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Tomcats (2001)

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Reviews Counted:72

Fresh:11

Rotten:61

Average Rating:3/10

Consensus: Why even bother? You already know if you're going to see it or not.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: From the opening animated title sequence to the vulgarities at the film's climax, Gregory Poirer's directing debut is an obnoxiously funny comedy with a sharp romantic edge flowering beneath its... From the opening animated title sequence to the vulgarities at the film's climax, Gregory Poirer's directing debut is an obnoxiously funny comedy with a sharp romantic edge flowering beneath its T&A exterior. The plot surrounds a "kitty" (double entendre intended), created by a group of swinging pals determined to stave off marriage at all costs, with the cash headed towards whoever stays single the longest. Seven years later, only two of the friends remain single, and the pot is up to a half million in cash. When one of the two singles, Michael Delaney (Jerry O'Connell), runs afoul of the Las Vegas gambling mafia on account of a big-breasted babe, he needs that kitty cash desperately. Michael attempts to con his competitor, Kyle Brenner (Jake Busey), into marrying the wildly attractive policewoman Natalie (Shannon Elizabeth), who holds a personal vendetta against Kyle. But the best laid plans begin to run afoul when Natalie and Michael fall for each other instead. Filled with totally gross sex gags, pot shots at other films, and slapstick humor, TOMCATS is a humorous take on adult men who have not outgrown their adolescent mentalities about love, sex, and relationships. [More]

Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Jake Busey, Shannon Elizabeth, Horatio Sanz

Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Jake Busey, Shannon Elizabeth, Horatio Sanz, Jaime Pressly

Director: Gregory Poirier

Director: Gregory Poirier
Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier
Producer: Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche, Paul Kurta
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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A lame stinker.

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03/29/01
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04/05/01
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03/22/02
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03/24/02
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06/19/02
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11/20/08
Hollywood.com

Tons of eye candy...but one giant mess of a story.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
03/20/01
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

The only thing funny about this movie is how numbingly unfunny an hour and a half can be.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/30/01
Angela Kellman
Angela Kellman
Jam! Movies

Simply dull. It's gross, but never really risque.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
03/30/01
Anthony Breznican
Anthony Breznican
Associated Press

A morally reprehensible film about bad people behaving badly.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/02/01
Ben Varkentine
Ben Varkentine
PopMatters

This feature makes Three Stooges Meet Hercules look like a visionary satire.

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03/30/01
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
Jam! Movies

Even if you enjoy 100 per cent leering, mean-spirited comedy, you won’t find much to like here.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
04/03/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Of course, we expect such films to be tasteless. That's their job. But that doesn't forgive them for being more abusive than bawdy or more sleazy than kinky.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
03/30/01
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

Offers only tired jokes, grimace-worthy physical comedy and bad, bad acting.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/30/01
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle

Tomcats is so sloppy that Gregory Poirier, who wrote and directed, apparently couldn't be bothered to pick up a dictionary to double-check his own ignorance.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
03/29/01
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The film is enthusiastically vulgar but not particularly funny, perhaps because it too often loses the distinction between gross-out humor and the merely gross.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/29/01
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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There's almost no nudity in this movie; one shot of O'Connell's naked ass and no Elizabeth whatsoever. So, if that's what was going through your one-track mind, then forget it.

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03/29/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

Poirier ... throws everything he can think of at the screen in this bawdy comedy ... in hopes that something will stick. Little of it does.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
03/30/01
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
 
 
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