Even Money
Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    63
    Kim Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in Even Money, a kind of "Crash" fueled by gambling instead of racism.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    An overstructured, overacted indie drama about gambling, addiction, and the sawdusty romanticism of old-time magicians.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    42
    As the gambler who needs his basketball phenom brother to shave points, Whitaker has some expressive scenes, and Roth knows how to make malice gleam. But almost nothing else in this movie does.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    40
    The problem with ensemble films, and this one in particular, is that they often flit instead of float between story arcs. With deep lags in momentum, it is this lack of cohesion that nearly cancels out what can be great about ensemble films: the performances.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    40
    The film's subject is not race but gambling, yet the cynical message is the same: We're all pathetic.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    40
    Standard-issue directorial approach is perfectly in keeping with a script whose natural berth is on the tube.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Nothing in the movie rings true, least of all its depiction of gambling, both in casinos and in the bookie world that ultimately drives the story.
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    30
    Overlong and overstuffed with cliches -- the movie doesn't seem to realize how close it comes to comedy.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    A scare movie about gambling addiction, is as grim and lurid as any in the recent spate of films about the evils of crystal meth.
  10. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    25
    A high-profile cast can't save this multi-narrative drama about gambling addiction from its wildly uneven tone, which veers from high melodrama to hard-boiled pastiche so overwrought that it's unintentionally funny.

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User Score
6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. DavidG
    10
    Don't believe the bad reviews. Great movie, Great cast. Gamblers will love it.
  2. JamesM'
    10
    Cant believe the low ratings for this film. This was a great movie, right down to the twist at the end. Highly recommended
  3. LawrenceM'
    7
    Can't understand the critics. This was not a bad movie and the acting was believable.
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