Rounders | | Cast : | Matt Damon, Edward Norton | | Director : | John Dahl | | Studio : | Miramax | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 11, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | September 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | Watch it All in One Sitting After 10 p.m. for a Great Time! | Content
 | I am a fan of Edward Norton & Matt Damon and really liked this movie a lot. I'll always remember watching this movie on vacation, with my wife, on our new computer, about 11:00 p.m. one night. It's the kind of movie that just sticks with you. The story is great and, although I am not a poker player, I understand how poker players really eat up all of the card playing nuances. The movie is relatively clean for it's "R" rating with language being the primary offender. Highly recommended. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 04, 2005 | | Summary | The great Poker film That teaches | Content
| Matt Damon, Edward Norton, both great actors, and with a great story and good direction their skills very shine. You need no knowledge of poker, to enjoy this movie, you don't even have to feel for poker at any level than the games a person played with their parents. A portrayl of following your dreams at the cost of anything. Is what lies beneath the story. "What Choice," the proffessor (Martin Landau) asks Mike(Matt Damnon). That right there was basically the pillar of the story. What choice does a person have when they are faced with what they want to do and what is expected of them. Can they ever conform? Or do they have to do what they want? These are the inner questions.
The interesting parts are the poker games as well. Now I'm young, not old enough to go to a casino, and yet two months, after researching poker, using many things that are shown in the movie, I probably spent a hundred, hundred ten on the books, and got back two three hundred dollars playing a bunch of kids for their lunch money. Like (Damon says) "The goal is to get one big pot every hour." Those small interesting lessons, work great for real play.
Poker's shown as it really is, not a game of chance as much as skill strategy, and a little luck. No more luck though then throwing the ball from the freethrow line after practicing for days on end. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | In The Game Of Life....Play The Cards Your Dealt | Content
| Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, the upcoming Brothers Grimm) stars as a guy who has a bad habit of playing cards while is girlfriend, played by the lovely Gretchen Mol (The Thirteenth Floor, Forever Mine), doesnt think that its a good thing he's doing it. When Damon's friend, played by Edward Norton (Kingdom Of Heaven, Death To Smoochey), gets out of the slammer, Norton brings Damon with him into the mix of cards and manipulation. So, the 2 need a bunch of money to pay off some dude and the only way to do it, Damon must face the man he lost to before, a Russian played by John Malkovich (Ripley's Game, Shadow Of The Vampire). Also starring John Turturro (The Luczhin Defense, O Brother Where Are Thou?), Famke Janssen (X-Men 1 and 2, GoldenEye), Michael Rispoli (Snake Eyes, Death To Smoochey), Martin Landau (Ed Wood, upcoming Charlie and The Chocolate Factory), Lenny Clarke (TV'S Rescue Me, TV'S The Job) and Goran Visnjic (Close Your Eyes, TV'S E.R). Some pretty good education if you want to play cards and use jargon. This also gives Damon, Norton and especially Mol to give good performances |
| Rating | | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | One of my favorite movies | Content
| Rounders is absolutely one of my all-time favorite movies. Granted, it has many setbacks like a pathetic attempt at being Russian by Malkovic, as well as far-fetched card-reading.
As a poker player, I understand that it is possible for pros to pick up on your cards, however Matt sat in on a single hand, and you cannot conclude from the turn what is being held by 5 different people. You'd have to watch the flop, turn, and river and gauge all of their reactions.
Second, when Matt Damon pulls his boat, 9's over aces, he hastily makes the assumption that Malkovic doesn't have a flush, and declares his thoughts. I doubt a poker player would miss the possibility of full aces over 9's and open himself up by declaring he nor his opponent has a flush. Of course, it could have been a slip of the mind, which does happen in poker just like anything else.
Other than that, the movie was written very cleverly especially considering it hung on a plot involving cardplaying. These writers are very skilled, and they made a very interesting movie to watch.
I also recommend you check out Tilt once you've seen Rounders, which was also written by the same people. |
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