Saint John of Las Vegas R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 25 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 13, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Indie Vest Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage & Steve Buscemi | |
Directed by | Hue Rhodes | |
Screenwriting by | Hue Rhodes | |
Composition by | David Torn | |
Director of Photography: | Giles Nuttgens |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Far from a masterpiece, but Rhodes gives Buscemi a role ripe with emotion and a fascinating complexity. Buscemi returns the favor by powering the film with an engaging oddity.
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CinemaBlend
Rating: C --
Buscemi playing Buscemi is still entertaining, even after all these years.
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Film School Rejects
You can take a gambler out of Las Vegas, but you can't take Las Vegas out of a gambler.
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Moving Pictures Magazine
Rating: 3/4 --
Comic casting and comic timing pay off in most scenes, with Dinklage landing the big laughs, Malco doing his wise-guy-talking-down-to-the-doofus patter and Buscemi just bugging out and reacting to the craziness.
Orlando Sentinel
A quirky indie film....Funny and fresh throughout.
Premiere
Rating: 1.5/4 --
It's a kind of cinematic purgatory, halfway between eternal reward and eternal damnation. The question is: What did I do to deserve such mediocrity?
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Washington Post
Rating: 3/5 --
... slightly less than the sum of its parts ...
Sacramento News & Review
Product Description:
A compulsive gambler attempts to cure his addiction by moving from Las Vegas to Albuquerque and working at an auto insurance company, only to find old temptations cropping up once again when he's sent out to investigate a dubious car accident just outside of Sin City. After a string of bad luck at the tables, John (Steve Buscemi) decides to give up gambling and take a shot at a "normal" life. Arriving in Albuquerque and landing a job at an auto insurance company, John goes to work for Mr. Townsend (Peter Dinklage), who pairs him with the company's top fraud debunker, Virgil (Romany Malco), and sends them out on an investigation together. While John is eager to get a promotion, he's reluctant to go anywhere near Las Vegas, and before he leaves he strikes up a tenuous romance with his eccentric co-worker Jill (Sarah Silverman). On the road, Virgil and John encounter a series of offbeat characters including a nude militant (Tim Blake Nelson), a wheelchair-bound stripper (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and a carnival human torch (John Cho). But while Virgil is the one with the experience, John gradually begins to assert himself and soon his efforts begin to pay off as the case moves closer to conclusion. As John's confidence grows, he becomes increasingly aware of the fact that running away from his gambling problem is not the solution, and that he'll only be able to move forward by returning to Las Vegas to face his demons head on.