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- ↑ Snow Day A Film Review by James Berardinelli - Reelviews.net
- ↑ Chris Koch Talks About "A Guy Thing" Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine - About.com
- ↑ Chris Koch at Film.com
- ↑ KONK.com
