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What
do you get when you take "There's Something About Mary", add
a couple of murders, some burglary, a handful of big-name
stars and a plot structure like "Rashomon"? Well, you get
"One Night at McCool's". Yet, for everything going for it,
watching this movie felt like one night is way too long.
Jewel
(Liv Tyler) is a femme fatale, who knows how to strut her
stuff, and of course men grovel at her feet. Then, one late
night at a bar called McCool's, Randy (Matt Dillon), a bartender,
bumps into Jewel. He falls in love with her at first sight
and is enticed by her every movement. They decide to live
together and seem to be a happy couple. However, the magic
soon runs out when Randy realizes that Jewel is manipulating
him for her selfish reasons. Jewel needs more than what Randy
can offer, so she ropes in Randy's cousin (Paul Reiser) and
a cop (John Goodman) to help her get what she wants. Things
get nasty between the guys, as Jewel tries to score.
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Except
for the last thirty minutes, this film had me laughing sporadically.
It was more concerned about how alluring Jewel was to these
men over and over again that it forgot to have an engaging
story. The film does a separate, yet interconnected, account
of how each guy viewed her, which was somewhat successful,
but yet often distracting. It is not until the end that the
movie ties everything together, and that I gave it credit
for.
The
overall performance is okay, although Liv Tyler seemed to
be a bit flat (not referring to her bust size of course) to
be a femme fatale. She could strut it alright, but she didn't
have the attitude and charisma. It was fun though watching
Michael Douglas, who also produced "McCool's", play a hit
man with a slick hick pompadour and a propensity for Bingo.
Like
the ever so influential "Pulp Fiction", this film tries to
balance dark humor and graphic violence, but it doesn't pull
it off.
"One
Night at McCool's" is not totally awful. It could have been
a lot better, and you might just as well stay at home and
have a cold beer.
mazzyboi
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