Luketic's dunderheaded, would-be caper is a morality tale where the only moral at stake is the dullard-hero's thoughtless entitlement
21 (2008)
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Reviews Counted:161
Fresh:57
Rotten:104
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: 21 could have been a fascinating study had it not supplanted the true story on which it is based with mundane melodrama.
Theatrical Release: Mar 28, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $81.2M
Synopsis: Ben Campbell is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who--needing to pay school tuition--finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of... [More]
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo
Director: Robert Luketic
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