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- 1974
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 1974
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
Summary When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Directed By: Robert Altman
Written By: Joseph Walsh
- 1974
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 1974
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
California Split
User Score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Summary When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Directed By: Robert Altman
Written By: Joseph Walsh
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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87% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
85
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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California Split has never been heralded as one of the key Altmans. But the few things it does — friendship and disappointment and the drab and desperate thrill of the gambler’s life — it does superbly.
Because Joseph Walsh's screenplay is funny and Segal and Gould are naturally engaging, we have a good time.
Robert Altman’s most overlooked gem.
As in all Altman films, winning is losing; and the more Altman reveals, in his oblique, seemingly casual yet brilliantly controlled way, the more we realize that to love characters the way Altman loves his, you have to see them turned completely inside out.
A fascinating, vivid movie, not quite comparable to any other movie that I can immediately think of. Nor is it easily categorized.
A film such as this, which is essentially a series of comic vignettes without a plot, depends upon its performances, and both Gould and Segal are in top form, providing an example of impov at its best.
The film is technically and physically handsome, all the more so for being mostly location work, but lacks a cohesive and reinforced sense of story direction.
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Awards
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
