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Even Money
Yari Film Group Releasing

Even Money reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 34 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.3 out of 10
based on 10 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language, violence and brief sexuality

Starring Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Nick Cannon, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Carla Gugino, Grant Sullivan, Jay Mohr, and Cassandra Hepburn

Even Money is a ferociously compelling drama that follows the lives of nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. (Yari Film Group Releasing)


GENRE(S): Crime  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Robert Tannen  
DIRECTED BY: Mark Rydell  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 11, 2007 
Theatrical: May 18, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 116 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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63
New York Post Kyle Smith
Kim Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in Even Money, a kind of "Crash" fueled by gambling instead of racism.
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42
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
An overstructured, overacted indie drama about gambling, addiction, and the sawdusty romanticism of old-time magicians.
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42
Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
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.
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40
Los Angeles Times Ed Gonzalez
The film's subject is not race but gambling, yet the cynical message is the same: We're all pathetic.
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40
Variety Robert Koehler
Standard-issue directorial approach is perfectly in keeping with a script whose natural berth is on the tube.
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40
Village Voice Michelle Orange
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.
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38
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
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.
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30
The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore
Overlong and overstuffed with cliches -- the movie doesn't seem to realize how close it comes to comedy.
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30
The New York Times Stephen Holden
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.
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25
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
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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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

David G gave it a10:
Don't believe the bad reviews. Great movie, Great cast. Gamblers will love it.

James M' gave it a10:
Cant believe the low ratings for this film. This was a great movie, right down to the twist at the end. Highly recommended

Lawrence M' gave it a7:
Can't understand the critics. This was not a bad movie and the acting was believable.

Eric Y. gave it a2:
We turned it off. Horrible. It wasn't going anywhere.

Gilad E. gave it a2:
One of the worst movies I've ever seen. Name an element of filmmaking - dialogue, acting, plot, cinematography, music - and Even Money ruins it. Totally awful.

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