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Saint John of Las Vegas

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Saint John of Las Vegas reviews
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9.5 User Score:

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Based on 21 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Hue Rhodes

Directed by: Hue Rhodes

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 29, 2010

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and some nudity

Starring Steve Buscemi , Sarah Silverman, Romany Malco, Peter Dinklage, and Emmanuelle Chirqui

After a run of bad luck, John, a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a nondescript position in an auto insurance company in Albuquerque, he tries to get ahead in the straight world, amid the ever-present temptations of scratch-off lotto tickets. When his boss, Mr. Townsend, asks John to accompany his top fraud debunker, Virgil on an investigation of a dubious car “accident” near Vegas, John sees an opportunity to get a promotion , though he’s concerned about returning to the gambling game. Before leaving he becomes involved with his eccentric co-worker Jill , a dalliance that has the potential to become a real relationship. (Circle of Confusion)

What The Critics Said

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63

New York Post Kyle Smith

Buscemi is appealing as always, but the movie, is only sporadically funny.

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63

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

I like its devotion to the drab outskirts of Sin City, and Buscemi's performance is right up his alley without being entirely predictable.

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50

Boston Globe Janice Page

The best thing about Saint John of Las Vegas is that it makes you really appreciate guys like David Lynch and Joel and Ethan Coen.

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50

Time Mary Pols

One of those shaggy-dog stories that you keep hoping will get sharper, smarter, cooler, more worthy of its star. Buscemi may not be exactly celestial, but he still deserves better.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

This movie is all elbows. Nothing fits. It doesn't add up. It has some terrific free-standing scenes, but they need more to lean on.

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50

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

Proof positive that comedy is hard, this debut feature by Hue Rhodes offers a wealth of skilled players and admirably offbeat gags yet seldom manages to generate any laughs.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Predictably, the best moments belong to Buscemi, whose performance is a model of understatement in a field of grotesques.

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42

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

fFat, dull drag.

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40

Boxoffice Magazine Pete Hammond

An amusing turn from Steve Buscemi in the title role and some sporadically funny, off-beat dialogue provided by debuting writer/director Hue Rhodes make for a passable, if forgettable, little time passer.

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40

New York Magazine David Edelstein

The film turns into one of those indie parades of eccentrics that are hit-and-miss but mostly miss.

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40

Time Out New York Andrew Grant

Though the credits include an impressive roster of names, this low-stakes poker hand feels like an undiscovered relic from the early ’90s, and that’s not a good thing.

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40

Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein

The presence of the ever-reliable Steve Buscemi adds a welcome boost to Saint John of Las Vegas, an otherwise unremarkable debut feature from writer-director Hue Rhodes.

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38

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

First-time director and screenwriter Hue Rhodes shows no discernible talent for dialogue, humor and, especially, pacing.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

The movie is a letdown, stringing together pointless episodes to little effect. It's the kind of thinly conceived, quirk-for-quirk's-sake indie that gives indies a bad name.

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30

Village Voice Vadim Rizov

Mostly, Saint John traps good comic performers--including Malco and Peter Dinklage as John's boss--in airless editing and an unproductive, unresolved, sludgy tone.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Saint John of Las Vegas was a bad script that somehow got made into a bad movie with good people in it.

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25

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

A funereally unfunny comedy.

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20

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

You watch and wait for this underachieving film to ignite, then grow more and more exasperated as you witness its many misfires.

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20

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

The writing is semicoherent at best, and the buddies of this meandering road trip are not only mismatched but dislikable.

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20

The New York Times Stephen Holden

This disjointed, desperately whimsical film is simply not funny: not for a minute.

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16

Entertainment Weekly Chris Nashawaty

With stars like Steve Buscemi and Sarah Silverman and big-fish producers such as Spike Lee and Stanley Tucci on board, you'd think this indie would offer some glimmer of wit or originality. Think again.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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