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.
Acting
Jason Lee's neurotic physical comedy carries the whole thing
Writing
Absurd escalation of lies into genuine criminal misunderstanding
Director
Chris Koch
Jason Lee
Paul Morse
Selma Blair
Karen Cooper
Julia Stiles
Becky Jackson
Shawn Hatosy
Jim
Lochlyn Munro
Ray Donovan
James Brolin
Ken Cooper
Diana Scarwid
Sandra Cooper
David Koechner
Buck
Julie Hagerty
Dorothy
Thomas Lennon
Pete
Larry Miller
Minister Ferris (uncredited)
Jackie Burroughs
Aunt Budge
Jay Brazeau
Howard
Matthew Walker
Minister Green
Fred Ewanuick
Jeff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a brief attempt to make Jason Lee a romantic comedy lead after his Kevin Smith fame—My Name Is Earl would soon rescue him to TV.
The 'bachelor party gone wrong' premise was absolutely exhausted by 2003; this film's modest $15M box office helped kill the subgenre until The Hangover revived it with actual debauchery.
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