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Gambler, The
USA 2014, 111 minutes
Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Rating: Violence and offensive language
Genres: Drama / Gangsters
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams, George Kennedy, Emory Cohen, Leland Orser
Synopsis: Mark Wahlberg is cast against type as a literature professor whose gambling addiction has him in a continuous state of debt.
“This spiral of self-imposed despair feels like part three of a trilogy of American financial darkness after Killing Them Softly and The Counsellor.”
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2 stars (Good Try) The plot idea of gambling addiction v unsympathetic loan shark plus the romantic sub plot of student and professor is old hat. Wahlberg however is believable, Jessica Lange has a great cameo and there is one great scene with the impressive John Goodman. ~Tubbs
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- Croupier (2000)
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