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Maverick

1994

Richard Donner

Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, James Coburn ...

6.1

18,675

Western. Comedy Bret Maverick is a superb professional poker gambler, as handy with the handgun as he handles the cards, but also a master at avoiding violence by deception. Like all great poker layers, he's on his way to a winner take all championship on Commodore Duvall's riverboat, but first must complete the steep entry sum, collecting debts and gambling. He has most confusing encounters with other gamblers, mainly fake 'Southern belle' Annabelle ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	Fast, funny, full of straight-ahead action and tongue-in-cheek jokes, 'Maverick' is 'Lethal Weapon' meets "'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.'"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"A perfect summer movie. It has great action sequences, more than a splash of legitimately-funny humor, solid performances from engaging actors, and a script that doesn't demand much mental exercise"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A financially successful exercise in target-marketing, but not much of a movie."	NEG
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"A crowd-pleaser that remains faithful to the genre while having a roaring good time sending up its conventions."	POS
United States	Joe Brown The Washington Post	"[It] is affectionate, amiable, eager-to-please, in a TV-movieish sort of way (...) Half the fun of 'Maverick' is keeping an eye peeled for celebrity cameos"	POS

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