Two For the Money Reviews

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.

Full Review | Original Score: C

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

| Original Score: 2/4

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).

| Original Score: 4/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Pacino rants and McConaughey flashes his pearlies in this craptacular mess.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

...claims to be 'inspired' by a true story, which is probably the case, but any genuine drama has been diluted in favor of lazy predictability and a silly feel-good ending.

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Heavy on style and atmosphere and light on virtually everything else.

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Call it My Fair Lady with a gender switch, a betting line and an over/under.

| Original Score: 2.5/4

Because I couldn't understand how the betting advisory business depicted in 'Two for the Money" operates, the movie didn't always work for me.

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It still seems like there should be more tension in Two for the Money than simply watching grown men bite their lips as they watch pro games on TV monitors.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Two For The Money is as insincere as the phony football played in the film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Maybe Al Pacino is losing his satanic touch.

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Who could have figured such a long-shot pairing would parlay into such a tasty payoff?

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The film is an exercise in indecision -- what happens when a writer develops an idea, but not a story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

What do blackjack tables and Al Pacino movies have in common? They each encourage you to gamble with your money.

| Original Score: 1.5/4

I don't know what this film should have been called, but I think that the title "Two for the Money" is misleading.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Apart from the three lead performances, the movie is bad in the train-wreck sense. And that's also what makes it fascinating.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Why did this dull, banal, boring movie get made? Rene Russo's husband wrote the script and Morgan Creek must have called in favors.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4