I kept thinking "Good Will Hunting" meets "Ocean 12"

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2008)

Why does such a smart young man hide his two hundred thousand in the ceiling above his dorm bed? There were too many suspensions of disbelief for me to get my head around.
Thematically, it appeals to the notion that if you think big and take the calculated risks then you'll achieve big if you are smart enough, have a system and, most importantly, have the capital investment.
I found the study of the dichotomy between logic and emotion in making decisions interesting and wished there had been more than the perfunctory formula treatment of that dichotomy.
Could we say that life is a deck of cards and variable change can either make you a winner or a loser in the game of life?
I went to see the movie because Kevin Spacey was in it. It was mildly entertaining. It was a predictable formula movie replete with worn-out plot devices, superficial development and unimaginative dialog.
Sorry, Mr. Steinfeld and Mr. Loeb, you did not dazzle me.