I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out and totally hated it. It was predictable and unfunny. The story is about a nice-guy everyman who helps out an attractive girl. Because she is so pretty, she is able to manipulate him. Then other male characters enter the story and also fall under her spell. It is clear that she is playing them all, which makes every single character unlikeable. Her, for being so manipulative, and the men for being so cartoonishly gullible. The story is told through multiple viewpoints, and it has a nasty, mean spirited tone to it. Michael Douglas gets to do a small role that is fun for its sleaziness, but he did it ever better in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. So it ends with the girl leaving and all the men's lives are ruined because of her machinations. She gets their money and they ruin their careers, their marriages, and lose their homes. What a suckfest.
Review of One Night at McCool's
