Rounders
The talented poker player Mike McDermott and his childhood friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy are the best bidders in the game, where their tales begin when they turn to accumulate large debts on them. The two now have to earn enough money quickly to play poker to repay their multiple debts. It's a story that refers to a person traveling from one city to another in search of a chance for other high-risk cash games in order to get a lot of money.
2 September 1937, New York City, New York, USA
11 August 1950, Albany, New York, USA
16 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 August 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 February 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1957, Guangzhou, China
25 January 1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 May 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 April 1967, Akron, Ohio, USA
15 August 1962, Ponce, Puerto Rico
25 December 1952, Dover, Delaware, USA
4 August 1949, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
5 August 1962, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
18 August 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 November 1964, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1934
5 November 1956, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
9 September 1967, Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA
March 25, 2008
This ode to the allure of clipping suckers and psyching out the competition is richly atmospheric but thin in the character department.
January 14, 2007
In his first non-noir film, John Dahl, assisted by the great French lenser Jean-Yves Escoffier, gives New York's underground gambling scene a vivid atmopshere, with special attention to its particular rituals and fast macho talk.
October 29, 2011
Although featuring a splendid Edward Norton performance, 'Rounders' comes across as too unbelievable, often straying beyond the bounds of rationality.
June 24, 2006
The end result is still short of a winning hand, since the screenplay is so utterly predictable.
June 19, 2016
The most vivid and most enjoyable movies immerse us in a world, and show us how that world works. The screenplay by David Levien and Brian Koppelman does that; Dahl's direction closes the deal.
July 12, 2002
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.
March 25, 2008
Intermittently engaging but dramatically slack.
March 25, 2008
John Dahl creates an intelligent and character-driven crime-drama built around solid performances by Damon and Norton.
March 25, 2008
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.
May 11, 2001
In fighting to show the psychological complexities in Mike that the script ignores, Damon plays it like a rounder instead of a grinder. This kid still has surprises up his sleeve.
March 25, 2008
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.
