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One Night at McCool's

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Based on 32 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Stan Seidel
Directed by: Harald Zwart
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 27, 2001
DVD: October 9, 2001
Running Time: 93 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
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)
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What The Critics Said
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Time Richard Schickel
The smartest, funniest, most cleverly structured comedy of the year.
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
I took it as a pretty piece of ephemera, and I must confess that I laughed a lot.
Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Fun, if you're inclined toward cynicism, contempt, nihilism and cool stuff like that.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Ted Mahar
It is a brisk and sometimes bizarre comedy; funny, yet able to accommodate several sudden deaths comfortably.
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Suggests a raunchier, cruder version of a Coen brothers comedy, but it's also a kind of honky-tonk "Rashomon."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
A spirited, screwball crime-thriller with a sly heart.
Read Full Review >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.
USA Today Andy Seiler
You may enjoy One Night -- but you may feel guilty about it in the morning.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly John Patterson
The drawback is Tyler, who lacks the vigor and energy her part requires in order to transcend charges of misogyny.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
It might have all seemed hip and edgy 10 years ago, but today, it just feels tired.
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.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Goodman exudes doltish kindness, Dillon a hapless gentleness, Reiser a vulgar buoyancy. Douglas turns in the best performance.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Zwart never gets the tone right in this very American comedy.
Read Full Review >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.
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The story, which is even dumber than it sounds, is told in flashback.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Staff (Not credited)
More than just dumb, the picture is embarrassingly dorky.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Too bad you can see this sort of thing done more amusingly every week on ABC-TV and Comedy Central.
Read Full Review >Film.com Gemma Files
Has its - very - occasionally funny moments, so does a car crash.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A strong, early candidate for the worst movie of the year.
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