A good movie

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and it would be pretty need to check it out again. Nowadays, it is pretty much forgotten but I always had a weak spot for this flick. Indeed, I have always been fascinated by poker, I even used to play with some colleagues but I stopped because I wasn’t good enough, and, in my opinion, it is one of the best movies about this subject. Basically, you had 2 of the best actors of this generation (Matt Damon and Edward Norton) and also a very solid supporting cast (Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Goran Visnjic). At the time, John Dahl was pretty much the unofficial champion of the film noir, I always liked his work but this would be unfortunately his last movie in this genre and his following movies would become increasingly disappointing. Eventually, the whole gimmick of the guy who is able to read people’s mind is at the same time pretty neat but also a little be boring because since it is a fiction, there is not much really at stake. Still, I think it is a fun movie, probably the best movie about poker and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested by this subject.

7/10