| avoid THE COOLER (Wayne Kramer, 2003) like the plague! i kid you not. god it was bad. the first culprit is the lousy writing. cliched dialogue and strange turn of events seem like they were all the rage at screenwriting 101. then you've got the incredibly ham-fisted directing (and there were way too many unnecessary shots :: although shocking and kinda cool, did we really need to see Maria Bello holding/covering William H Macy's dick with her hand?). i had such a strong reaction to this film that i cannot, in good conscience, recommend this piece of shit to anyone. if you really wanna rent it, then focus on the performances by the leads (Maria Bello and William H Macy. Alec Baldwin is also fine but his character was not as sharply written and he's the one left spewing the cliched dialogue). if you really have to. this film annoyed me so much that i actually stopped it after an hour (and believe me it felt longer than that. i thought i was near the end) and never went back.
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