Review: Rounders
``Rounders'' cheerfully buys into compulsive gambling. The hero gambles away his tuition money, his girlfriend, his law degree and nearly his life ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 09/11/98
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Review: Rounders
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, Martin Landau, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Knowing When to Hold 'em and Fold 'em but Just Not When to Run
The NY Times review of Rounders, a John Dahl film starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Rounders movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader ...
The New York Times - Janet Maslin - 09/11/98
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Review: ROUNDERS
When the chips are down, the real game begins in this look at the clandestine world of professional poker players, otherwise known as rounders. ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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Review: Rounders
There's something about "making it" - raking in hundreds upon thousands of dollars all at once - that will drive people to play incredible odds. ...
Kinnopio.com - Craig Roush
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Review: Rounders
Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) knows when to hold 'em and knows when to fold 'em. He's a rounder, a man who earns his living from playing cards. ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: Rounders
G There are two ways to look at and to rate Rounders the new poker movie from director John Dahl ( The Last Seduction ) and starring Good Will ...
FilmBlather.com - Eugene Novikov
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JoBlo's movie review of Rounders: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol
Entertaining, believable, if slightly repetitive, behind the scenes look at the high-stakes game of New York underground poker through the eyes of ...
JoBlo's Movie Emporium - Berge Garabedian - 09/12/98
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Review: Rounders
Those happily expecting a big screen account of the peculiar baseball-lite played in primary schools across the country are, sadly, ...
Empire Online - Adam Smith
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Review: Rounders
Eighty bucks. That's about how much money I've lost playing poker since I saw Rounders . Not that this statistic is an inherently bad sign for the ...
FilmCritic.com - Bradley Null
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Review: Rounders
Noir King John Dahl directs once and future "IT" boy Matt Damon in this tale of underground card games in New York City. ...
Film Threat - Ron Wells - 09/14/98
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ROUNDERS Film Review
In "Rounders," Matt Damon stars as Mike McDermott, a master poker player who eschews the game after losing his stash of cash to Teddy KGB (John ...
Boxoffice Online - Lisa Osborne
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Let's play some cards.
Pros Most everything. A compelling film. Cons Gretchen Mol (I think). The DVD extras. The Bottom Line One of my favorite guy films of the last ...
Epinions - Pavel21 - 07/16/03
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Review: Rounders (1998)
After law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) loses all of his money in a poker game to a violent Russian loanshark Teddy KGB (John Malkovich), ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - John Smythe
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Ever wonder what happened to Gabe Kaplan? You remember, he was the title character in that 70's sitcom, "Welcome Back Kotter. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Brian Takeshita - 09/27/98
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Starring: Matt Damon (Mike McDermott); Edward Norton (Worm); John Turturro (Kanish); John Malkovich (Teddy KGB); written by David Levien, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Chad Polenz - 09/26/98
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Review: Rounders (1998)
"If you can't spot the sucker at the table in the first half hour, then you are the sucker," intones Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Rick Ferguson - 09/27/98
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The wheels on the bus go round and round...
Pros Damon, realistic script, situation, and climax. Cons Norton, and the fact that I'm getting sick of SGM's. The Bottom Line Even as much of an ...
Epinions - updateghost - 05/18/04
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen, John Malkovich, Martin Landau, Michael Rispoli Screenplay: David ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Nathaniel R. Atcheson - 09/27/98
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Review: Rounders (1998)
"Rounders" spends a lot of time in the cellars and card clubs of Manhattan and elsewhere to prove one thing to itself: it has no problem with ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Ted Prigge
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Review: Rounders (1998)
"We cannot run away from who we are. Our destiny chooses us," explains Professor Petrovsky to law student Mike McDermott. If I were a betting man, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Michael Redman - 09/27/98
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Well-Rounded
Pros Matt Damon and Ed Norton are terrific young actors...well worth seeing just for them Cons Some parts are predictable, but the ending ...
Epinions - Diversity646 - 07/19/01
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Back in 1998, I had thought that maybe Matt Damon was getting to a point where he was just repeating himself - the same path that early Tom Cruise ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Jerry Saravia
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Before Matt Damon became "Ooh, Matt Damon!" he was a young actor just looking for work. It wasn't until "Courage Under Fire" that he really gained ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Chris Webb - 09/30/98
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Review: Rounders (1998)
Rating: *** (out of ****) Miramax / 1:55 / 1998 / R (language, beatings, brief nudity/sexual content) Cast: Matt Damon; Edward Norton; ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Jamie Peck - 01/15/99
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