Deal

Deal2008

PG-13 Film · Comedy, Drama · 85 min · Jan 29, 2008
5.3
4 platform(s) · 6 ratings 4,866 votes
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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.

Gil Cates Jr.
Director, Screenplay
Marc Weinstock
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J.R. Jones · Chicago Reader 50.00/100.00

The main pleasure of this high-stakes-poker drama is watching a septuagenarian Burt Reynolds effortlessly revive his 70s screen persona as a strutting paragon of male shrewdness and sexuality.

Michael Phillips · Chicago Tribune 38.00/100.00

Moving slowly these days, Reynolds does less than no acting in this role, and he’s still the best thing in Deal.

Wesley Morris · Boston Globe 50.00/100.00

Deal doesn't really care about the characters as much as it does the World Poker Championships, where Tommy and Alex end up. Once we get there the movie becomes interesting because Cates understands the game and its dramas a lot better than he understands people and theirs.

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