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One Night at McCool's (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmcritic.com interviews director Harald Zwart
San Francisco Chronicle (Wesley Morris)
Houston Chronicle
A good Johnny Cash song on a movie soundtrack will pardon any number of sins. Cash's Wanted Man plays throughout One Night at McCool's. That song and the movie's visual dynamism generate a jaunty enough mood so that it takes awhile to sink in what a ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Houston Chronicle
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
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Most guys would do anything for women. Trust me I did I
went traveled 5 states to look for a pair of sneakers for my ex-wife. Some guys
would steal or lye to get a girl they want. It goes for the women as well. But
for four guys One Night at McCools ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
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Empire Magazine (Angie Errigo)
A very cool, sly comedy thriller of one femme fatale and three chumps. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Empire Magazine (Angie Errigo)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Fun, if you're inclined toward cynicism, contempt, nihilism and cool stuff like that. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Zwart has a real flair for farce. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
filmcritic.com exits McCool's
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JoBlo's Movie Emporium reviews "One Night at McCool's"
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Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Despite the ending, this is still a good movie and a quite funny dark comedy. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Daily-Reviews.com (Ken Cenerelli)
Written by Stan Seidel (who died of Crohn's disease shortly after shooting completed), One Night at McCool's has some interesting ideas but the execution seems a bit labored. It is supposed to play as a black comedy but the script never reaches the ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Daily-Reviews.com (Ken Cenerelli)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
There are predictable twists involving Birch's character, but as her layers are stripped away, she plays her character convincingly and effectively, and the flashbacks to the hole have the right look and feel of murkiness and creepiness, as seclusion ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Wow, what a first act! The initial third of this
yarn weaves a three-perspective story tighter than
Swedish braids. A cop (Goodman), a lawyer (Reiser)
and an empty-pocketed bartender (Dillon) ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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Movie Habit (Scott Poston)
This is the first film released by Michael Douglas' new production company, Further Films, and Douglas has a small role in the movie as the hitman hired to kill Jewel. The screenwriter, his only film to his credit, died last year so perhaps that had ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Movie Habit (Scott Poston)
Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)
...gleeful zing is supplied by a memorable cast that you would be downright foolish to miss in action. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Jamey Hughton's Movie Views (Jamey Hughton)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
It probes the psychological aspects of such human drives as lust, mayhem, lust, bingo, lust, DVDs, lust, and the finer points of home decorating. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
All that one needs to know about the madcap comedy One Night at McCool's is embodied by its star, Liv Tyler. Looking as ravishing as ever and dolled up in a variety of outlets that (to put it mildly) flatter her fit body, Tyler certainly makes an ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Clever, dark and juicy. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
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Popkorn Junkie's review of One Night at McCool's
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
A case of having your cheesecake and eating it, too. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
A lot of flash and outlandish events tossed together in a haphazard fashion that’s just not as funny as the filmmakers obviously thought it would be. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
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One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
DVD Clinic ("Professor Steve")
A bartender (Dillon), a lawyer (Paul Reiser), and a detective (Goodman), all fall for a seductive kleptomaniac named Jewel (Tyler) and end up in love-induced mess involving a seedy old hit man (Michael Douglas) and Jewel's old boyfriend (Andrew Dice ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at DVD Clinic ("Professor Steve")
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Three men romp with the woman of their dreams in the ambitious but flawed new comedy noir,One Night at McCool's.It just happens she's the same woman (played by Liv Tyler), and she fits their fantasies so she can use them to make her ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
One Night at McCool's starts out with the stories of three men and their encounters with a gorgeous young woman, Jewel (Tyler). They go in between intervals, Randy (Dillon; There's Something About Mary) talking to hit man Burmeister (Douglas), ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
McCool's is a pleasant enough spot to while away the hours but it's not exactly the rollicking comedy joint its trailers make it out to be. Genial and amusing, the movie aims for something like the dark, silly humor of There's Something About Mary. But ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
I suppose the film is trying to make a comment on the nature of perception and other high-minded concepts of postmodern criticism, but it functions best as a ribald sex comedy. One of the funniest things about it is that the object of everyone's ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
David N. Butterworth
The part does not call for much acting, although Ms. Tyler certainly washes a car with great convictionperhaps you've seen the slomo, softfocus scene in the previews in which soap suds and water spray wind up on just about everything but the vehicle!As ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at David N. Butterworth
Steve Rhodes
Randy's cousin Carl (Paul Reiser), a cocksure lawyer who brags to everyone he meets that he is a partner in the second biggest law firm in the state, tells his story to his new psychiatrist (Reba McEntire). An obnoxious married man with two kids, he ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Steve Rhodes
Reel.com
A note of warning: One Night at McCool's does feature the sorry sight of Paul Reiser in full leather-and-chain S&M regalia — over Jockey shorts yet. That's truly a vision no one needs to see — but one the retina retains long after One Night at ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Reel.com
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
This movie bored me. I didn't laugh much, I didn't smile much and I certainly didn't care much for any of its characters. It's a typical "video movie" stacked with actors who are past their prime, featuring one hot lead and a pretty cool character ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
When a man tells a woman she's the one he's been searching for, this is not a comment about the woman but about the man. The male mind, drenched in testosterone, sees what it needs to see. ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Flipside Movie Emporium (Jeremiah Kipp)
As the first project coming down the pike from Furthur Films (Michael Douglas' production company), one admires the balls it took to put this stupid, clumsy, ramshackle piece of poisoned cotton candy out into the world. As with anything that pushes ...read the complete One Night at McCool's movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Jeremiah Kipp)
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