21 (2008) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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While not exactly a zero, 21 lags and fails to measure up dramatically.Read the full review
The story may be based on real events, but most of it feels patently false.Read the full review
21 doesn't spin a good enough yarn.Read the full review
Very little adds up in 21.Read the full review
Picture shrewdly shuffles together attractive young leads, cagey screen vets and a fantasy-fulfillment scenario in a slickly polished package that should appeal to anyone who's ever dreamed of beating the odds.Read the full review
Escapist moviegoers happy to live out a flashy fantasy get a brief comeuppance and still walk away from the table with a little something in their pockets.Read the full review
What might have been a complex story dealing with greed and high-stakes betrayal among the young intellectual elite in America's gaming playground is instead treated as a slick, glossy romp.Read the full review
Greed is good and comes without a hint of conscience in 21, a feature-length bore about some smarty-pants who take Vegas for a ride.Read the full review
A movie with an irresistible premise that ultimately collapses around the whole issue of motivation. Until it does, this is a thoroughly entertaining picture.Read the full review
The fun of 21 is the way that this sharp, hyperaware star in the making, his face as readable as a mood ring, pours us into an adrenalized cocktail of fear, desire, and mental buzz.Read the full review
