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Rounders
Mike McDermott and his childhood friend Lester 'War' Murphy in an exciting story about the best bets in poker. The story of the gifted duo begins when large debts accumulate and they need money to repay their loans. The two now have to earn enough money to play poker to repay their multiple debts. Perhaps this will only happen by traveling from one city to another in search of another chance to play high-risk cash to gain the chance to earn money only.
7 August 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA
21 December 1946, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1944, Utica, New York, USA
1948, New York City, New York, USA
June 19, 2016
The most vivid and most enjoyable movies immerse us in a world, and show us how that world works. The screenplay by David Levien and Brian Koppelman does that; Dahl's direction closes the deal.March 25, 2008
John Dahl creates an intelligent and character-driven crime-drama built around solid performances by Damon and Norton.March 25, 2008
Gretchen Mol, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Martin Landau, and Famke Janssen costar; they're all pretty good, but not good enough to make this 1998 feature worth seeing.January 14, 2007
In his first non-noir film, John Dahl, assisted by the great French lenser Jean-Yves Escoffier, gives New York's underground gambling scene a vivid atmopshere, with special attention to its particular rituals and fast macho talk.July 12, 2002
Though it's a good-looking flick with some smart acting and a few flashy runs, it barely breaks even dramatically, and feels, overall, like a good chance wasted.March 25, 2008
Intermittently engaging but dramatically slack.May 11, 2001
In fighting to show the psychological complexities in Mike that the script ignores, Damon plays it like a rounder instead of a grinder. This kid still has surprises up his sleeve.June 24, 2006
The end result is still short of a winning hand, since the screenplay is so utterly predictable.October 29, 2011
Although featuring a splendid Edward Norton performance, 'Rounders' comes across as too unbelievable, often straying beyond the bounds of rationality.March 25, 2008
The wholesome pup's poker face alone, however, hardly accounts for the film's failure to thrill. Damon's character doesn't really have that much stake in the story's outcome.March 25, 2008
This ode to the allure of clipping suckers and psyching out the competition is richly atmospheric but thin in the character department.