Fresh
Anderson coaxes top-notch performances from the male leads and also from Gwyneth Paltrow.
Kevin McManus, Washington Post
Hard Eight
If you stay in the game long enough, you'll see everything, win everything, and lose everything.
1997 · 1h 42m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Overview
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Director and cast
- Paul Thomas Anderson Director
- Philip Baker Hall as Sydney Brown
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Clementine
- John C. Reilly as John Finnegan
- Samuel L. Jackson as Jimmy
- F. William Parker as Hostage
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Young craps player
- Melora Walters as Jimmy's girl
- Robert Ridgely as Keno manager
- Nathanael Cooper as Restroom attendant
- Wynn White as Waitress
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Has ... meaning and truth, not to mention scarred humanity.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
It is really little more than a small resonant mood piece whose hard-bitten characters are difficult to like. But within its self-imposed limitations, it accomplishes most of what it sets out to do.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Noirish thrillers live or die by their plot twists and dialogue... Unfortunately, the script by first-time filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson fails on both counts.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
It's hugely refreshing to watch a movie populated almost exclusively by character actors.
Mary Brennan, Film.com
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