Tomcats (2001 film)

Tomcats

Theatrical film poster
Directed by Gregory Poirier
Produced by Paul Kurta
Tony Ludwig
Alan Riche
Written by Gregory Poirier
Starring Jerry O'Connell
Shannon Elizabeth
Jake Busey
Horatio Sanz
Jaime Pressly
Music by David Kitay
Cinematography Charles Minsky
Edited by Harry Keramidas
Production
company
Revolution Studios
Eagle Cove Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • March 30, 2001 (2001-03-30)
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $11 million
Box office $23,430,766

Tomcats is a 2001 American comedy film written and directed by Gregory Poirier, starring Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth and Jake Busey.

Plot

The story concerns a group of guys who have made a deal to each invest in a fund, which would be paid to the last remaining bachelor of the group. Michael Delaney, a cartoonist, attempts to get the other remaining bachelor, Kyle Brenner, married to a statuesque policewoman who Kyle said was the one that got away, so Michael can claim the fund to pay off a gambling debt. Unfortunately, the policewoman Kyle is trying to marry is the woman Michael has fallen in love with, Officer Natalie Parker. Michael then gets himself into all sorts of misadventures, from getting captured by a young woman and her grandmother with a bizarre BDSM fetish (the young woman seems like a quiet librarian at first glance) to trying to retrieve Kyle's surgically removed testicle, all the while attempting to pay off his gambling debt to the honked-off mobster menacing through selling his possessions, relieving himself of his "Tomcat" status, overcoming his fear of commitment, and finding true love.

Cast

Reception

Tomcats was panned by critics. As of October 2011, the movie has a 15% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the summary statement being "Why even bother? You already know if you're going to see it or not.".[1] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said "Tomcats is laced with such rampant misogyny that the laughs stick in your throat."[2] The New York Times said "The film is enthusiastically vulgar but not particularly funny, perhaps because it too often loses the distinction between gross-out humor and the merely gross."[3] Despite negative reception, the film seems to have gained somewhat of a cult following in recent years.

References

  1. "Tomcats". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  2. Travers, Peter (2001-03-30). "Movie Reviews: Tomcats". rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  3. Kehr, Dave (2001-03-30). "Movie Review - Tomcats". movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011.

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