Croupier
Shooting Gallery | Release Date: April 21, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Taut, tense and enthralling, as smart and surprising as it protagonist.
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Intense, hypnotic, assured, Croupier mesmerizes from its opening image of a roulette ball on the move.
100
NewsweekAndrea C. Basora
Watching Croupier is rather like watching a roulette wheel--utterly mesmerizing. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
So sharp and dryly urbane in its mod-Brit take on the noir, noir, noir, noir world of gambling, dames, and pulp fiction, it makes higher-profile attempts like ''Rounders'' look blah, blah, blah, blah. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
Immensely rich, clipped and precise, with a sly, sardonic sense of humor. Read full review
88
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
A marvelously subversive, slyly manipulative effort. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It's brilliantly precise in its detailing, stylishly jagged and sensual by turns, and utterly unpredictable. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldSara Wildberger
Don't let it slip out of town without getting a look at it. Read full review
88
USA TodayStephen Schaefer
A tiny treasure: grown-up, tight, sexy, suspenseful and with a mildly ambiguous wrap-up that stimulates the mind rather than confusing it. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Icy and elegant, complex and gripping. Read full review
80
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
Takes roughly a third of its length to really get going, but, once it does, it's a devilishly clever, engaging piece of work that milks every cent of value from its tiny budget. Read full review
80
Film.comTom Keogh
Don't let Croupier go by without a look. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A smoothly executed jab in your solar plexus, a lean, smart film noir that pokes at you with quintessentially English disdain and sarcasm. Read full review
78
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Croupier should please people who take their noir straight up -- with plenty of twists. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Croupier, immersed in a world of gambling, gamesmanship and crime, is a solid, seductive entertainment. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The point of the movie is not the plot, but the character and the atmosphere. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
Stumbles a bit towards the end when it focuses too much on a convoluted robbery attempt, but overall, it is a slick and intelligent look at life in the passing lane. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
There may not be much meat in Hodges' stew, but the sauce was so tasty I felt satisfied after the light meal. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Hodges and screenwriter Paul Mayersberg fill the British production with Dostoevskian ironies, and Owen is perfect as the antihero. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Clive Owen conveys a sharp, cynical intelligence that rolls off the screen in waves whenever he widens his glittering blue eyes. Read full review
70
Film.comTed Fry
(Owen's) existential angst and the interesting layers of character and setting give Croupier a sharp, engaging edge. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There are certainly glimpses of his underused talent. But there aren't enough of those moments to elevate Croupier above the level of routine melodrama. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Polished and adroit ado about next to nothing, Hodges's film owes everything to Owen, who nails the vaguely unsavory, unreadable, half-lidded hunks that inhabit every profitable entertainment-industry outpost. Read full review
60
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Demonstrates that a movie need not be good to be cool. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film fires off too many intriguing plot possibilities that remain nothing more than that. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
The twists and revelations of this rigorous noir reduce it to canned psychodrama. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
A very smart noir about gambling, smartly directed by Mike Hodges -- until almost the very end. It craps out in the decisive London casino heist scene. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
An airless, mannered mess. Read full review
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