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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Jason London, Charlie Spradlingm, Phill Lewis, and Erin Beaux

A struggling actor, addicted to gambling and living beyond his means, manipulates his friends into a wild scheme to pitch a screenplay to Jack Nicholson.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Gil Cates, Jr.  
DIRECTED BY: Gil Cates, Jr.  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 31, 2000 
Video: October 31, 2000 
Theatrical: July 21, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

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70
Film.com Ernest Hardy
Has a warm and intimate feel that helps push it a little deeper than its cable movie-of-the-week blueprint.
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60
Variety David Sprague
Covers familiar territory unevenly, but Gil Cates Jr. directs his freshman feature with a mostly assured hand.
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60
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Well-paced and solidly crafted.
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40
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The main characters are defined by their problems, and the secondary characters (notably Brigette's parents) are so crudely drawn it's hard to imagine what Cates was thinking.
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30
Village Voice Mark Holcomb
So committed to its by-the-numbers banality you wonder why it isn't part of the fall TV lineup.
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30
LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Lamely engineered and thoroughly exploited tragedy.
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30
The New York Times A.O. Scott
By the end the most vivid figure on the screen is the lovable doggie who goes wherever dangling fingers are waiting to give the happy pooch a scratch.
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25
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
The film is only 91 minutes long, but it seemed to stretch out for days.
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