A good movie

Matthew McConaughey is nowadays famous for his generic and rather boring romantic-comedies but I think it's too bad since he is actually not half bad as everyone thinks. For example, this movie must be his most underrated one. Indeed, it deals with gambling, a fascinating subject, if you ask me, and McConaughey was perfectly cast. In the mentor part, you have Al Pacino who, as usual, delivers effortlessly one of his completely entertaining perfromances (When I think about it, it must be his last movie I really enjoyed). Furthermore, I must admit that the story was nothing really mindblowing and rather predictable but I still think it was absolutely entertaining and I think it gives a good idea about how exciting, thrilling but also addictive and just plain dangerous gambling can be. To conclude, in my opinion, it is an entertaining and underrated gem and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to see Matthew McConaughey in something else than another boring romantic-comedy.

7/10