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Summary: Polite, mild-mannered Dan Mahowny (Hoffman) is an assistant bank manager with a head for numbers, a knack for making decisions, and a devastating appetite for gambling. Dan Mahowny is the unlikely hero who takes on two of the financial institutions everyone loves to hate, the bank and the casino, and, for a brief while, he wins. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Decent film featuring one of the best performances of the 2000s (Seymour Hoffman, obviously).
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Nice!
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Hoffman is great and Hurt is a terrific casino boss. Recommended.
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This story tells about a nymphomaniac... No... An alcoholic... No, no... A junky? ... No. A man with gambling problem. They all are the same: you cannot control yourself. You loose your money and loved ones. Everything. I liked the story. There was a lot small, ingenius details supporting plot. Hoffman did his job very good. Only bad thing was that the story did not grow higher than that. Now it was a bit like short story of addict. It needed more to be great. Oh, I forgot. Minnie was horrible.
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman is just superb in this role. The movie makes us feel for him. We want him to turn out okay in the end. That's why it's so hard to watch him make the horrible decisions he does. It's this attachment the movie forces us to feel that makes it such an effective look at the consequence of gambling addiction.
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Decent Hoffmann vehicle. Not his greatest role, though.
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I don't see anything particularly wonderful about this movie outside of the truly wonderful performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman and the film's take on Gambling addiction. A solid film worth a watch and Hoffman really commits to a believable and nuanced characterization
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One of the best films about the psychology of gambling and gamblers that I've seen. Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role gives a performance of such mesmerising intensity that you just can't take your eyes off him wherever he's in the frame and whatever he's doing.
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well made but not very memorable
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Seemed to plateau about halfway through, after that I kept checking to see how much time was left. Interesting story with uninteresting characters. I didn't hate it or anything, but I'd rather just read a 5-10 page article about the story instead.
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Who the hell eats ribs without sauce?
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winbran |
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A sadly hilarious movie with a phenomanal Philip Seymour Hoffman performance.
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Starts good, but it's just waaay too slow.
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Great performance by Hoffman.
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Pretty decent thriller about a man with gambling problem. Even Hoffman can't save this movie from mediocrity. Usually I don't really pay that much attention to sets but in this film there was something wrong with them. They seemed really out of place especially in casino scenes.
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Kwietniowski's efficient directing conveys just how easily fiscal chicanery can be accomplished, and also the simple machinations of casinos that keep the big spenders spending big. The film also serves as a nice acting showcase for Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who captures the internalized tension and creaky self-denial of inveterate gambler Dan Mahowny. The supporting roles are less fulfilling, either because they're under-conceived (Minnie Driver's role) or overplayed (John Hurt).
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