Straining for a sense that a good time was had by all.
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04/27/01
One Night at McCool's (2001)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:34
Rotten:68
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Critics say this blend of film noir and screwball comedy seems to think itself more clever and hip than it actually is. Also, the crucial femme fatale role needs a better, more mature actress than Tyler.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The title refers to the night when three men, Randy (Matt Dillon), his cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) and Detective Dehling (John Goodman), all meet Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) at a bar called McCool's.... [More]
Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser
Director: Harald Zwart
Reviews for One Night at McCool's
Sourly unsexy and vulgar.
04/27/01
Proceeds from a premise that's as simplistic as a seventh-grade gym class joke.
04/27/01
It might have all seemed hip and edgy 10 years ago, but today, it just feels tired.
04/27/01
[The filmmakers are] more concerned with marketing strategies and with seeming hip than in making a comedy with integrity.
04/27/01
Moviedom needs Zwart about as much as the world needs another phallic gag about hot dogs.
04/27/01
What few laughs it does manage to eke out hardly seem worth all the effort.
04/27/01
Zwart has a real flair for farce.
04/27/01
Fun, if you're inclined toward cynicism, contempt, nihilism and cool stuff like that.
04/27/01
Sloppy and inconsequential, like a keg party in a parentless home.
04/27/01
A spirited, screwball crime-thriller with a sly heart.
04/27/01
Neither Zwart nor Seidel can really enter into the lubricious, dirty-minded spirit the movie should have.
04/27/01
Isn't nearly as clever as it sounds.
04/27/01
The late Stan Seidel's script is overly talky and under-inspired.
04/27/01
Top CriticThings don't get much more ludicrous or hilarious.
04/27/01
Not funny enough for long enough to take our minds off the lurching filmmaking, the cliched characters and the teenaged boys' locker room mentality.
04/27/01
A self-conscious exercise in dead hipness.
04/27/01
It's not very interesting, apart from the many and varied ways Liv Tyler exposes her body (and lack of acting ability).
04/27/01
There's very little to commend in this violent, sexed-up and dumbed-down version of Rashomon.
04/27/01
Plot-heavy, but about as involving as a stick of gum.
04/27/01
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