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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
1,987 audience votes
Key crew
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
- David LevienScreenplay
- John DahlDirector
- Brian KoppelmanScreenplay
Cast
- Matt DamonMike McDermott
- Edward NortonLester 'Worm' Murphy
- John TurturroJoey Knish
- Gretchen MolJo
- John MalkovichTeddy KGB
- Famke JanssenPetra
- Martin LandauAbe Petrovsky
- Michael RispoliGrama
- Goran VišnjićMaurice
- Mal Z. LawrenceIrving
- Paul CiceroRussian Thug
- Ray IannicelliKenny
Stills
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Themes
new york cityfriendshipcasinopokergamblingcall girlbratva (russian mafia)gambling debtroulettegainatlantic citylaw student
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