The Gambler

2014
R
1h 51min

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6,0/10

75 k

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Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with a paternal interest in BennettÂ’s future. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chanceÂ…

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La dette de Jim Bennett, professeur de littérature et parieur, le pousse à emprunter de l'argent à sa mère et à un usurier. Sa relation avec l'un de ses élèves complique encore sa situation.... Tout lireLa dette de Jim Bennett, professeur de littérature et parieur, le pousse à emprunter de l'argent à sa mère et à un usurier. Sa relation avec l'un de ses élèves complique encore sa situation. Bennett risquera-t-il sa vie pour une seconde chance ?La dette de Jim Bennett, professeur de littérature et parieur, le pousse à emprunter de l'argent à sa mère et à un usurier. Sa relation avec l'un de ses élèves complique encore sa situation. Bennett risquera-t-il sa vie pour une seconde chance ?

Réalisation
- Rupert Wyatt
Scénario
- William Monahan
- James Toback
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,0/10

75 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Rupert Wyatt
Scénario
- William Monahan
- James Toback
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Each day Jim's shirt color gets lighter, starting with a black shirt and ending with a white shirt

Gaffes
Early in the movie when Jim is at the blackjack table and wins an $80,000 bet with a natural 21, rather than being paid the correct amount which should have been $120,000, he is paid incorrectly as he receives 16 of the blue/white chips adding up to $160,000.

Citations
Jim Bennett: I've been up two and a half million dollars.
Frank: What you got on you?
Jim Bennett: Nothing.
Frank: What you put away?
Jim Bennett: Nothing.
Frank: You get up two and a half million dollars, any asshole in the world knows what to do: you get a house with a 25 year roof, an indestructible Jap-economy shitbox, you put the rest into the system at three to five percent to pay your taxes and that's your base, get me? That's your fortress of fucking solitude. That puts you, for the rest of your life, at a level of fuck you. Somebody wants you to do something, fuck you. Boss pisses you off, fuck you! Own your house. Have a couple bucks in the bank. Don't drink. That's all I have to say to anybody on any social level. Did your grandfather take risks?
Jim Bennett: Yes.
Frank: I guarantee he did it from a position of fuck you. A wise man's life is based around fuck you. The United States of America is based on fuck you. You're a king? You have an army? Greatest navy in the history of the world? Fuck you! Blow me. We'll fuck it up ourselves.

Crédits fous
During the opening titles, as the classic Paramount logo appears onscreen, we hear the sound of a roulette as the stars are aligning over the Paramount mountain.

Connexions
Featured in Film '72: Épisode datant du 12 novembre 2014 (2014)

Bandes originales
That Glow
Written by Paul Janeway & Jesse Phillips
Performed by St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Courtesy of St. Paul and the Broken Bones

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7/10

A movie that I did ultimately like and recommend but it is a little generic and lacking the punch it was going for.

"Eventually a debt gets too big to pay." Jim Bennett (Wahlberg) is an English professor at a major college, as well as being a high stakes gambler. He isn't very good at either. When he falls into an insurmountable debt to a ruthless loan shark one life begins to bleed into the other and his life, and the lives of those around him, is in danger. Going in I thought this movie could go 1 of 2 ways. It could either be tense and good, or slow and boring. After watching it I would have to say it is more tense and good, but also nothing amazing. I did like this quite a bit and recommend this, but it just seems like they could have done so much more with this character. Another down side of this movie is that it is pretty much like every other movie about gambling. The best part of this movie is John Goodman, but he is so under used that it is a little upsetting. If he was in it more the movie would have been better. Overall, a movie that I did ultimately like and recommend but it is a little generic and lacking the punch it was going for. I give it a B.