2008
PG-13
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 25 m

2008
PG-13
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 25 m

Summary Set against the world of high stakes poker, DEAL follows the story of Alex Stillman, a cocky, hotshot, card-playing senior at Yale University. Alex dreams of becoming a professional Texas Hold'em poker player but does not yet have the skill to master the table. Fortunately for him, a chance encounter introduces Alex to retired poker lege...

Directed By: Gil Cates Jr.

Written By: Marc Weinstock, Gil Cates Jr.

2008
PG-13
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 25 m

2008
PG-13
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 25 m

Deal

Name: Deal
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2008-04-25
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Rating: 35
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Maria Mason, Shannon Elizabeth, Gary Grubbs

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

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Directed By: Gil Cates Jr.

Written By: Marc Weinstock, Gil Cates Jr.

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Boston Globe

Deal doesn't really care about the characters as much as it does the World Poker Championships, where Tommy and Alex end up. Once we get there the movie becomes interesting because Cates understands the game and its dramas a lot better than he understands people and theirs.

By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW

Chicago Reader

The main pleasure of this high-stakes-poker drama is watching a septuagenarian Burt Reynolds effortlessly revive his 70s screen persona as a strutting paragon of male shrewdness and sexuality.

By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW

ReelViews

There's no compelling reason to see Deal. Everything it offers is familiar to the extent where even though it's not a remake, it feels like one.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

Variety

Public fascination with Texas Hold 'em and other poker variations will likely bolster B.O., though more discriminating auds may choose to pass.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The dull production obviously sees itself as an updated "Cincinnati Kid" for the World Poker Tour set, but the end result and its characters have all the originality and dramatic depth of a TV telecast.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

The direction by Gil Cates Jr. is inept at best, and the script by Cates and Marc Weinstock seems to operate under the assumption that trafficking in flabby clichés -- the kindly call girl, the scrappy youngster, the angry dad -- will somehow smooth over the underdeveloped characters.

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The A.V. Club

To think that a semi-major studio financed a production this low-rent and listless is amazing: Since when did MGM start making student films?

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Seven Arts Productions, Tag Entertainment, Blue Rider Pictures, Andertainment Group, Crescent City Pictures

Release Date Apr 25, 2008

Duration 1 h 25 m

Rating PG-13

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Tagline Soms komt er van gestolen goed, wel iets goeds!

Website http://www.dealthemovie.com/

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Helen Vinson

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Michelle

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Mr. Stillman

Caroline McKinley

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Charles Durning

Charlie Adler

Brandon Ray Olive

Ben Thomas

Jennifer Tilly

Karen 'Razor' Jones

Jon Eyez

Mike 'Double Diamond' Jackson

JD Evermore

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