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The Good Guy

2009 · 1h 30m · R Comedy, Romance
Directed by Julio DePietro

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Overview

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy's sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel. Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street -- high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.

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35%
Tomatometer
Rotten

It's network television drama, starring actors best known for their TV work and full of the petty gripes and mild worries of characters who really have nothing compelling to worry about.

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh

It has smart characters, and is wise about the ones who try to tame their intelligence by acting out.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

The Good Guy has a few half-cute moments, some chuckles, and enough pretty faces to cast at least two TV pilots. What it doesn't have is a clue.

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

There's too little difference between the good guys and the bad guys in Julio DePietro's uninspired debut, a slickly cynical romance destined to be quickly forgotten.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh

Drawing on his stint at a Chicago investment firm, DePietro creates characters, dialogue and situations that feel authentic, which makes the film relevant in unexpected ways, though not as deeply as you hope he'll do in the future.

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

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