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One night at McCool's

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Movie propaganda

She's three men over the legal limit.

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. McCool's Bar was hopping that night. Randy (Matt Dillon) worked there, tending bar. lawyer Carl (Paul Reiser) was there until past closing. Detective Dehling (John Goodman) got there once McCool's became a crime scene. Was it the dead body that tied those men together? Not as tightly as the live-wire who was also there that night: the stunning young woman aptly named Jewel (Liv Tyler). Before the night was over, she had become all the three men could think about: she moved in on/with one, made the other forget his (living) wife and made the third forget his (dead) wife. As one of the men would point out in a rare moment of clarity, "The sex and the violence, all in one night - it's a little much." With a woman like Jewel, there was more - much more - to come. Jewel was more trouble than these three men were worth... and what she wanted was bigger than all of them put together.

Persons of interest

Matt Dillon .... Randy
Mary Jo Smith .... Bingo Caller
Michael Douglas .... Mr Burmeister
Paul Reiser .... Carl Harding
Reba McEntire .... Dr Green
John Goodman .... Detective Dehling
Richard Jenkins .... Father Jimmy
Sandy Martin .... Bingo Vendor Woman
Liv Tyler .... Jewel
Andrew Dice Clay .... Utah/Elmo
Tim De Zarn .... Detective Ertagian
Leo Rossi .... Joey Dinardo
Andrea Bendewald .... Karen
Anthony Winsick .... Ethan
Stan Seide .... Screenwriter
Harald Zwart .... Director

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Intelligence analyst

Secret Agent Acid Thunder

Theatrical report

It's time for Michael Douglas and Liv Tyler to sail off into the sunset. How a man as old as Michael can attract a lively young specimen of womanhood as Liv is beyond me - but it does happen. It must be the money. Women love money, more than their magazines and TV shows and certainly more than mere men.

It is great how the story was portrayed from the three different points of view - Paul and John's seemed especially real - but I never managed to figure out which one was real.

One night at McCool's is Michael's first film under his new production company and I believe that you will see more broadly appealing films coming from the stable. This film was supposed to be a black comedy, but, then again, so was American psycho. No, One night at McCool's is more of a grey comedy: some funny bits but mostly you'd be embarrassed to laugh out loud lest someone thinks that you have no taste.

Enjoy.