Flip of a coin.

Rating: 9/10 (25 October 2005)

There's a saying: "Hope springs eternal." And there is no movie where this saying is more aptly dramatized than in this movie. Here, the main character is a gambler who is so consumed by his obsession that he hosts his own cable TV show which offers, for a substantial fee, "expert" advice on which football games to pick. And to conduct this business he hires football handicappers who, like stock brokers, advise their clients on which teams to pick. Now one of these handicappers is an ex-college football player who has an uncanny knack for making the right picks most of the time. Now the gambler/businessman/hustler believes that this handicapper has a special gift, when in fact IT'S PURE DUMB LUCK! But the gambler/businessman/hustler does not accept that, even when his star handicapper starts losing and losing BIG. Although the gambler/businessman/hustler projects the image of a successful businessman and TV impresario, he is nothing more than just another loser/gambler who is willing to gamble everything on a handicapper who is just another guy. Yet, what compels this gambler/businessman/hustler to believe in this guy and invest huge sums of money on this handicapper's picks is the hope, and fixed belief, that his star handicapper will pick that one big game that will bring in the dough and keep the action going.