The Cooler
2003·Romance·1h 41m
7.0
★
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
Directed by Wayne Kramer
hotel
card game
drug abuse
casino
bad luck
jinx
las vegas
voyeurism
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Cast
William H. Macy
Bernie Lootz
Alec Baldwin
Shelly Kaplow
Maria Bello
Natalie Belisario
Shawn Hatosy
Mikey
Ron Livingston
Larry Sokolov
Paul Sorvino
Buddy Stafford
Estella Warren
Charlene
Arthur J. Nascarella
Nicky Fingers Bonnatto
Joey Fatone
Johnny Cappella
M.C. Gainey
Highway Officer
Ellen Greene
Doris
Don Scribner
Lou
Crew
Wayne Kramer
Director
Wayne Kramer
Screenplay
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Arthur Coburn
Editor
Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer
Eric A. Norris
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Richard L. Fox
First Assistant Director
Wayne Kramer
Storyboard Artist
Travis Zariwny
Set Dresser
Noon Orsatti
Stunt Coordinator
Toby Corbett
Production Design
Popular Reviews
49 reviews
Dylan McGale
7.0★ · 04/09/26
I gotta homie like this….
I gotta homie like this….
Elvis
6.0★ · 03/17/26
Can’t lean on luck for every outcome… The Cooler is the story of William H Macy’s character repaying his debts by being so unlucky he stops people from winning money at the casino. The plot consists of pretty well paced action, with a noticable climax, built by a solid rising point where bad luck led to good things, followed by a falling action of good luck leading to bad thing. The film explores themes of love of even the most undesirable, friendship, and violence. Unlike most people I thought the acting wasn’t all that great, with William H Macy leading the way providing an underwhelming performance to say the least. I love the man, it just wasn’t his film. Overall it is a 6/10 it was a nice late night watch, but was limited on parts of script-writing and cinematography that it was just an alright movie, wouldn’t recommend
Can’t lean on luck for every outcome… The Cooler is the story of William H Macy’s character repaying his debts by being so unlucky he stops people from winning money at the casino. The plot consists of pretty well paced action, with a noticable climax, built by a solid rising point where bad luck led to good things, followed by a falling action of good luck leading to bad thing. The film explores themes of love of even the most undesirable, friendship, and violence. Unlike most people I thought the acting wasn’t all that great, with William H Macy leading the way providing an underwhelming performance to say the least. I love the man, it just wasn’t his film. Overall it is a 6/10 it was a nice late night watch, but was limited on parts of script-writing and cinematography that it was just an alright movie, wouldn’t recommend
Aidan Lindgren
8.0★ · 01/26/26
You're right, I will go to Turning Stone on Wednesday
You're right, I will go to Turning Stone on Wednesday
Cinema-aljosha
8.0★ · 08/20/25
William h. Macy Macht jeden Film besser.
(schwache 4)
(schwache 4)
William h. Macy Macht jeden Film besser.
(schwache 4)
(schwache 4)
Vibemami
8.0★ · 07/28/25
this is about to be my luck in vegas
this is about to be my luck in vegas