Deal

Deal (2008)
Seen on DVD 10th August 2008

Jennifer Tilly!!!

The saddest thing ever is seeing a movie cause it has someone you love (Jennifer Tilly) in it, and then they're in it for a total of about 2 minutes.

The cool thing though, is when a movie that looks kind of gay turns out to be kind of cool.

STORY: 4/7
Alex has just graduated college and plays a bit of poker for fun, getting into a few tournaments here and there. Tommy used to be a pro-poker-player and is now retired, under the instruction of his wife. When Tommy sees Alex play he realises that he can live out his "glory days" by training this newcomer to win at the world series of poker (or whatever it is.)

ACTING: 5/7
I was actually quite satisfied by the acting after i got over the shock of... "Hahaha, look, it's Burt Reynolds... What's he doing? He's just Burt Reynolds."

CINE / VISUAL EFFECTS: 2/7
Why do all poker movies have to look so choppy and sharp. and the weird angles that you look at the cards from are just annoying. And of course the "Welcome to Vegas" montage of neon lights gets very old very quick.

SCORE / SOUND: ??
I don't remember, which means it can't have been that good.

SONGS: N/A

* Jennifer Tilly *



OVERALL: 5/7

There should have been more Tilly. She makes everything more entertaining.
Or more Chaniqua. She was cool.

Interesting facts -
- Jennifer actually plays poker!
- They used the actual set of the world poker tour.
- Bret Harrison (Alex) associate produced "Zombie Honeymoon" (2004)
- I LOVE "Zombie Honeymoon"