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  • 2008
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary The Grand is in the tradition of such improvisational comedies as Best in Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world's second-most-famous high-stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker. The Grand was improvised from a detailed tr...

Directed By: Zak Penn

Written By: Matt Bierman, Zak Penn

  • 2008
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m

The Grand

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Summary The Grand is in the tradition of such improvisational comedies as Best in Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world's second-most-famous high-stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker. The Grand was improvised from a detailed tr...

Directed By: Zak Penn

Written By: Matt Bierman, Zak Penn

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
57
48% Positive
11 Reviews
39% Mixed
9 Reviews
13% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
57
48% Positive
11 Reviews
39% Mixed
9 Reviews
13% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
The Grand is a fast and furious comedic attack that begs to be seen again. There’s just so much going on, it’s nearly impossible to keep up.
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75
What makes The Grand a memorable comedy is that the main stories are really about families – how they screw you up and how they save you. And you don't have to understand poker to know the rules of that game.
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
70
It has a lot of affection for its screwy characters, and it has a cast worth watching even when the plot's held captive by a bunch of boring cards.
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60
Wildly uneven but often quite funny, The Grand allows its actors to act out, get the "E!" out of their systems and give the Christopher Guest treatment to professional gambling without Christopher Guest, with whom it would have been funnier and a lot more acerbic.
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58
Typical of bad improv, the inmates take over the asylum, leaving a movie that's little more than a loose, wildly uneven assemblage of individual comedic shtick.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
50
Each of these improv farceurs wins a few laughs. But not enough.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
25
It’s hard to believe that a lineup so stellar could generate so few laughs, but there it is.
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Production Company Insomnia Media Group, Eleven Eleven Films, IMG Film 7
Release Date Mar 21, 2008
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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Tagline A comedy about the fine art of losing
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