Rounders (Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: John Dahl
Actors: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Paul Cicero, John Turturro, Ray Iannicelli
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  173 reviews
Sales Rank: 6195
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 786936243635
UPC: 786936243635
EAN: 0786936243635
ASIN: B0002DRDB4
Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1998
Release Date: September 7, 2004
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A little drunk on its own arcane exotica as a gambling movie, Rounders is a film that takes us inside a world of high-stakes card players but falls short on such essentials as character development, relationships, that sort of thing. Still, it is a real curiosity, written by a couple of guys (David Levien and Brian Koppelman) who appear to know something about the dark underbelly of card hustling for fun and profit. Matt Damon stars as a reluctant law student who can't put aside his subterranean career of playing poker and blackjack for big money. After he loses his post-grad nest egg to a weird Russian kingpin (John Malkovich)--and also loses his disgusted girlfriend (Gretchen Mol) in the process--Damon's character turns to an unreliable old buddy (Edward Norton) for a dangerous game of sharking wherever there happens to be a game underway: frat boys, cops, bad dudes, you name it. Norton appears to be living out every young actor's fantasy of re-creating Robert De Niro's prototypical head case in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and while his performance is burdened by obvious quotation marks, his estimable talent still shines through. Damon's charm and intelligence bring some oomph to the curiously flat proceedings, and while his hushed, soul-bearing scenes with Martin Landau (as a law professor who takes a shine to the kid) seem gratuitous, they're still nice to watch. Behind all this is director John Dahl (Red Rock West), who is not exactly at the top of his game here but who brings his distinctive toughness to the crime-noir tone. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
Master poker player Mike gives up gambling for law school but is lured back into the game when his friend gets out of prison and is in over his head with a ruthless Russian card shark.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
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| Customer Reviews: Read 168 more reviews...
 glad I found it July 1, 2009
nesy (wva)
my husband has been wanting this movie for a lomg time one day I thought amazon.com has everything i'll check I found it ordered it and loved watching it with my husband well worth the wait!
Poker before hold em exploded May 24, 2009
D. Sun (Vallejo, CA United States)
Texas Hold em and the high stakes game being broadcast on ESPN and people starting to play the game are interesting and Rounders was out before things really blew up so big.
Great movie and shows the lows and highs of being a player, scamming folks, and trying to make it big.
 A little lacking May 14, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
Unless you're part of the current poker craze - I could not care less - some of the details in this poker movie may escape you. The acting is just ok most of the time. Malkovich steals the show as a Russian mafia card sharp, though his accent is a little over the top. Norton and Damon as the buddies have a little chemistry, but it's hard to see what Damon sees in his ex-con pal beyond the usual macho posturing. This is also a little long at two hours, but it's still fairly entertaining.
 Maybe it would help if I was a bigger fan of poker... May 1, 2009
Alan Starr (Lawrence, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another Ed Norton movie, this one also starring Matt Damon. And John Malkovich, although I almost didn't recognize him at first. Problem is, I'm not a fan of poker or gambling, and none of the characters are particularly likable, so this did little for me.
 Rounders Round up April 4, 2009
Kenneth Hynes (Colorado Springs)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rounders was one of the first and I think best poker movies. Damon does a good portayol of a life of a grinder, both good and bad sides of it. Movie is a classic, DVD doesnt add much to it
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