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The Gambler (2014)

R 111 minutes EN Thriller , Crime , Drama

The only way out is all in

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.

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Mark Wahlberg

Jim Bennett

John Goodman

Frank

Brie Larson

Amy Phillips

Michael Kenneth Williams

Neville Baraka

George Kennedy

Jessica Lange

Roberta

Richard Schiff

Jeweler

Andre Braugher

Dean Fuller

Emory Cohen

Dexter

Domenick Lombardozzi

Big Ernie

Anthony Kelley

Lamar Allen

Alvin Ing

Mister Lee

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Dawn Swiderski

Art Direction

Maggie Martin

Set Decoration

Greig Fraser

Director of Photography

Jon Brion

Original Music Composer

Theo Green

Original Music Composer

Pete Beaudreau

Editor

Jacqueline West

Costume Design

Keith P. Cunningham

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The most positive review

"_You're born as a man with the nerves of a soldier, the apprehension of an angel._"
This movie works in some parts, and is messy in others. It's like a car crash I can't seem to avoid watching. I enjoy the gambling parts but have a hard time understanding the reason for his lunacy.

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Marky Mark try'na sell a watch to a stereotype made me kinda shame-laugh, and the last act was an improvement on the first two, but _The Gambler_ is not something I would recommend to, realistically, anyone at all.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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Official website: http://www.thegamblermovie.com/

Production companies: Paramount Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage Entertainment, Winkler Films

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $39,171,130

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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