Taglines: The Last Man Standing Gets The Kitty.
Nothing against sex comedies, but Tomcats is laced with such rampant misogyny that the laughs stick in your throat. The plot, spawned by first-time director Gregory Poirier — he started by writing porn flicks — involves a bet made by a group of bachelors, with the money going to the last single man. It’s now down to two. Cartoonist Michael (Jerry O’Connell) is desperate to win, since he owes a Vegas casino owner (Bill Maher).
That means Michael must marry off Kyle (Jake Busey), who vows fidelity to his lady on a car phone while her sister gives him a blow job. When Kyle is not hosing babes with his sperm, he’s running them over with his golf cart. The women of Tomcats are hookers, S&M freaks, gold diggers and closet lesbians.
All except Natalie (Shannon Elizabeth), a cop who’s willing to marry Kyle to get a piece of the jackpot. Nice, huh? And wait till you see someone eat the cancerous testicle Kyle has removed. Poirier may think he’s just aping the Farrelly brothers. Wrong. They’re human. Tomcats is the first release from Revolution Studios, led by former Disney chief Joe Roth. Hey, Joe, if there is any truth in that line from Gladiator — “What we do in life will echo in eternity” — you’re in deep shit.
Tomcats is a 2001 American sex comedy film written and directed by Gregory Poirier. It stars Jerry O’Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey, Horatio Sanz, Jaime Pressly, Bernie Casey, David Ogden Stiers, Julia Schultz and Brandi Andres.
Tomcats (2001)
Directed by: Gregory Poirier
Starring: Jerry O’Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey, Horatio Sanz, Jaime Pressly, Bernie Casey, David Ogden Stiers, Julia Schultz, Brandi Andres
Screenplay by: Gregory Poirier
Production Design by: Robb Wilson King
Cinematography by: Charles Minsky
Film Editing by: Harry Keramidas
Costume Design by: Alix Friedberg
Set Decoration by: Linda Lee Sutton
Music by: David Kitay
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content including dialogue, and for languag.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: March 30, 2001
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