One Night is good but you can't help thinking it could have been better.

It could have been an excellent black and white 40's style Film Noir, with a few more gags it could have been a really funny Black Comedy, if it wanted to get seedier it could even have passed as an Emmanuelle style soft porn picture.

As it is, the film passes the time without ever reaching constant peaks.

The story revolves around Jewel (Liv Tyler), a femme fatale, who draws Dillon, Goodman and sleazy lawyer Carl (Paul Reiser) into her web.

Each character recalls how they first set eyes on the temptress on that one night at McCool's!

The promotional material surrounding this film talks about the three men and their different views of Tyler. The truth of the matter is they all fancy her like mad.

This leads to the soft porn approach especially when young Jewel starts washing her car with her big sponge and foamy water! It's a hot day so she needs to keep cool herself!

There's some neat camera work and good one-liners. For example, when Matt Dillon talks to Jewel about a murder she's just committed he says "It's just that sex and the violence all in one night. It's too much."

All the leading cast put in good performances although you can't help feeling John Goodman's operating on auto pilot.

It's worth seeing just for Michael Douglas's dodgy hair piece and a terrific end sequence which involves a shoot-out to the music of the Village People.

But beware. Try not to view the television adverts for this film. One of the best images in the movie is given away in that thirty seconds promo.