21 (2008)

6.5	Listal rating
6.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Robert Luketic

Starring (View all)

Ben

Micky Rosa

Jill

Choi

Kianna

Fisher

Cole Williams

Terry

Written by (View all)

Peter Steinfeld

(screenplay) and

Allan Loeb

(screenplay)

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rehashed american junk

5 years, 1 month ago at Apr 11 14:42

Prelude

5 votes

This movie was great!.... when I saw it 4 years ago, as a Canadian-made film called 'The Last Casino'.

That's Hollywood for ya - no more original ideas left. They had to steal all Canadian actors, now they're stealing our movies too. And some IMDB reviews are calling it 'fresh and original'. *sigh*

21

2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 5 20:30

lotr23

5 votes

It's always very disappointing when a film that has potential for greatness throws all that potential out the window, and that is precisely what happens in 21, a film that could've been nail-biting and intense, perhaps even a successful coming-of-age tale, and ends up not working as any of those things. You want a good movie that deals with this topic, features interesting characters, and actually... read more

A missed opportunity

1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 8 3:17

johanlefourbe

5 votes

I just love the material. It always find it interesting when a movie focus on smart people, instead of "beautiful people". When watching this, I kept thinking about "The Social Network". Basically, I guess "The Social Network" would have looked like this movie if another less gifted director would have made it. I mean, the original story is rather fascinating but the end result is rather average. ... read more

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"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.

Release date : 28 March 2008

Drama (15), Gambling (15), 2008 (10), Casino (8), Romance (8), Comedy (8), (7), Revenge (7), Las Vegas (6), Black Jack (5), College (5), True Story (5), 2000s (5), University (5), Mathematics (4), Mit (4), Cheating (4), Counting Cards (3), Students (3), Usa (2)

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" Picture of 21 Looking for a way to pay for his college tuition, Ben Campbell finds himself quietly recruited in a daring plot to use brains to beat the odds at Las Vegas's gambling tables. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor and armed with fake IDs, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and five fellow students succeed at breaking the impenetrable casinos. But now, the challenge is keeping the numbers straight and staying one step ahead of the casinos befo"