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One Night at McCool's
USA Films
MPAA RATING: R for violence, sexuality and language
Starring
Liv Tyler,
Matt Dillon,
John Goodman,
Paul Reiser,
Michael Douglas,
and
Reba McEntire
It all started one night at McCool's....three unsuspecting men and one woman with a dream are brought together by lust, mayhem, bingo, DVDs, and the finer points of home decorating. (USA Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Stan Seidel
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Harald Zwart
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 9, 2001
Video: October 9, 2001
Theatrical: April 27, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
93 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Time
Richard Schickel
The smartest, funniest, most cleverly structured comedy of the year.
80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
I took it as a pretty piece of ephemera, and I must confess that I laughed a lot.
80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Fun, if you're inclined toward cynicism, contempt, nihilism and cool stuff like that.

80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
First-time feature director Harald Zwart has a real flair for farce, and he keeps the outrageous high jinks of the script lively yet grounded in reality.

75
Portland Oregonian
Ted Mahar
It is a brisk and sometimes bizarre comedy; funny, yet able to accommodate several sudden deaths comfortably.
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Suggests a raunchier, cruder version of a Coen brothers comedy, but it's also a kind of honky-tonk "Rashomon."
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
A spirited, screwball crime-thriller with a sly heart.

63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Neither as rollicking nor as wild as one had hoped, but Tyler's tongue-in-cheek noir goddess transcends cliche and the screenplay's other shortcomings terrifically.
63
USA Today
Andy Seiler
You may enjoy One Night -- but you may feel guilty about it in the morning.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
One Night at McCool's does not quite work, but it has a lot of fun being a near-miss.

60
New Times (L.A.)
Gregory Weinkauf
While this production from Michael Douglas is being touted as a sexy romantic comedy, it's more precise to think of it as big loud fun for when you're feelin' dumb.

50
LA Weekly
John Patterson
The drawback is Tyler, who lacks the vigor and energy her part requires in order to transcend charges of misogyny.

50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
It might have all seemed hip and edgy 10 years ago, but today, it just feels tired.
50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
All so fast and frenetic.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Never fully rises to the occasion, maintaining a goofily even keel throughout but rarely tipping over into all-out froth and nuttiness.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Goodman exudes doltish kindness, Dillon a hapless gentleness, Reiser a vulgar buoyancy. Douglas turns in the best performance.

50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Zwart never gets the tone right in this very American comedy.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A curious screwball "noir," doesn't so much bend established genres as blend them into an unappetizing cocktail, where they curdle before pouring.
50
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Should have been a quick and dirty pulp tall tale. But it pokes along instead of accelerating, and though it isn't exactly smug it's rather too pleased with its own manufactured outrageousness.

50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Packs a lot into one night, but it's wearying. It's like a kid determined to show you every toy in his room, and there's nowhere to escape.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Maybe such cloddish sight gags as dipsomaniac priest chug-a-lugging from the communion chalice or an apparently straight-laced yuppie in full S&M drag just aren't very funny.

40
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Tyler, a true beauty, gives the role a valiant try, but her range is too limited to play this amalgam of female perfection.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
As its plot is entirely negligible, whether or not you enjoy One Night at McCool's probably depends on how funny you think the performances are.

30
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
One Night at McCool's is one night too much.

30
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The story, which is even dumber than it sounds, is told in flashback.

30
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Oblivious to its own towering obsolescence.

30
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Feels like a film from several years ago, one of the many made in the wake of "Pulp Fiction" that tried and failed to be as clever as its progenitor.

25
Entertainment Weekly
Staff (Not credited)
More than just dumb, the picture is embarrassingly dorky.

25
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Too bad you can see this sort of thing done more amusingly every week on ABC-TV and Comedy Central.

20
Film.com
Gemma Files
Has its - very - occasionally funny moments, so does a car crash.

12
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A strong, early candidate for the worst movie of the year.
0
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
A shamelessly dumb movie.


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