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House of Games

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Original title

House of Games

Year

1987

Running time

102 min.

Country

United States

Director

David Mamet

Screenwriter

David Mamet

Cast

Music

Alaric Jans

Cinematography

Juan Ruiz Anchía

Producer

Orion Pictures

Genre

Mystery | Gambling. Crime. Independent Film (US). Neo-noir

Synopsis

The film is a character study of Dr. Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse), a psychiatrist and best-selling author specializing in addictive behaviour. During a therapy session, she discovers that a patient owes a 25,000 dollars gambling debt. When she becomes involved on her patients behalf, she enters an underworld populated with fascinating characters. Dr. Ford is both strong and vulnerable, and Crouse exploits this ambiguity in a powerful central performance. Joe Mantegna is also a presence as underworld denizen Mike.

Awards: 1987: Nominated for Golden Globe: Nominated for Best screenplay

1987: Venice Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Pasinetti Award, Cinecritica Award

1987: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"A movie about con men that succeeds not only in conning the audience, but also in creating a series of characters who seem imprisoned by the need to con, or be conned (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Though [it] is not of the dramatic heft of the playwright's ''American Buffalo' and 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' the screenplay is the first true Mamet work to reach the screen, and the direction illuminates it at every turn."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"A coldly skillful, killingly well - calculated show"

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"Save for a questionable ending, it's one of the year's best films"

Gene Siskel: Chicago Tribune
It's a clever, intelligent piece of work with an impulse to surprise and entertain."

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post

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House of Games

1987

David Mamet

7.0

(6,156)