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Poker Face

2022

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, RZA ...

4.2

1,121

Thriller. Mystery Crowe plays Jake, a tech billionaire who gathers his childhood friends to his Miami estate for what turns into a high stakes game of poker. Those friends have a love hate relationship with the host, a master game-player/planner, and he has concocted an elaborate scheme designed to bring a certain justice to all of them. However, Jake finds himself re-thinking his strategy when his Miami mansion is overtaken by a dangerous home invader ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"There are too many cards in the narrative deck of the actor-writer-director's second helming effort, a cluttered mix of character drama, caper, crime thriller and still more."	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The script's shopworn elements never quite cohere (...) This thriller doesn't have a sufficent grip on any of its myriad elements to fully engage"	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"Even if you can sense the fun Crowe is having with the camera setups in certain scenes, 'Poker Face' is simultaneously a lot and not all that much (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Luke Y. Thompson AV Club	"When the entire theme is about misdirection, then yes, assessing how enjoyable the swerves and bluffs are, both narratively and conceptually, feels entirely appropriate. And they all too often feel like letdowns"	NEG
United States	Erick Massoto Collider	"It doesn’t know how to build tension and anticipation and does no effort to work on its characters (...) and it tries to wrap its story up with life lessons that are as generic as the movie itself"	NEG
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A TV mystery fan's delight (...) Nostalgic charm, tight mysteries and a fun star turn"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"It's a half-baked story, despite the star's commanding presence and solid directorial skills (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Dan Mecca The Film Stage	"[It] does not work on the whole"	NEG
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"[It] is an uneven movie that never really finds a rhythm because it never lays all of its cards on the table"	NEG
Australia	Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"Crowe's direction is efficient at best, intrusive at worst (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Lena Wilson The Wrap	"The writer-director-star falls short in characterization, tension, drama, action (...) If you're into fast cars and pretty women, just watch a Bond movie instead"	NEG
United States	Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"Absolutely empty thriller"	NEG

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