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

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.

tensegrittysuspensefulneedyurbanedgydetermined

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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