Click here to copy URL

Even Money

Drama Even Money is a ferociously compelling drama that follows the lives of nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. In Even Money there are no safe places, no one is left untouched - gamblers are mothers, brothers, dreamers and lovers. As the narrative unravels, we come to understand that addiction has no ... [+]
Author Review
United StatesUnited States
The Wall Street Journal
"Kim Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in 'Even Money', a kind of 'Crash' fueled by gambling instead of racism."  POS
United StatesUnited States
Variety
Variety
"Standard-issue directorial approach is perfectly in keeping with a script whose natural berth is on the tube." NEG
United StatesUnited States
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"An overstructured, overacted indie drama about gambling, addiction, and the sawdusty romanticism of old-time magicians." NEU
United StatesUnited States Village Voice "The problem with ensemble films, and this one in particular, is that they often flit instead of float between story arcs" NEG
United StatesUnited States The Hollywood Reporter "Overlong and overstuffed with cliches -- the movie doesn't seem to realize how close it comes to comedy." NEG
United StatesUnited States
The New York Times
The New York Times
"A scare movie about gambling addiction, is as grim and lurid as any in the recent spate of films about the evils of crystal meth." NEG
United StatesUnited States
TV Guide
TV Guide
"A high-profile cast can't save this multi-narrative drama about gambling addiction from its wildly uneven tone, which veers from high melodrama to hard-boiled pastiche so overwrought that it's unintentionally funny." NEG
We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.
arrow