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One Night at McCool's (2001)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 105
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 70

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.

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 25

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The debut project from co-star Michael Douglas' production company Further Films, this comic crime caper uses the narrative devices of multiple points of view and flashbacks, � la Rashomon (1951) and that classic film's many imitators. A late-night slaying at a bar called McCool's is the point of departure as Detective Dehling (John Goodman), bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), and Randy's lawyer-cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) project their fantasies onto the sexy Jewel (Liv Tyler), whose boyfriend

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Harald Zwart

Written By: Stan Seidel

In Theaters: Apr 27, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Oct 9, 2001

Box Office:$5.7M

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Oblivious to its own towering obsolescence.

May 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Dennis Lim

Village Voice

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Feels like a needless, thankless, charmless shout-out to the '80s rock video.

April 27, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Wesley Morris

San Francisco Chronicle

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It eventually loses its concentration and ultimately falls apart.

April 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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There isn't much to McCool's that couldn't be found in an adult magazine.

April 27, 2001 Comment

Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Straining for a sense that a good time was had by all.

April 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

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Sourly unsexy and vulgar.

April 27, 2001 Comment

Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

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Disappointing, too violent, and not very funny.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

...a breezy, nasty little film that delivers more than it promises.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No matter how bad a movie with A-list actors involved is, it will still be released - somewhere, sometime, to someone.

March 4, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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eFilmCritic.com

[Tyler] seems like she would be more at home playing a tomboy.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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A really bizarre blend of comedy and brutal killing. I was truly not expecting the turn of events in the movie. However, it falls short of actually having any purpose besides showing off Liv Tyler. It has it's moments, but in the end it is just a forgettable comedy.

December 8, 2009

Conner Rainwater

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A bit of fun but not great.

September 25, 2009

Anthony Lawrie

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