Two Girls and a Guy (1997)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

James Toback

Writer (WGA):

James Toback (written by)

Release Date:

24 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Thanks to his two girlfriends Blake is about to learn a new sexual position. Honesty.

Plot:

Two girls, Carla and Lou meet on the street outside a loft waiting for their boyfriends. In a short time...

Plot Keywords:

Loft | Break In | Bisexual | Two Girlfriends | Broken Window

Cast

Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Lou
Heather Graham	...	Carla
Angel David	...	Tommy
Frederique Van Der Wal	...	Carol
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Blake

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for a scene of explicit sexuality.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 | USA:NC-17 (video release) | USA:R (DVD rating) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

The Jules and Jim poster is in Italian. The loft where they filmed was owned by an Italian architect, and many of the furnishings shown in the film were already there.

Goofs:

Continuity: The liquor bottle refills in one shot just before Blake returns.

Quotes:

Blake Allen: What's this? This right here?
Carla: It looks like a broken window and a plant.
Blake Allen: It is a broken window and a plant but how did the window get broken?
Carla: It looks like the plant might have done it.
Blake Allen: Yeah, but I don't think the plant just came through the window by itself.
[he pauses]
Blake Allen: Did you throw the plant through the window?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Boom

A poignant and witty slant on the downside of monogamy

Its quite funny that many people who i've spoken to after watching 2gg, really seem to have missed the entire point of the film. For me, the production is summed up by the line "maybe we aren't designed for monogamy" uttered by a flawless Heather Graham. In what has been an almost institutionalised habit, the film industry has focused primarily on the joys and wonders of dual relationships without even giving airspace to alternative lifestyles that are far more rational and far more realistic.

The film itself is a classic hitchcock-style piece, set more or less in one day in one apartment. Two girls (graham and wagner) discover whilst waiting for there boyfriends to return home, that they actually have the same boyfriend. Deciding to confront him, but unsure how, they break into his loft and from there the hijinx begin. Truly a modern classic, and have i mentioned how good Robert Downey Jr is yet?? Boy he is good.