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Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Angel David, Frederique Van Der Wal

In this darkly comic tale of love and infidelity, Carla (Heather Graham) and Lou (Natasha Gregson Wagner) are both waiting outside an brownstone in Soho and happen to strike up a conversation. It seem... read more read more...s both of them are waiting to meet their respective boyfriends, and as they discuss the bright, funny, romantic and monogamous men they've been lucky enough to become involved with, they make a surprising discovery -- they're both waiting for the same man, Blake (Robert Downey Jr.), an actor, musician and compulsive womanizer. As they compare notes on the man they've been unknowingly sharing and what they should do about the situation, Blake arrives and quickly starts trying to talk his way out of the disastrous situation. Writer and director James Toback claims he was inspired to write this project for Robert Downey Jr. after seeing a news report showing him in jail after violating parole regarding an arrest for drugs; Two Girls and a Guy was written in four days and shot in eleven days on a single set, and features excellent performances from Downey, Graham, and Wagner. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: James Toback

Release Date: April 24, 1998

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001

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  • yona71
    January 14, 2012
    yona71
    If you like Heather Graham and/or Robert Downey Jr., you should check this one out. However, this film has it's problems. The story and dialogue seems to go nowhere, and the film pretty much falls flat. I do think there are moments that allow humor from Robert Downey Jr.'s charac... read moreter who's an actor/musician that is clearly all over the place in many ways.
    When Carla(Graham) and Lou(Wagner) meet outside an apartment building(brownstone) in Soho(NYC), they start to chat about the guy they are waiting for and the coincidences are just too close.
    Heather Graham was my reason for watching any of this, and there is a scene or two worth seeing if you like her as well.
  • ythelastman89
    February 22, 2011
    ythelastman89
    A completely performance based movie that for the most part benefits from the style. The characters are allowed to develop right before our eyes, which is really the most interesting thing to see in film. Where most movies use time passage as tool, this uses real time and relishe... read mores in it. I'm not saying it would work for every movie, but it certainly does in a relationship drama. The scene where RDJ is caught and scrambles for a way out is one of the most uncomfortable put on screen.
  • bbcfloridabound
    May 6, 2010
    bbcfloridabound
    Another Selection from the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival. About 2 girls who find out they are dating the same guy, So we spend the next 1hr 33 min of the 3 confronting each other. More of a stage play then a movie. Sad to say only worth 2 stars.
  • kiriyamakazou
    March 21, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    Pretty much a play or three way conversation captured on film. Downey Jr. is amazing as always. Without him the film may have still been good, but the entertainment factor would have to be turned right down. It seems a fairly honest depiction of infidelity and the "reasoning" beh... read moreind it. The girls are fairly good, but have trouble keeping up with Robert's smarts. The single apartment setting echoes real life claustrophobia of such confrontational situations. It's a very good film, with a few unnecessary twists towards the end.
  • bookmunki
    November 2, 2008
    bookmunki
    robert downey jr is just an amazing actor. both female leads play off one another well and reveal very different connections and personalities in conjunction to him. there is so much that works in this movie: dialogue, setting (including the jules and jim poster), tensions, and a... read moren amazing ending. i appreciate this film more on second viewing and ten years later.
  • deano
    February 10, 2008
    deano
    Robert Downey Jr's charm is the main attraction here, but it's put in the service of a character who is nearly impossible to like.
  • puffchunk
    October 25, 2007
    puffchunk
    Booooooo.
  • Beefy
    May 20, 2007
    Beefy
    This was great when it was NC-17.
  • mjgildea
    November 20, 2006
    mjgildea
    Boring and pointless. Graham and Wagner aside.
  • supersizeBBWgrrrl
    April 14, 2012
    supersizeBBWgrrrl
    Waste of time and money to make it and rent it. Robert Downey Jr is sexy so that is the only nice thing.

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Critic Reviews

Michael O'Sullivan
February 12, 2008
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

The young actresses Graham and Wagner here create two characters who feel whole, distinct and weighty. Full Review

Rita Kempley
February 12, 2008
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

An edgy, gabby, salaciously subversive sex farce. Full Review

David Edelstein
February 12, 2008
David Edelstein, Slate

You gotta admire a director who can come up with a way to hang out in such luxurious digs for two weeks, acting out sexual situations with three of the dishiest young actors in the business. Full Review

Todd McCarthy
February 12, 2008
Todd McCarthy, Variety

A lively, if slender, perpetuation of the battle between the sexes on a modern battleground. Full Review

Lisa Alspector
February 12, 2008
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

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. Full Review

Andrew Sarris
April 27, 2007
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

Toback has somehow managed to prolong and expand this sketchy egg-on-your-face situation with a series of unexpected ironies and power role reversals that are not without wit, humor and intelligence. Full Review

Jack Mathews
February 14, 2001
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times

A small movie with some big moments and a lot of unfinished business. Full Review

David Denby
January 1, 2000
David Denby, New York Magazine

Two Girls and a Guy isn't a satisfying movie, but Downey is alarmingly brilliant in it. Full Review

Janet Maslin
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Wagner doesn't wink at the audience to let it know she's not as ignorant and naive as the character she plays. It's a performance that risks being misunderstood, and it probably will be. Full Review

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