21 (2008) User Reviews

At first I was not sure that this movie was worth seeing. However, after the first five minutes, my opinion changed. The well- written story- line kept me engaged for a good hour of the movie. The middle seemed to drag on for the other hour though. But the phenomenal ending made up for that quick period of dissatisfaction. Well done!! A must see movie!!!

05/22/2008, 9:29 am

I thought this was what movies are suppose to be about. A story you can follow, get involved in, care about the characters, and in the end you have learned something. I was entertained the entire way through, and the cast is great. If you want to go to a movie, enjoy your time there, and feel like you got your money's worth, this is one you can count on to deliver.

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

As is often the case the paid movie critics get it wrong. This was a smart take off from the story and injected enough excitement to make the viewer think it was real. It was fast paced and showed Vegas in its real light minus the beatings.

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

This movie looks like an extremly good movie. It seems to me, that this movie will be sitting in the box office as the

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

I went in expecting this movie to be just another average movie. I expected that because the movies the past few months have really been quite lousy. Let me tell you; this movie was very good, almost great. It was well written, very entertaining, and had no dull parts. The ending was very clever and really well thought out. Don't let the critics steer you away from this movie, because it is the best movie I have seen in the theaters this year,

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

The dealer has 21. I have 22 and therefore I bust just like this movie.

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

if you love poker, blackjack, vegas, gambling this game is not for you. This movie sucked royal ballsauce and when I say ballsauce I made the most narly grundle between your legs you can find.. save your money.

05/22/2008, 9:28 am

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24381965401The beginning...http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/03/25/count_her_out/?page=full"Willis, 38, who grew up in Mount Vernon, Ill., had never played blackjack when she joined the team in the early 1990s. Then a student at Harvard Law School, Willis and her boyfriend were both "math geeks." They were also friends with Jeff Ma, an MIT student who was one of the ringleaders of the school's clandestine blackjack club. "Jeff would occasionally have an expensive bottle of wine or champagne, and it didn't make a whole lot of sense. Then he told us about Vegas," Willis says. "I think it dawned on him that we could play blackjack and also give the team, which was mostly Asian and male, a little diversity."What was planned for the movie...http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N43/43vegas.html"During the talk, Mezrich mentioned the stereotypical Hollywood casting process — though most of the actual blackjack team was composed of Asian males, a studio executive involved in the casting process said that most of the film’s actors would be white, with perhaps an Asian female."What actually happened...http://www.reappropriate.com/?p=1114"Perhaps in response to criticisms that 21 was “White-washing” the story, the filmmaker also cast Asian American actors Lisa Lapira and Aaron Yoo in the movie, but they remain secondary characters, distantly-removed from the story of the White male and female protagonists".How the Asian American characters were portrayed...http://www.enterprisenews.com/entertainment/x1565506635"The previous year, the scholarship Ben seeks went to a one-legged Korean student. He’s not the only Asian character “21” cuts off at the knees. The real-life students mostly were Asian-Americans, but “21” whitewashes its cast and disappointingly lumps its only major Asian actors (Aaron Yoo and Liza Lapira) into one-note designations as the team’s kleptomaniac and a slot-playing “loser.”

05/22/2008, 9:28 am