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Two For The Money
2005
After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most reknown bookies in the sports-gambling business. Abrams takes on Lang as his protege, moving him to Manhattan and allowing him to grow used to the lavish lifestyle. But, the seemingly perfect father/son relationship .. Read more
| Starring | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Armand Assante, Rene Russo |
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| Director | D.J. Caruso |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Two For The Money
After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most reknown bookies in the sports-gambling business. Abrams takes on Lang as his protege, moving him to Manhattan and allowing him to grow used to the lavish lifestyle. But, the seemingly perfect father/son relationship gradually unravels as Lang loses his touch and Abrams seeks too much control...
| Starring | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Armand Assante, Rene Russo, Jaime King, Jeremy Piven, Ralph Garman |
|---|---|
| Director | D.J. Caruso |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 17 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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The best moments come from Al Pacino....As head of the sports-advice firm he brings a gruff charisma and playful intelligence to the role
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Does Al Pacino get better offers but wilfully turn them down in favour of under-par Hollywood fare that allows him the... read more on Time Out
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Not bad ... but not great
Saw this on a flight to Malaysia. This average drama has a good performance from Pacino but it is his usual bulstering larger than life characterisation we have seen in many of his films. He won't be winning any wards for this movie. I usually like Matthew Mc but in this film he seems to be going through the motions. Plot was average, not much excitement. The script and exchanges between characters were ok. Not really much else to say about this average film.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
~The Al can do no wrong =]
Surprisingly not as predictable a film as you would expect it to be based on it's face value alone. If you're thinking it's along the same kind of lines as Jerry 'show me the money' Maguire, you'd be very much mistaken. Which can only be a good thing. =]
In my eyes a film with (the legendary) Al Pacino, Mr 'abs of steel' McConaughey and Rene Russo has to, by forfeit alone, if anything, be a winner. Which is why I added it to my rental list.
I was surprised at how much depth was achieved on such a, typically, superficial subject. Sports. Specifically:- sports gambling. Riviting stuff, no? But all that aside, you end up caring about the characters. Caring about whether the New York Giants win or loose. Caring that, in the end, everything ends up ok.
Definitely a rollercoaster ride of a film; with more downs then there are ups.
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- morebees from Derby
- Posted 07 Apr 2007 18:40
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