Going for Broke

TV Movie
2003
1h 26m

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Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney in Going for Broke (2003)

A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Delta Burke

Laura Bancroft

Elliot Page

Jennifer Bancroft
(as Ellen Page)

Matthew Harbour

Tommy Bancroft

Patricia Gage

Lois

Joyce Gordon

Bella

Francis X. McCarthy

Brad Bradford
(as Francis-Xavier McCarthy)

Mary Donnelly Haskell

Martine Miller
(as Mary Donnelly-Haskell)

Gerald McRaney

Jim Bancroft

Spiro Malandrakis

Conner
(as Spiro Maland)

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Ms. Jenkins

Gillian Ferrabee

Principal

Raymond Stone

Judge

Richard Jutras

Mr. Dowling

Alan Fawcett

Davenport

Susan Almgren

Mrs. Meyers

Marie-Marguerite Sabongui

Shari
(as Marie-Marguerite Sabongul)

Norris Domingue

Grandpa Frank

Cecile Cristobal

Cindy

Director
- Graeme Campbell
Writer
- Deborah Serra
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Trivia
This movie is based on a true incident, which resulted in all Nevada casinos being required by law to post the telephone number for GA (that is, Gamblers Anonymous), should any of their patrons need it.

Quotes
Bella: [on gambling] There's two kinds of problems: the kind you run FROM, and the kind you run TO. Make sure you know which is which.

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10/10

Everyone with any type of addictive personality NEEDS to see this film.

If I had watched this movie five years ago, I would have thought it was extraordinarily well written, directed, and acted, but I would have thought the plot was unbelievable. After all, how on earth could an upper-middle-class mom and career woman could ever fall into the grips of casino gambling addiction and throw her entire life away? Now, with a mother-in-law who has destroyed her family and is in financial ruin because of gambling, I realize that this movie is far more realistic than I could ever have guessed. Actually it gave me some insight into my mother-in-law's point of view (even though I still can't fully understand it). Outstanding, outstanding movie.