Poker Face
Screen Media Films | Release Date: November 16, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
8
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2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonNov 16, 2022
When the entire theme is about misdirection, then yes, assessing how enjoyable the swerves and bluffs are, both narratively and conceptually, feels entirely appropriate. And they all too often feel like letdowns. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 27, 2022
Poker Face ends up being a cautionary tale about appreciating what you have — ironic since this thriller doesn’t have a sufficient grip on any of its myriad elements to fully engage. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 21, 2022
Poker Face has a lean, cool look, and there are some effective dramatic moments, mostly due to the weight-of-the-old weariness in Crowe’s powerful performance. Unfortunately, Paul Tassone’s over-the-top theatrics as the main villain border on the cartoonish, as the psychological gamesmanship gives way to standard action movie stuff, and the cards and the chips have long been forgotten. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyNov 18, 2022
This Australia-shot mix of intrigue, soap opera, thriller and tearjerker never quite gels, despite enough surface gloss and cast expertise to hold attention. Read full review
50
TheWrapLena WilsonNov 17, 2022
Crowe’s acting is fine, but he hasn’t done himself any favors with his by-the-book direction or paltry script. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 16, 2022
Even if you can sense the fun Crowe is having with the camera setups in certain scenes, Poker Face is simultaneously a lot and not all that much. Read full review
42
ColliderErick MassotoNov 17, 2022
Poker Face constantly tries to raise the bet and bring new elements to the table, but you quickly realize it’s all a bluff. It doesn’t know how to build tension and anticipation and does no effort to work on its characters. It also doesn’t know how to convey a thrilling poker game, and after stumbling through completely disposable plot points, it tries to wrap its story up with life lessons that are as generic as the movie itself. Read full review
42
The Film StageDan MeccaNov 16, 2022
Crowe is searching for something as a filmmaker. His first two features may not work as constructed, but it’s clear the themes and emotions within are important to him. There is ambition at the edges, here’s hoping the third time is the charm. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 15, 2022
The shifts in tone, stakes and genre are abrupt and so clumsily-handled you’re allowed to wonder “What just happened?” And the heist is such a non-starter as to leave one at a loss as to what the Oscar winning actor, one of my favorites, ever saw in this. Read full review
34
Paste MagazineJacob OllerNov 21, 2022
The sparse action scenes are useless jumbles, tossing bodies in misblocked blurs of messy motion—like a human game of 52-card pickup—or encased in total darkness. If we can’t see anything, this gamble suggests, maybe we won’t think that what we see is bad. Read full review
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