21 (2008)
35 %
Reviews Counted: 139 Fresh: 49 Rotten:90 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus:
21 could have been a fascinating study had it not supplanted the true story on which it is based with mundane melodrama.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 28, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $81,159,365
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst: think OCEAN'S ELEVEN via THE PAPER CHASE. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains brainiac students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Robert Luketic
Screenwriter: Peter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb
Producer: Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca
Composer: David Sardy
Screenwriter: Peter Steinfeld, Allan Loeb
Producer: Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Michael De Luca
Composer: David Sardy
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Reviews
It didn't blow me away, but it was an entertaining way to spend 2 hours.
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06/18/08
21 will deliver what the average Joe is looking for in spades. But just be ready for a schizophrenic cinematic experience that may leave you feeling like you just saw three separate movies.
06/12/08
The movie introduces a world and sells it extremely well. It does a good job of explaining the rules of the card-counting scam, and the actual blackjack scenes are quite exciting
06/11/08
A breezy, fast-moving romp that trades well on its appeal as a glitzy caper movie about high-end scam artists without losing sight of its simmering greed-is-not-so-good theme.
06/07/08
While this is eager-to-please Hollywood-by-numbers fare, 21 should provoke enough interest to make you pick up a copy of the book that the film cheats to get the real deal.
06/07/08
... the film is such a love letter to 'Risky Business,' it almost qualifies as a pseudo remake.
06/05/08
The vast majority of 21 is pure fun; I would've loved to give it an unqualified rave, so its flaws are especially annoying.
06/04/08
Unfortunately, "21" doesn't give away any of the secrets of counting cards that the average person could use to get revenge against the casinos.
05/20/08
For a film about gambling, you don’t actually see enough of it to satisfy.
05/15/08
21 rarely flags in its ability to entertain, but is never particularly convincing.
05/13/08
21 is a fast-paced tale that makes winning look not only easy, but a lot of fun.
05/12/08
(The book) raises a number of interesting arguments, most of which (the movie) ignores.
05/02/08
The only element in 21 that saves the film from being a dreary coming-of-age story grafted onto a two-hour commercial for the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Bureau is Spacey.
05/01/08
This movie's script sticks so closely to formula that it could be a film school project.
04/20/08
O implaus?l terceiro ato praticamente arru? o que o filme vinha mostrando de interessante at?nt?
04/18/08
Too bad most of the performers can't seem to pull off the insane IQs they clearly do not have.
04/15/08
For a movie about high-stakes gambling, 21 settles for penny-ante dramatics.
04/14/08
Despite primal instincts and fast-moving montages, 21 is a tired, music video-style fable.
04/11/08
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