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Bookies (2003)

Bookies poster
Directed by
Mark Illsley
Genre
drama film, comedy film, crime film, thriller film, coming-of-age film, comedy thriller
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four college students team up to run an illegal gambling operation on campus. Their scheme quickly attracts dangerous attention and spirals out of control.

tensedarkly comicenergeticunsettlingyouthfulsuspensefulgrittycerebral

What happens

Bookies is a 2003 coming-of-age black comedy thriller crime drama film written by Michael Bacall and directed by Mark Illsley. It stars Nick Stahl, Lukas Haas, Johnny Galecki, and Rachael Leigh Cook. The story revolves around the lives of four college students. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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