Rounders
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54 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Starring: Edward Norton, Matt Damon
  • Summary: A story of passion, risk, and the extreme price of friendship in the world of high-stakes poker. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Bruce Diones
    90
    Screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien have given some crackerjack card-shark dialogue to two hot young actors—Matt Damon and Edward Norton—and together with John Dahl's atmospheric direction they've all made a dream of a poker movie.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    80
    Rounders is such a smart, tough little film that its strengths override its fairly serious weaknesses.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Richly atmospheric but a little thin in the character department: It feels oddly truncated, despite nicely textured performances.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    30
    An unappealing, conventional, and somnolent piece of work in which, as glumly directed from David Levien and Brian Koppelman's corny script, every scene feels like it's being played for the second time.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. JohnB.
    10
    The greatest movie about poker.
  2. ChrisP.
    10
    Awesome!
  3. pgmark
    5
    Good movie but flawed here and there. Matt Damon is solid but not top shelf here. John M lol ... terrible accent yet i still loved his performance. Edward N is so so. Best thing about this movie.... Nice to see a card movie again.

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  4. GaborA.
    3
    As typical of a movie you can make about card playing. A ninth grader selected at random and told to write a movie about poker would come up with a script very similar to this film. Rounders see's all the angle's but doesn't have the courage to make a move.… Expand

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