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I watched this last night finally. Absolutely loved it. Mendelson and Reynolds were fantastic, as were all of the bit players. Sienna Miller reminded me of mrwong's stories haha. I may actually watch it again just to enjoy all the nuance of the conversations between the two leads.

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04-03-2016 , 11:19 PM

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Finally got around to watching this movie after putting it off forever, loved it. As others have mentioned there isn't much poker in the film, but the music throughout the movie is fantastic and really set the mood for me. I wish there would have been just a bit more degen gambling going on, but all in all I really enjoyed it.

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04-04-2016 , 12:19 AM

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Watched this yesterday. Solid meh although I liked the leads. Enjoyed him naming the detroit casinos cause I live there....
Other then that made me want watch owning mahowny for the fifth time.

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04-04-2016 , 05:57 AM

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Can somebody explain the reasoning of the basketball scene?

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04-04-2016 , 09:07 AM

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Watched it this weekend. I enjoyed it. Not necessarily a poker movie, more of a gambling movie.

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04-04-2016 , 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BradleyT

Can somebody explain the reasoning of the basketball scene?

I took it as them showing the recklessness and deliberate risk-courting of the Ryan Reynolds character, as well as a callback to a very similar scene in California Split.

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04-04-2016 , 10:53 AM

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I guess I'm in the minority here but i didn't think it was that great. Just kinda slow and not enough poker scenes IMO

Did love the part where Mendelhson told the joke about the old lady to get a reaction from the guy who was bluffing then hero'd with the K4s

Mendelhson is a great actor and was perfectly casted but I thought Reynolds was a lil out of place in this role.

just my two cents..

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04-04-2016 , 11:32 AM

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Can somebody explain the reasoning of the basketball scene?

I'm not sure about the reasoning behind the scene, but it's literally cut and paste from The Gambler (1974) starring James Caaan.

I think Reynolds is suppose to be your stereotypical "degenerate gambler". Someone who's looking to lose. Which explains why he challenged their best guy to a 1 on 1 game and didn't hand the money over when he lost. Simply handing the guy $100 wasn't thrilling enough. He had to up the stakes, and decided to lie about not having the money to make the situation more exciting. He wanted some action, and he found it!

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04-04-2016 , 12:14 PM

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Jake Gyllenhaal was originally casted to play the Ryan Reynolds' part. I think it would have been a much better movie with JG. Ryan Reynolds, despite having some acting chops in this movie, just oozes cheesiness.

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04-04-2016 , 06:02 PM

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I was confused by the movie. I thought Ryan Reynolds was some trust fund baby.

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04-04-2016 , 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CRMartin11

I'm not sure about the reasoning behind the scene, but it's literally cut and paste from The Gambler (1974) starring James Caaan.

I think Reynolds is suppose to be your stereotypical "degenerate gambler". Someone who's looking to lose. Which explains why he challenged their best guy to a 1 on 1 game and didn't hand the money over when he lost. Simply handing the guy $100 wasn't thrilling enough. He had to up the stakes, and decided to lie about not having the money to make the situation more exciting. He wanted some action, and he found it!

ding ding ding. Also, I feel like there was some degree of self flagellation brought on by how he lied to Mendelson about the horse race results.

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Agree to disagree. I think Ryan Reynolds was perfect for the part. The cheesy, irreverent, cocksure attitude he brings is perfect. Jake would have been good as well, but not as good.

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Originally Posted by ScotchOnDaRocks

I was confused by the movie. I thought Ryan Reynolds was some trust fund baby.

Maybe he was? Probably not though.

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04-04-2016 , 10:22 PM

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Is this movie out yet? never heard of it

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04-04-2016 , 10:58 PM

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Is this movie out yet? never heard of it

I looked on Hulu and Netflix, and couldn't find it on either. It is on iTunes, though. The movie came out in 2015.

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04-04-2016 , 11:03 PM

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Is this movie out yet? never heard of it

I watched it free on Amazon Prime Video several months ago. Not sure if it's still there however.

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04-05-2016 , 04:20 PM

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I watched it free on Amazon Prime Video several months ago. Not sure if it's still there however.

Yep, this is where I watched it too as of this weekend.

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04-05-2016 , 07:46 PM

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04-07-2016 , 08:36 AM

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solar movies . ph

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04-07-2016 , 10:44 AM

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thought it was pretty good.

also watched owning mahowny based off some post in this thread and wow seymour hoffman straight sickooo

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04-07-2016 , 03:43 PM

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I saw it on Netflix....but Canadian Netflix, Netflix's degenerate cousin. Thought it was pretty good, flawed and not always super interesting, but worth watching.

Strangely this movie only made .1 million in the box office. Seems like kind of a dud from that point of view, given its not a bad movie and has some star power.

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04-08-2016 , 07:34 AM

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It's currently in the redbox lineup. Enjoyed this movie a lot.

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04-09-2016 , 08:52 AM

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Agreed. Love Ben Mendelsohn in everything I've seen him in. This was pretty good, but could have been much better with the right replacement for RR.

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08-09-2018 , 10:17 AM

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This movie is on Netflix now and having seen this after watching Bloodline just makes this so much better. This movie is a hidden gem for us Degen's. Who hasn't got in there car after taking a beat for some good chunk of your roll and just flipped out on your steering wheel?

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08-11-2018 , 10:45 AM

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Mendelhson is a great actor and was perfectly casted but I thought Reynolds was a lil out of place in this role.

just my two cents..

Agreed - better editing and replacing Reynolds with Gyllenhaal (who was originally cast for the role) would have made this a legitimately great movie.