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Two For the Money (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 109
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 86

Despite its sportsmanlike swagger, Two for the Money's aimless plot isn't worth betting on.

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 26

Despite its sportsmanlike swagger, Two for the Money's aimless plot isn't worth betting on.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 84,849

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D.J. Caruso's Two for the Money stars Matthew McConaughey as Brandon Lang, a former college quarterback whose life plans changed when he suffered a career-ending injury. Brandon turns out to have remarkable skill at picking winning football bets. Eventually, he comes to the attention of Walter Abrams (Al Pacino), a very successful business tycoon who runs a giant gambling operation. Walter brings Brandon to New York and introduces him to a glitzy, fast-paced, money-drenched lifestyle that

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Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Dan Gilroy

Jan 17, 2006

$22.9M

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Critic Reviews for Two For the Money

All Critics (122) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (88) | DVD (21)

Original screenwriting gives way to clichés, and the resolution, while offering closure, seems false -- too much a case of the filmmakers wanting to have their cake and eat it, too.

October 12, 2005 Full Review Source: ReelViews
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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It really works as a study of gambling.

October 11, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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The movie has a lot of built-in flash and is thus mildly entertaining, though the running time grinds it down.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: USA Today
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Pacino is having a blast, and so might the viewer, at least until our scenery muncher finally gobbles all the foliage mid-way through the picture.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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If Two for the Money maintained the same backbone as its alluring stars, it could have done much more than just break even.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Ted Fry
Seattle Times
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Big, loud, glossy and entertaining.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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Even at his worst Al Pacino can charm the birds from the trees, but in "Two For The Money" pigeons are the only species visiting.

April 19, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Movie about gambling in sports is for adults only.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

While there are parts of Two for the Money worth watching, it's ultimately not one worth putting your money on.

November 2, 2006
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

Por trás de uma trama aparentemente convencional, esconde-se um inteligente estudo de personagem beneficiado pela estupenda atuação de Pacino (que conta também com o belo desempenho de seu companheiro de elenco, McConaughey).

May 13, 2006
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The initial set-up is interesting enough but the film rapidly loses its way in the middle and ends up a horribly confused mess, with sub-plots and entire characters simply disappearing into thin air.

March 9, 2006 Full Review Source: ViewLondon
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Pacino's performance is only a few degrees shy of full-bore scenery-chewing, but the veteran actor stomps through this movie like a small Italian Godzilla.

January 13, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com
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The thing about a business that makes and sells picks to sports bettors is that, technically, it's not gambling... except for the fact that it is. What was good about this film was the recovered gambling addict (Pacino) and his wife, the poorly acted but more-or-less believable ex-drug addict (Russo). They walked and talked like rehabbers, no question. But what was really frustrating was the pervasive fear that Pacino would go back to gambling... his business is based on making the right picks. He's been gambling all along! The film is anything but subtle, and though it's promising through the first half, it loses control in the second, throwing in a bunch of scenes that unnecessarily delay the resolution, and distract from the movie's point, that you can't win them all. Still, there is a decently-plotted classical tragedy element to McConaughey's character (pride goeth before the fall), and Pacino is always fun to watch. Too bad this film's only half-baked, it had potential.
April 27, 2007
danperry17
Daniel Perry

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This movie sucks like a vacuum!
January 27, 2010
KJ Proulx
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