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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   36,299 votes
Director:
Robert Luketic
Writers (WGA):
Peter Steinfeld (screenplay) and
Allan Loeb (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 March 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever. more
Plot:
"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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
21 Is No. 1 (From Studio Briefing. 31 July 2008, 10:38 AM, PDT)
Spacey Denies 'Diva' Claims (From WENN. 22 June 2008, 7:06 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
much better than you would expect!! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
21 - The Movie (USA) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.
Runtime:
123 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
MOVIEmeter: ?
V 4% since last week why?

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "2.0.9" robotics competition shown in the movie is based on the actual "6.270" programming competition at M.I.T. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the opening scene montage, when Ben is riding his bike across the bridge, the position of his backpack changes several times. more
Quotes:
Choi: Basic strategy says that you should hit that! more
Movie Connections:
Features V for Vendetta (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Always more

FAQ

Okay, this is based on a true story. So when did the real story take place?
Were there more than one team card counters from MIT?
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
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120 out of 212 people found the following comment useful:-
much better than you would expect!!, 5 February 2008
8/10
Author: madciderhead-1 from United Kingdom

I was lucky enough to see this film for free at a special screening in greater London as part of a market research by the film industry. even though it was free i would have paid good money to see that film. but I was presently surprised about how good the film was and everyone seemed to agree that the film was really good. I thought it made the card playing parts actually riveting even though i am not a card player myself. i thought the acting performances were all good especially that of Kevin Spacey's. In terms of the story. In many ways it reminded me of all the good things that was in the BBC TV show hustle. But in a much more real way. On the down side, you may see the ending coming and there is a romance part of the film that feels unnecessary. However it is a very slick film that gets away with it. I would say that it clearly the best film in this genre of film. I enjoyed it more than films such as Confidence and the Oceans 11 type films. I would highly recommend it to anybody when it eventually comes out in April!! I would have thought that they would cut down and re-edit it a bit on the basis that it was quite long. however it kept my attention for the whole film and that is not something that is also done during these sorts of films

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