Tomcats

Tomcats follows a group of friends who make a pact while still young: each contributes to a shared fund, and the money goes to whichever of them stays single the longest. Years later, only two men remain unmarried. Michael Delaney, a struggling comic artist, owes a large gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino with a deadline to repay it. Kyle Brenner, the other bachelor, is a committed womanizer. Michael's only route to the money is to get Kyle married before time runs out, which proves difficult given Kyle's attitude toward women.

Gregory Poirier directed and wrote the film, which was released in 2001 and runs 95 minutes. Jerry O'Connell plays Michael, with Jake Busey as Kyle, Shannon Elizabeth as Officer Natalie Parker, Horatio Sanz as Steve, Bernie Casey as Officer Hurley and Jaime Pressly as Tricia. The credited cast runs to 56 names. Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche and Paul Kurta produced for Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and associated companies.

Made for about 11 million dollars, the film returned roughly twice that amount worldwide, a modest result for a studio comedy. Audiences have been tepid: on IMDb it holds 5.3 out of 10 from around 21,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.1 out of 10 from roughly 295 votes. A critics' rating of 3.1 out of 10 from 75 reviews places professional opinion noticeably below even the mixed audience scores.