A Cool, Dry Place (1999)
- Starring:
- Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, (more)
- Director(s):
- John N. Smith
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
My RatingSynopsis of A Cool, Dry Place
Vince Vaughn stars in this drama about a single father trying to balance career ambitions against personal responsibilities. In A Cool Dry Place, Vaughn plays Russell, a lawyer in a small town in Kansas who has been raising his five-year-old son Calvin (Bobby Moat) on his own since his wife Kate (Monica Potter) left him without notice. After a year and a half as a single man, Russell is starting to rebuild his personal life and begins dating Beth (Joey Lauren Adams), a pretty veterinarian's assistant who has taken a shine to him. However, Russell's new relationship runs into rough waters when Kate returns, looking to re-establish her relationship with Calvin, and Russell is offered a high-paying job with a law firm in Dallas, TX. Director John N. Smith, best known for Dangerous Minds, shot the Kansas sequences on location in Ontario, Canada; Dallas, however, plays itself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of A Cool, Dry Place
- Vince Vaughn - Russell Durrell
- Monica Potter - Kate
- Devon Sawa - Noah
- Joey Lauren Adams - Beth
- Bobby Moat - Calvin Durrell
- Siobhan Fallon - Charlotte
- Director(s):
- John N. Smith
- Writer(s):
- Matthew McDuffie
- Producer(s):
- Katie Jacobs, Gail Mutrux
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Sexual Situations, Profanity)
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