Very well executed

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Frat boy wastes his precious daddy's college funds playing computer controlled online poker and wins a few bucks, so next thing, he is at the WPT at the championship table. Yeah, right...rolling my eyes. Burt Reynolds taught him how to get there; except we never get to see actual teaching. Our hero is naive with real poker and women, but thanks to Hollywood fantasy...he is the big winner. And Burt gets to make a comeback in the poker limelight. Oh, and our hero throws in the towel at the last minute so Burt can have his chance in the sun.Stupid, boring movie.

This movie deserves a higher rating than it's received here. It isn't anything particularly heavy, and maybe the poker world is a bit tedious for a full-length film, but I though the ending was really beautiful, about youth deferring to an elder who has taught them everything. It's a story about personal relationships meaning more than winning. The climax is delivered in an engaging dramatic way that revolves around the drama of a poker finale.In that way, this movie actually became a sort of classic Hollywood parable, and since I'm a fan of Burt Reynolds, I was perfectly OK with that homage.

saw this film the other day on Sky movies. Being a BR fan, thought I would give it a look. First off, it's a shame to see BR looking so rough these days.He has had so much bad plastic surgery these days that he looks pretty dreadful. Why he couldn't have just gotten older gracefully, i will never know. I'm quite certain his rotten looks have reduced his chances of getting decent roles. So this is what plastic Burt has to star in these days, some poorly made Color of Money rip-off.Personally, I don't like or understand Poker, so the card scenes held little interest. Burt's performance was reasonable - he is always capable of turning in a performance in any junk. To be honest, this is not worth the time. If you are interested in watching any Burt Reynolds movies, stick to the seventies, early 80's (and of course Boogie Nights).The obvious movies are deliverance,Smokey,CannonBall but Hustle,The End,Semi-tough,starting over,sharkey's machine,best friends are great examples of why Burt is a legend.

To make it short: the story is awful - poker hot-shot and his old mentor meet on the final table - and so is the acting - I really don't know what Charles Durning has lost in this movie! But if you like poker (like I do), you' ll love this film. Popular professionals have differentcameo scenes, the scenes which take place at the poker table are very entertaining and well made. Burt Reynolds does a good job, I think that he had a lot of fun doing this movie. By the way: Meg Tilly is one of the best female poker players ever (in real life), so this must have been her intention by acting here (if you have the guts to call this an acting).If you don't like poker, you'll find this flick boring and the plot really stupid.So your decision to watch it or not should be really easy!