This is an intelligent, absorbing movie that really pulled me in.
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Rounders (1998)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:47
Rotten:27
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Richly atmospheric and colorful performances contributed to the movie's entertainment value.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of New York's high-stakes underground poker world, Roundersis the tale of Mike McDermott, a master card player who trades the poker-playing rounds for law school and a shot... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen
Director: John Dahl
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Reviews for Rounders
After you get over Malkovich's Oreo-eating, lisping Russian Mafia guy and John Turturro's work-a-day mug, Rounders leaves a smarmy hand on the table.
01/01/00
"Rounders" makes you feel the suspense and thrive in the thrill of the moment, always coming up aces.
12/17/06
Rounders has little trouble maintaining our interest, it's just that the stakes are disappointingly meager.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
Colorful performances!
01/01/00
It's rare that a movie lacking so much in logic and characterization is such fun to watch.
01/01/00
John Dahl creates an intelligent and character-driven crime-drama built around solid performances by Damon and Norton.
03/25/08
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.
03/25/08
Top CriticRounders cheerfully buys into compulsive gambling!
01/01/00
Top CriticRounders has its strengths, to be sure, but for all its polish it never manages to strike the heart.
10/15/02
O filme possui o mérito de não tentar justificar a moral de seus personagens.
05/31/02
Rounders is disappointing and fake, because its intentions are predictable as its characters are uninspired.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Rounders' script is pretty shabby going. Well, not shabby, really, just simplistic.
01/01/00
Other directors simply pay homage to film noir and their movies come across as copies or throwbacks, but Dahl's movies work because he seems to understand the inner workings of film noir, and the absurd situations that people can get into.
05/26/06
You'll enjoy the superlative acting of Matt Damon, whose dimensions are tested and found in abundance here far more than they appear in his smaller role in Saving Private Ryan.
01/01/00
The acting is crisp, and Dahl knows how to pace a movie and make it look good.
01/01/00
Takes you into a grungy underworld of high-stakes poker in New York City.
07/01/04
The "good buddy, bad buddy" symmetry harkens back to the days of James Cagney-Pat O'Brien pictures, but this is stylish enough to make us forgive the narrative conventions.
09/15/04
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