2008 · comedy · drama
Deal
Directed by Gil Cates Jr.1h 25m2008
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Our read: Deal (2008) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
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“You enjoy underdog poker stories with a veteran teaching a cocky kid.”
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