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Title: One Night at McCool's

Theatrical Release: 2001

Details:

Liv Tyler

Matt Dillon

Paul Reiser

John Goodman

Michael Douglas

Reba McEntire

Director: Harald Zwart

Score: 1/2

The Review: Odd; quirky; bizarre; exceedingly black humor, strung together with a bit of sex. Structured to present the same situations from three very different viewpoints: the bartender (Dillon), his cousin the lawyer (Reiser), and the cop (Goodman). Viewpoints of what? Mostly of Liv Tyler, in various states of dress and undress -- as gorgeous innocent, as con artist, as murderer, as lover, as homemaker, as thief, etc. Let's just say that love is a many-splendored thing..., and whatever passes for it manages to create havoc in nearly everyone's life. While some might complain that, at times, it borders on soft-porn, the movie is nonetheless entertaining. But not for all tastes. The DVD offers an alternate ending. Reba McEntire has a funny cameo as a psychiatrist.

(28-Dec-01)

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