User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 32
  2. Negative: 2 out of 32

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  1. CosmoK.
    Jan 9, 2005
    10
    Probably one of the best movies i have ever seen...
  2. ChrisP.
    Sep 20, 2005
    10
    Awesome!
  3. JohnB.
    Sep 20, 2005
    10
    The greatest movie about poker.
  4. AppleH.
    Aug 12, 2002
    10
    Greatest movie ever. If this doesn't get you pumped up to go gamble and win, I don't know what will. Classic!
  5. ChrisP.
    Mar 6, 2005
    10
    Awesome!
  6. SeanF.
    Apr 29, 2006
    9
    The critics were mostly off on this one, I don't know the movies it is supposedly a knockoff of, but I think this movie's awesome. I don't play poker, and I think it's great, I would think any poker player would think it's sick!
  7. Apr 13, 2012
    9
    done really well for its story line. I really liked the acting and the cast. thanks
Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 32
  2. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. 40
    Neither Dahl nor most of his actors ever quite convince us that there's a good reason to sit in front of a movie screen watching them for more than two hours.
  2. 60
    Richly atmospheric but a little thin in the character department: It feels oddly truncated, despite nicely textured performances.
  3. Mischievously entertaining...Dahl's film has character in oversupply even if its actual characters are sometimes thin. Poker fever makes up for whatever the story lacks in everyday emotions.