Deal (2008)
- Directed by
- Gil Cates Jr.
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 76 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
A former poker player teaches a younger man the ropes so he can compete in a high stakes tournament. The student enters the World Poker Tour championship against experienced professionals.
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What happens
Deal is a 2008 American drama film starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Shannon Elizabeth. It follows the former poker player tutoring a younger player (Harrison). The film's climax is a fictional World Poker Tour championship. World Poker Tour commentators, Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel played themselves. A number of other professional poker players and poker-playing celebrities, including Elizabeth, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker and Isabelle Mercier are in the cast. The film had its limited theatrical release by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on April 25, 2008 to universally negative reviews, with its strong criticism going towards its over-reliance on clichés from other sports films, as well as bad, unprofessional directing and editing for a major film studio, and bad acting from Reynolds. In addition, the film was a major box office bomb. In turn, it has been regarded as one of the worst films of all time, let alone within the sports film genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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