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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   41,837 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Levien (written by) &
Brian Koppelman (written by)
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Release Date:
11 September 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You've got to play the hand you're dealt. more
Plot:
A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Review: Did You Ever See… Rounders?
 (From HeyUGuys. 18 November 2009, 9:51 PM, PST)

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 (From FilmJunk. 1 October 2009, 9:20 AM, PDT)

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excellent movie more (263 total)

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Rated R for pervasive strong language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
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121 min
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Trivia:
Rounders was set in New York City but all of the law school scenes were filmed in and around Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: There are a lot of instances of string bets in the various different games - people moving their chips into the pot in two separate motions - but by rule, if you don't verbally declare your bet, your first motion is your bet. Also, things like "I call your $20000 and raise you xxxx", "your $5000, plus another xxxx" etc. would be declared calls, because your "raise" was a secondary declaration. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mike McDermott: Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
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Soundtrack:
I Hate Myself For Loving You more

FAQ

How does it end?
What is Teddy KGB holding during the final hand of heads up, when Mike flops the nut straight?
If Mike spotted Teddy KGB's tell at the poker table, what was it?
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23 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
excellent movie, 29 December 2001
8/10
Author: hbs from United States

I have no idea if this movie is at all realistic (certainly so many people inhabiting this strata of the poker world can be so good looking), but at least it has the ring of verisimilitude. Not only does it show us the workings of a somewhat exotic (to me, anyway) part of the world, but it manages to do this stylishly while treating us to an interesting character study and a clever plot.

The story is about a young "rounder" who is trying to go straight by going to law school (although our first glimpse of him shows him losing all his money in a high-stakes poker game with a Russian gangster). He quits gambling for a while until a old friend (played by Norton) returns to his life and lands him in deep trouble. What I especially like about the movie is that is starts off as if this plot line is the main subject, when in fact the movie is about this person learning important things about himself. And there is a lot of information about poker...

Damon is especially impressive among a uniformly good cast.

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