The Gambler R

The only way out is all in
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 28, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2014
  • Label: Paramount

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Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 23,833
Rating: 2/5 -- Hate the players, not the game. Full Review
Little White Lies
Jan 22, 2015
Rating: 2/5 -- It's hard to know what to make of Mark Wahlberg's character in The Gambler - but at least that puts you on an equal footing with Wahlberg himself. Full Review
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Jan 22, 2015
Rating: 2/5 -- will leave you out of pocket and feeling cheated for watching Full Review
The Sunday People
Jun 5, 2019
Rating: 6/10 -- The dreamlike imagery, editing, and soundtrack invoke the haze of addiction, but the writing never follows through with the message, leaving us unstirred, with little to take home and think about. Full Review
Way Too Indie
Mar 20, 2019
[A] slick and efficient remake....Here, Mark Wahlberg embraces self-loathing and personal free fall in a cool but perversely intriguing look at a man who not only walks on the wild side, but seems to want to take up residence there.
Hollywood Reporter
Nov 11, 2014
Rating: 2/5 -- The Gambler ... has become an advert for gambling. You couldn't make it up. Full Review
London Evening Standard
Jan 23, 2015
Rating: 2/5 -- Thanks to the presence of Goodman, Larson and Lange we're presented with a stacked deck, so how come it feels like we spend two hours holding the bridge rules card? Full Review
One Room With A View
May 17, 2019

Product Description:

In this remake of the James Caan 1974 vehicle THE GAMBLER, an English professor (Mark Wahlberg) who is also a compulsive gambler finds that the only people who will have anything to do with him are those to whom he owes money. Wahlberg stars as Jim Bennett, a lecturer reeling from the death of his beloved grandfather (George Kennedy). His all-or-nothing personality gets him in debt for more than a quarter of a million dollars to the no-nonsense Mr. Lee (Alvin Ing), who runs an illegal gambling den. Jim attempts to play his way out of the hole by borrowing money from vicious criminal Neville Baraka (Michael Kenneth Williams), but his strategy backfires and leaves him owing the latter as well. His wealthy mother (Jessica Lange) initially refuses to give him any more money, which prompts Jim to make contact with Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark who offers to front him the cash he needs, but promises that failure to repay will lead to the death of his "bloodline."

At the same time, Jim teaches a class of college kids about Shakespeare and Camus. His best student, Amy (Brie Larson), openly flirts with him, but he's also preoccupied with trying to get through to Lamar (Anthony Kelley), a star basketball player whom the university higher-ups want him to pass so he can continue to play.

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  • UPC: 032429216199
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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