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    MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2003 | Running Time: 103 minutes

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    Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the romantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone to ...more

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    • The Cooler - Ron Livingston and Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
    • The Cooler - Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy in The Cooler
    • The Cooler - Maria Bello in The Cooler
    • The Cooler - Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy in The Cooler

    Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the romantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone to gamble next to high rollers and give them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, until Bernie has almost paid off his debt and meets cocktail waitress ...more