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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DAMON,MATT
EAN: 0786936243635
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 2901
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1998
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Master poker player Mike gives up gambling for law school but is lured back into the game when his friend gets out of prison and is in over his head with a ruthless Russian card shark.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
A little drunk on its own arcane exotica as a gambling movie, Rounders is a film that takes us inside a world of high-stakes card players but falls short on such essentials as character development, relationships, that sort of thing. Still, it is a real curiosity, written by a couple of guys (David Levien and Brian Koppelman) who appear to know something about the dark underbelly of card hustling for fun and profit. Matt Damon stars as a reluctant law student who can't put aside his subterranean career of playing poker and blackjack for big money. After he loses his post-grad nest egg to a weird Russian kingpin (John Malkovich)--and also loses his disgusted girlfriend (Gretchen Mol) in the process--Damon's character turns to an unreliable old buddy (Edward Norton) for a dangerous game of sharking wherever there happens to be a game underway: frat boys, cops, bad dudes, you name it. Norton appears to be living out every young actor's fantasy of re-creating Robert De Niro's prototypical head case in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and while his performance is burdened by obvious quotation marks, his estimable talent still shines through. Damon's charm and intelligence bring some oomph to the curiously flat proceedings, and while his hushed, soul-bearing scenes with Martin Landau (as a law professor who takes a shine to the kid) seem gratuitous, they're still nice to watch. Behind all this is director John Dahl (Red Rock West), who is not exactly at the top of his game here but who brings his distinctive toughness to the crime-noir tone. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Great Casino Movie!
A great Casino movie with a great cast! Gives a lesson to be learned! This is truly a classic!
Rating:  - Great Poker Movie
Rounders is a great movie about the underground poker clubs in NY.
I do what it at least once a year.
Rating: - ROUNDERS: The Poker Movie
Rounders is a movie that is guilty of coming out a couple years too early. It was released in 1998...and of course a few years later Poker was shown on every channel there is most days of the week. I guess it's all in the timing!
Still, the movie is an excellent cross of mob movie and gambling lesson. Matt Damon plays the greatest friend in the world to Edward Norton...until it gets him into the biggest debt with the worst person. Then it's time to let the cards and the poker-faces ... Read More
Rating: - "You shoulda played those kings."
The realest poker movie to date.
It ain't perfect, but Rounders is often great. There was a time when you couldn't sit down at a table without hearing constant quotes from this flick. And there are so many good ones.
The guys who made this were clearly players. The opening is absolutely perfect, one of the great card scenes on film, hands down. Malkovich is truly hilarious, so over the top but so perfect. Poker is full of characters like Teddy KGB, guys you'd never believe if they weren't ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic movie. Great acting from principals and supporting cast
I still don't understand how this game is played, but I enjoyed the great acting from Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Exceptional support from John Tuturro, Famke Janssen (gorgeous), Gretchen Mol (beautiful) and especially John Malkovich as Teddy KGB: "He beet me, street up. peyee thet main his myknee." Fantastic script and direction, in terms of pacing, tension and drama. One of my all-time favorite movies of Matt Damon and Edward Norton.
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