Croupier, 1998

I really like Clive Owen, he is a very talented actor who has the talent and screen presence to carry a film. As good as an actor as he is, he is not good enough to carry this clunker only good enough to get it two stars as opposed to one. This is an attempt to delve into the seedy underworld that is gambling, but it just does not delve very deep or into anything that resembles gambling. The characters are thinly written with motivations that seem to be drawn out of a hat. These are not gambling stereotypes like you find in "Rounders" these are people who just seem to act and react for random reasons. Beyond the weak characters the script is a joke there are subplots that are set up but never carried out or are concluded but never set up. At the end of the movie I found myself wondering what has happened and moreover why I should care and be unable to give an answer to either question.

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