| The Cooler Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 4/5) |
| "The Cooler" is a movie that essentially deals with two topics, the
most evident being that of the love story between Bernie (William H.
Macy) and his girlfriend (Maria Bello). The subplot deals with an
ageing gangster whose casino is growing "outdated"...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
| THE COOLER (2003) 3 stars out of 4. Starring William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec
Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino, Estella Warren, Arthur J.
Nascarella, Joey Fatone and Ellen Greene. Screenplay by Frank Hannah and Wayne
Kramer. Directed...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| You feel as if you're late for a great party when you see movies more than a
month after the awards buzz begins. The raves for Alec Baldwin in 'The
Cooler' were strongest in December, yet I have just now had the opportunity
to see for myself what the...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B+) |
| Shelly (Alec Baldwin) is a beast that once
flourished in another era. He comes from a time
when muscle got things done. There wasn't a
committee to slow the process up. And sometimes,
lessons could be better taught by a steel rod or
a head butt rather...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper (Rating: 5/5) |
| THE COOLER (2003)
Rated R; running time 101 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.thecoolermovie.com/
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318374/combined
Writer: Frank...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: Bernie Lootz is a loser living in Las Vegas
making a living with his contagious bad luck. A
casino uses him to spread his luck to winning high-
rollers. But then he meets an attractive cocktail
waitress who likes him...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 5/5) |
| Every now and then, as one who sees a lot of movies and therefore
takes notes in order to recall the less salient impressions while
watching (details to point out, little things I liked), I see a movie
where I just forget everything except what is...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2/4) |
| In the luckless Las Vegas love story "The Cooler," William H. Macy
("Seabiscuit")
plays a professional "cooler," a guy whose luck is so terminally lousy he's
hired by the Golden Shangri-La Hotel and Casino simply to pass that bad karma
onto its...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| In Wayne Kramer's THE COOLER, Bernie Lootz, in another brilliant performance by
William H. Macy, is not merely unlucky; he is "kryptonite on a stick." He is
such a world-class loser that he manages to earn a meager living as a
professional casino...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| If Owning Mahowney wasn't a real story with a gambling-addicted, bad-luck
protagonist that was ultimately incarcerated for embezzlement, its sequel
might have been The Cooler, which is about a former casino junkie who
parlayed his monumental bad luck...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A man with tremendous bad luck is hired by a Las Vegas casino to be their
"cooler"-- someone who walks by and gives other players bad luck whenever
they're on a roll. Then one day, he meets a woman who sweeps him off his feet
and the next thing you...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy, "Seabiscuit") has a talent. His loser
status is so indelibly a part of his character that his mere presence sours
the luck of those beside him. This gift is highly prized by his old friend
Shelly (Alec Baldwin, "The Cat...more |
| The Cooler Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B+
Lions Gate Films
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Written by: Frank Hannah, Wayne Kramer
Cast: William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn
Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino
Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 9/18/03 more |
