Rotten
The wholesome pup's poker face alone, however, hardly accounts for the film's failure to thrill. Damon's character doesn't really have that much stake in the story's outcome.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rounders
Trust everyone... But always cut the cards.
1998 · 2h 1m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
John Dahl
Overview
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Intermittently engaging but dramatically slack.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The end result is still short of a winning hand, since the screenplay is so utterly predictable.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Though it's a good-looking flick with some smart acting and a few flashy runs, it barely breaks even dramatically, and feels, overall, like a good chance wasted.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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