Rounders (1998)
- Directed by
- John Dahl
- Genre
- drama film, buddy film, neo-noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1,946 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two friends enter the underground high-stakes poker world to pay off a large debt. They must win games quickly to survive.
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What happens
Rounders is a 1998 American crime drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term "rounder" refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes card games. Rounders premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 1998, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 11. It received mixed reviews from critics and was moderately successful at the box office, grossing $22.9 million against a $12 million budget. As a result of the poker boom in the early 2000s, the film gained a cult following. A novelization of the film was written by Kevin Canty and released by Hyperion Books. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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