Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 04/27/2001(USA)
Release Date: 11/05/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Polygram USA Video
The debut project from co-star
Michael Douglas' production company
Further Films, this comic crime caper uses the narrative devices of multiple points of view and flashbacks, à la
Rashomon (1951) and that classic film's many imitators. A late-night slaying at a bar called McCool's is the point of departure as
Detective Dehling (
John Goodman), bartender
Randy (
Matt Dillon), and
Randy's lawyer-cousin
Carl (
Paul Reiser) project their fantasies onto the sexy
Jewel (
Liv Tyler), whose boyfriend (
Andrew Dice Clay) is the corpse in question. As each man spills his guts --
Dehling to his priest,
Randy to an aging hit man (
Douglas), and
Carl to his therapist (
Reba McEntire) -- it becomes clear that the
femme fatale Jewel has been manipulating the smitten men for her own purposes, namely a house full of cutting-edge electronic gadgets.
One Night at McCool's is the debut American film from Norwegian commercial and music video director
Harald Zwart.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide