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One Night at McCool's

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One Night at McCool's 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)

What The Critics Said

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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50

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Goodman exudes doltish kindness, Dillon a hapless gentleness, Reiser a vulgar buoyancy. Douglas turns in the best performance.

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50

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Zwart never gets the tone right in this very American comedy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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30

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

One Night at McCool's is one night too much.

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30

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

The story, which is even dumber than it sounds, is told in flashback.

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30

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Oblivious to its own towering obsolescence.

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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.

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25

Entertainment Weekly Staff (Not credited)

More than just dumb, the picture is embarrassingly dorky.

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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.

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20

Film.com Gemma Files

Has its - very - occasionally funny moments, so does a car crash.

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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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What Our Users Said

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