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List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $9.98 Features • Anamorphic • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 2003 DVD Release : 27 April, 2004 |
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The Cooler description The premise of this swinging Vegas picture is enough to carry it over its narrative rough spots. The unluckiest sap on the planet (William H. Macy) is employed as a "cooler" at a casino; his very presence can chill the hot streak of any patron on a roll. He's valued by the old-school manager of the place, a role given a two-fisted, bourbon-swilling incarnation by Alec Baldwin. Macy means to quit, but then he falls for a waitress (the excellent Maria Bello, from Permanent Midnight)--might his luck be changing? The subplots are pretty much a mess, but the frank sex scenes between Macy and Bello give the movie a truly offbeat feel. The tawdry air of a second-rate casino is also nicely done: This is not the new family-friendly Las Vegas, but a tough place of superstitions, sinister back rooms, and shabby motels. The characters are perfectly at home. --Robert Horton |
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| I loved the fairy tale genre when I was a little kid. It took me a while to realize that The Cooler is a (semi) modern fairy tale. It has a prince (of a guy) played by Bill Macy who is in thrall to an evil demon (played by Alec Baldwin). The poor prince is rescued by a brave maiden (Maria Bello).
As in all fairy tales, the demon is destroyed by his own evil. The price and maiden leave town, richer than before, ready to start over in a distant land. |
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