One Night At McCool's

By EWAN McDONALD

(Herald rating: * * * )

Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) crashes into the lives of three men who all fall in love with her on one night at McCool's bar. Randy (Matt Dillon), a barman, his cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) and Detective Dehling (John Goodman) all see Jewel as their perfect woman.

Each tells the events of that night and beyond through their own eyes, revealing how Jewel has manipulated them for cash and consumer goods, leading to a showdown with Burmeister the hitman (Michael Douglas). As they say, much ado about not very much.