21
38,466
Thriller
"21," based on Ben Mezrich's best-selling nonfiction book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions", revolves around a group of young men who become experts in the art of card counting. Ben Campbell is a shy, brilliant MIT student who, needing to pay school tuition, finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas ... [+]
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United States | Austin Chronicle | "21 shares with the Las Vegas mythos the same stale temptations: empty glitz and little substance. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" | NEG |
United States | Entertainment Weekly | "21 is built around some standard-issue plot mechanics, but it's still a clever and novel card-sharp thriller." | POS |
United States | Detroit News | "It's disposable, watchable and forgettable filmmaking" | NEU |
United States | Slant | "21 is a mini-Ocean's Eleven about, and for, people who are the age of its title." | NEU |
United Kingdom | BBC | "Sturgess quietly sparkles as the born loser who struggles to adapt to life on winners' row." | POS |
United States | San Francisco Chronicle | "A movie with an irresistible premise that ultimately collapses" | NEU |
United States | USA Today | "Repetitive, implausible and overlong." | NEG |
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