Two for MIT and one for the movie

Rating: 3/10 (27 April 2008)

Inspired on the true story of the MIT blackjack team the movie is about a boy who for financial reasons joins a team of brainiacs to win big money counting carts in casinos.
It doesn't take long for the movie to point out that the MIT blackjack team consisted of some very clever guys and that what they did was very exceptional. But that very exiting fact disappears behind the many clichés that should have filled up the movie. We have seen it all before: the boy falls in love with the girl and blablabla...
The screenplay itself is good and the cast is convincing as well. Kevin Spacey's performance is like you would have expected from him and the rest of the cast, with exception of Kate Bosworth, did a very decent job as well. Sadly the original core of the story and the performance of the cast doesn't make up for it's bad storyline.
Two stars for the MIT blackjack team and one star for the movie.