Tomcats (2001)

Director:

Gregory Poirier

Writer (WGA):

Gregory Poirier (written by)

Release Date:

30 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Last Man Standing Gets The Kitty.

Plot:

Seven years ago, a bunch of friends make a bet that'll give the last remaining bachelor a ton of money...

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Bachelor | Bet | Proctologist | Stripper

Cast

Jerry O'Connell	...	Michael Delany
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Natalie Parker
Jake Busey	...	Kyle Brenner
Horatio Sanz	...	Steve
Jaime Pressly	...	Tricia
Bernie Casey	...	Officer Hurley
David Ogden Stiers	...	Dr. Crawford
Travis Fine	...	Jan
Heather Stephens	...	Jill
Julia Schultz	...	Shelby
Scott Beehner	...	Max
Kam Heskin	...	Kimberly
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Mr. MacDonald
Brandi Andres	...	Kelly
John Patrick White	...	Gary

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, and for language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #38081) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Singapore:M18 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (original rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hungary:18 | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The second movie in which Jerry O'Connell is tied to something and harnessed down. In Scream 2 (1997), he's dropped down at the final showdown and in tomcats, he's lifted up by the dominatrix.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The tape recorder Michael is holding is obviously run by batteries. Therefore, he would not get shocked, even in the sauna he was in.

Quotes:

Kyle: Oh If I get married it's going to be a cosmetics counter girl.
Michael: Why a cosmetics counter girl?
Kyle: It's the perfect woman, man. You know they're always going to smell good and wear makeup, plus, they're not too ambitious so they'll make a good wife AND they're not going to be one of those damn feminist bitches that keep their own last name when you marry them.
Steve: Like my mom?
Kyle: Yeah, exactly.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Graduate (1967)

Soundtrack:

We Luv You

Look at the Reviewers- You'll note a trend

Firstly, I may well be slightly biased- because I really truly enjoyed this movie. However, seeing it with a score under 5- and then looking at the reviews, there is a notable trend. The good reviews are predominantly well punctuated and articulate, with such things as (gasp) accurate spelling and grammar. Conversely, most of the bad reviews tend to be short blurbs with not a capital letter to be found.

My take on this: Despite being a dumb comedy, Tomcats is to nuanced for the average consumer of dumb comedy. So, it's a smart-dumb comedy. The timing of jokes is impeccable, the pace is excellent, and the actual material is above average- with some of it even fresh! This leaves it in a bad place for reviews though- because it means a small segment of people love it, while big segments of the population (the pretentious smart and the uncultured dumb, we'll call them) will always pan this movie. So, if you're smarter than the average bear- but still appreciate dumb comedy romps, go for it- this one is a keeper.