2007 · comedy
The Grand
Directed by Zak Penn1h 44m2007
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
Our read: The Grand (2007) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- funny
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“You want a loose, funny mockumentary about high-stakes poker players at a chaotic tournament.”
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