The Good Guy

2010 | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Calm and quiet Daniel starts on Wall Street. His womanizing colleague, Tommy, encourages him to meet women. He unknowingly meets Tommy's girlfriend, Beth, and ends up in her 5 women book club. Will he find the woman?

Scores

Overall Score
39.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
46.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
30.9%
Review Aggregate
38.0

Critic Consensus

36.4% Fresh • 22 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 36% of 22 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, visually striking. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotvisually strikinggrittyrealisticstylizedcoming of age

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Alexis Bledel2010$719,000$1,034,000(est)
Scott Porter2010$443,000$636,000(est)
Bryan Greenberg2010$333,000$479,000(est)
Andrew McCarthy2010$272,000$392,000(est)
Aaron Yoo2010$233,000$335,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score33.0
RT critic review count24
Rotten Tomatoes audience score30.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating5.7
IMDb votes9,994

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2010$100,688$144,823
International2010N/AN/A
Worldwide2010$100,688$144,823

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2010$50,344$72,411
Digital Rentals ?2010$1,446,000$2,079,827
Digital Purchases ?2010$421,000$605,537
Physical Rentals ?2010$3,393,000$4,880,257
Physical Purchases ?2010$7,602,000$10,934,193
TV & Streaming Revenue2010$50,344$72,411
Total Revenues2010$12,962,688$18,644,637
Expenses
Budget ?2010$10,000,000$14,383,310
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2010$81,000 (est)$116,505 (est)
Participations2010$259,000$372,528
Residuals ?2010$883,000$1,270,046
Interest & Overhead2010$2,000,000$2,876,662
Total Expenses2010$13,223,000$19,019,051
Movie Net Profit or Loss2010$-260,312$-374,415

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