Deal

Name: Deal
Genre: Drama
Released: April 25, 2008
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 35
Cast: Bret Harrison, Burt Reynolds, Maria Mason

2008

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: April 25, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Bret Harrison, Burt Reynolds, Maria Mason

Summary: Set against the world of high stakes poker, DEAL follows the story of Alex Stillman, a cocky, hotshot, card-playing senior at Yale University. Alex dreams of becoming a professional Texas Hold'em poker player but does not yet have the skill to master the table. Fortunately for him, a chance encounter introduces Alex to retired poker legend,Set against the world of high stakes poker, DEAL follows the story of Alex Stillman, a cocky, hotshot, card-playing senior at Yale University. Alex dreams of becoming a professional Texas Hold'em poker player but does not yet have the skill to master the table. Fortunately for him, a chance encounter introduces Alex to retired poker legend, Tommy Vinson. Tommy was at the top of his game twenty years ago but gave it all up in order to save his family. Upon meeting Alex, Tommy realizes he can regain his own self-confidence, pride and a poker championship title by turning Alex into his protege. The two pair up and master every tournament they enter. The winning streak and friendship between the two is eventually thwarted by the interference of a Las Vegas call girl, Michelle. The pair eventually part ways and separately prepare for the World Poker Tour. Only one will take home the championship title. (MGM)… Expand

Director: Gil Cates Jr.

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 86 min

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James Berardinelli

There's no compelling reason to see Deal. Everything it offers is familiar to the extent where even though it's not a remake, it feels like one. Read full review

J.R. Jones

The main pleasure of this high-stakes-poker drama is watching a septuagenarian Burt Reynolds effortlessly revive his 70s screen persona as a strutting paragon of male shrewdness and sexuality. Read full review

Tim Grierson

When you're working with clearly conventional material, it helps to attack it from a cockeyed angle or at least adopt a gritty, lived-in urgency, but Deal is fatally earnest. Read full review

John Anderson

Public fascination with Texas Hold 'em and other poker variations will likely bolster B.O., though more discriminating auds may choose to pass. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

The dull production obviously sees itself as an updated "Cincinnati Kid" for the World Poker Tour set, but the end result and its characters have all the originality and dramatic depth of a TV telecast. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Moving slowly these days, Reynolds does less than no acting in this role, and he’s still the best thing in Deal. Read full review

Scott Tobias

To think that a semi-major studio financed a production this low-rent and listless is amazing: Since when did MGM start making student films? Read full review

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