A movie about pool, interesting lessons

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2018)

This movie is an excellent movie about pool and makes it look so easy when these excellent actors play it. Makes it look real easy. Tom Cruise is brilliant and it just shows what a great actor he always was, because he learnt to play pool very well for this movie. One of his many skills. I think this is the first movie I've seen with Newman, he was TC's inspiration, and he indeed looks like a good actor.
This movie also shows you how pool players make money.
It also shows some interesting ideas.
1. Manipulation. In order to make money in some professions people use manipulation. For example in this movie pool players when playing with opponent would on purpose lose a few times until they stake more and then they would win. So, like Newman said it is important to learn how to lose as well.
Also he said since Tom Cruise acts very childishly, no one takes him seriously, so he can fool them even further.
2. Interesting quote from Newman, which basically says that if you do something very well then money will just come to you. (Glavnoe eto chto to umet, i ne prosto umet, a lucse vsex ostalnyx. Togda dengi ne problema, ix nuzhno tolko vziat.)