21

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2009)

21 stars young British star Jim Sturgess as M.I.T. student Ben Campbell, sort of a nerd but very smart. When professor Mickey Rosa(Kevin Spacey) looks at Ben's test scores, he introduces Ben to a card-counting group of students. Ben has a secret crush on one of them(Kate Bosworth). The gang travels to Vegas to play Black Jack. Ben decides to tag along only because he needs money to get into medical school. Everyone in the group gets fake I.D.'s and have to pretend not to know each other. The head of the casino surveillance is played by Laurence Fishburne.
That whole medical school mumbo jumbo lasts until he realizes how great Vegas is. "Greed is good" is what Michael Douglas said in Wall Street. But when you see this film, you realize that being too greedy will come back to bite you in the ass. Greed is not good. 21 is based on a true story. So there really was some asshole professor that tried to mess up everybody's lives.
21 is great entertainment and incredibly entertaining. I surprisingly loved this film. Every one of the young actors and actresses does a good job. Laurence Fishburne is good and Kevin Spacey, as always, is great. The film does have a happy ending. We usually don't see many happy endings in films now days. Actually, that is sort of a lie. I advise that you go and buy this film. If you're expecting an extreme casino film, then don't watch this. It's from the director of Leagally Blonde for god sake. I think that you should see 21. Go and rent it. I did last year and absolutely loved it.
21: ****/****