Two Girls and a Guy is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by James Toback and produced by Edward R. Pressman and Chris Hanley.

It occurs almost entirely in real time, and within a single setting, leading some reviewers to compare the film to a stage play.

After a short time, they find out that they are waiting for the same guy – young actor Blake, who said that he loves both of them but had actually been leading a double life for several months.

"[4] It has been reported that Downey Jr. was drug-tested on the set every day,[5] and that roles such as this helped him temporarily stay clean before his eventual relapse in September 1997.

"[7] In 1997, Gregson Wagner had also appeared in David Lynch's Lost Highway, and several independent features, including the NC-17 rated experimental drama film Glam.

[9] Before filming started, Gregson Wagner convinced director Toback to remove a scene he originally wanted where her character masturbated to Downey Jr. and Heather Graham having sex, as she believed it was not realistic.

"[13] In order for the film to receive an R-rating rather than an NC-17 rating, the sex scene involving Downey Jr. and Graham was toned down and re-edited.

The site's consensus reads, "Two Girls and a Guy has an intriguing premise and a talented trio of leads, but doesn't do quite enough with any of them to make the end result truly worth a watch".

[19][20] In September 1997, Todd McCarthy of Variety labelled it "a lively, if slender, perpetuation of the battle between the sexes on a modern battleground", adding, "critical reaction will no doubt run the gamut for this sexually frank, exploratory piece, with its box office fate hanging in the balance of whether the resulting controversy makes it a priority for young discriminating viewers or a turn-off, especially among women.

However, he noted that "mass walkouts were reserved for 23-year-old Kids scribe Harmony Korine’s directorial debut, Gummo, another verite parade of teens behaving badly (and killing cats in the process).

Two Girls and a Guy bursts into life as soon as this wildly inventive actor saunters into the story bellowing Vivaldi, and from that point on, it hangs on his every word.

They write, "featuring one of the worst film performances in recent history (from newcomer Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of the late Natalie Wood), this wildly over-the-top black comedy about two women who confront their 'shared' boyfriend doesn't score with any of the points it tries to make.

"[26] Jack Mathews of the Los Angeles Times criticized the structure of the film, saying: "Two Girls and a Guy takes a lot of dubious side trips and ends with an event so unexpected it could have come from a different movie.