Exciting - like watching a game ...

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2006)

Great movie - opens with a nice attention grabbing situation and builds and builds. There are 3 principal actors and all three deliver great performances. Pacino is over-the-top intense as usual. McConaughey is humbling and interesting to watch. He goes through a journey in the movie that many will probably be able to identify with. Although I had a bit of a believability problem with the way the movie accelerates McConaughey's character into the high-end world of sports betting, the story and characters were good enough to carry me beyond that problem. The movie keeps building and building in suspense - very much like a close football game coming to the end. The movie is fun and gives you pause to reflect on yourself and the nature of gambling. If you likes sports-betting at all, definitely recommended.