Tomcats (film)

Tomcat is an American comedy film from the year 2001.

Action

Childhood Friends by Michael, Kyle, Steve, Gary and Max make during the wedding of Max a bet to try to never marry. To this end, they want to put some money into a high-yield investment fund that is due to the person who makes it to the end, to remain unmarried annually. After seven years, Steve married in Las Vegas and there remain only Kyle and Michael left. To impress an unknown red-haired beauty in the lobby, Michael plays craps and loses not only his money, but owes the casino even $ 51,000. He has four weeks to repay the money, but no idea how he intended to create. Since his old wealthy friend Kyle occurs to him, but who abhors two things: women who stand on faith, and if anyone wants to borrow money from him. Since Michael mitbekam however, that the jackpot has now grown to 475,000 U.S. dollars, and learns from Kyle that his one true love Natalie Parker was, he has a plan on how he could raise the necessary money.

He makes Natalie, who is working undercover as a street prostitute for the police, and told her his plan. She even agrees, since Kyle has let them just stand after their first night together on the California State Route 1. However, she wants abhaben half of the jackpot if she manages to Kyle, she married within the next 30 days. And to achieve this, they observe Kyle to find out on what type of woman he is. Here, Michael and Natalie come closer to such an extent that both fall almost into each other. But Michael needs money, so he imagines Kyle Natalie. They meet each other. Michael watches from afar, being extremely jealous. As Natalie, however, also has feelings for Michael, she plays hard to get for Kyle, so she does not sleep with him and Michael asks, but his love to confess. But since plague him the money worries, he must deny this. He tries to sleep with the first available woman who crosses his path. However, the librarian Jill is a secret dominatrix.

Since Kyle is ill on the left testicle to testicular cancer and it is Natalie aside, he believes he has found the right thing with it, so he makes her to marry him. Because Michael is under pressure to get the money in the next three days, he has his disappointment at losing his love to Kyle, conceal. But when Kyle tells him at his bachelor party that he does not intend to live in monogamy, he tries to prevent the next day the marriage of the two. But he is too late and gets a consolation the jackpot, which he can at least pay off its debts with Carlos. When he runs after some time Kyle on the way, he learns that the marriage was not consummated and canceled, so he sets out immediately to look for Natalie to declare his love for her. Then they get married.

Criticism

" Linguistically and cinematically disreputable obscenities revue that spreads its misogynist humor mainly on a trendy become disgust level. From any whatsoever artistic penetration of the film is far away. "

"In the Footsteps tasteless romantic comedies such as" There's Something About Mary, "" American Pie "and" Road Trip " surprised this strip next to the usual under-the- belt - waste with some really funny gags and slapstick. "

Background

When Michael at the end of the movie collides with the cello on the animal rights organization, the famous Wilhelm scream is heard.

The film contains several allusions and parodies of other films, including Young Frankenstein, Mission: Impossible II, American Beauty, Apocalypse Now, Pretty Woman and The Graduate.

Publication

After its release on 30 May 2001, the film could import about 23 million U.S. dollars with a production budget of 11 million U.S. dollars worldwide. In Germany, he began on 5 July 2001 and was seen by 477,659 moviegoers. Since 29 May 2002, the film is available in both VHS and DVD.

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