Overview
Genre :
Drama, Thriller, ComedyRelease Date :
October 07, 2005MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
D.J. CarusoStarring :
Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Rene Russo, Jaime King, Jeremy Piven, Armand Assante
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“..What starts out as a somewhat compelling look at the world of sports betting, a $200 billion a year industry, turns into a run-of-the-mill, feel-good drama...”
by Brian Marder [Hollywood]
“..thuds along blazing a peculiar trail of plot non-sequitors..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
“..this one fell flat...”
by Andrew Casertano [The Cinema Source]
“..starts out as strongly and finishes as weakly..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..rolls and tumbles over itself so blithely..”
by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
“..operates less as a morality tale than as both an insider look at the billion-dollar world of sports wagering and a squishy tale of fathers and sons..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
“..not only is it overwrought, it's flabby..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
“..is too long by about 20 minutes, and takes itself too seriously near the end...”
by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
“..Gilroy's script can't find a thematic thread to make the rags-to-riches-to-rags plot feel relevant..”
by James C. Taylor [L.A. Weekly]
“..for a film that prizes dialogue and relationships over action, it's unusually visceral...”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
“..falling apart with every additional subplot, every misused actor, and every tectonic shift in the story...”
by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic]
“..an unstructured mess of a movie..”
by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
“..a predictable story about the downfall of arrogant and greedy people..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..a muddled melodrama..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..a drama without audience sympathy...”
by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
“..a better-than-expected parable - inspired by actual events - about the power and reach of corruption..”
by Mack Bates [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
