the rare spectacle of a filmmaker leading from his gut. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerDavid Armstrong
A great date movie: engaging enough to grab your attention while it's unfolding, thought-provoking enough to fuel cafe and cocktail lounge chatter long after the closing credits roll. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Two Girls and a Guy grooves on a provisional spirit that keeps the movie shifting in unexpected directions, tracking the exhilaration and horror of an open-ended game with high stakes to which no current rules apply. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Robert Downey Jr.'s Blake Allen is enough of a raging dynamo to find the dark humor and desperate romanticism at the heart of Mr. Toback's ego trip of a premise, and to make Blake sympathetic too. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
And the climax, where fake tears suddenly become real, doesn't ring true. By then, nothing does, leaving the film's successful deception to double as its eventual failure -- cast adrift in this fog of appearances, we appear not to care. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A fair amount of the film, especially Downey's solo sequences, appears to have been improvised, and this lends an air of unpredictability to the proceedings. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Often a gutsy, intelligent writer, Toback has yet to prove himself decisively as a director, and this, his first fictional effort behind the camera in a decade, shows his talents to be as variable as ever. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Denby
Two Girls and a Guy isn’t a satisfying movie, but Downey is alarmingly brilliant in it -- a man locked in torment who can’t find the way out. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJack Mathews
A small movie with some big moments and a lot of unfinished business. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
The movie becomes more and more lugubrious, finally ending on a note of high-tragic operatic bathos. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Writer-director James Toback must believe his audience is hopelessly prudish if he thinks this pedantic story, which takes place over several hours in a Manhattan loft, is provocative. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineSandra Contreras
This deliberately provocative story of deception and sexuality packs a punch that's undermined by the director's indulgence. Read full review
40
EmpireIan Freer
This movie intrigues and disappoints in equal measure. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The emotions are turbocharged and the topic is eternally relevant, but that's not enough to save Two Girls and a Guy from being a whiny, snoozy bore. Read full review
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