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There have been many good movies about gambling, but never one that so single-mindedly shows the gambler at his task.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Hoffman plays Dan Mahowny's addiction to instant money as something dirty and private and, at the same time, soul-quickening.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Kwietniowski has managed to create a surprisingly engrossing and suspenseful narrative without resorting to cosmetics, melodrama or hype.Full Review

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

As channeled by the extraordinary Hoffman, Dan Mahowny is less a freak than a nerve-deadened Everyman with the courage to search for something that makes him feel alive.Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

A fascinating fact-based portrait of a gambling addict.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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