A Cool, Dry Place Movie Review 1998

Basically a variation on "Kramer vs. Kramer." Russ Durrell (Vaughn) was a hotshot Chicago lawyer with a five-year old son, Calvin (Moat), when wife Kate (Potter) took a hike. So Russ moves to small town Kansas to make a go of single fatherhood in a slower-paced world. Eventually, he begins dating Beth (Adams) and when things start to get serious, guess who turns up and decides she wants back into her son's life? Vaughn does fine as the dad but Potter is stuck with a dopey, inarticulate character.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Dads, Parenthood, Dallas

Screenplay

Matthew McDuffie

Cast

Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams, Bobby Moat, Devon Sawa

Cinematography

Jean Lepine

Director

John N. Smith

Music

Curt Sobel

Producer

Katie Jacobs, Fox 2000 Pictures