Poolhall Junkies

Name: Poolhall Junkies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: February 28, 2003
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Chazz Palminteri, Mars Callahan, Michael Rosenbaum

2003

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: February 28, 2003 | R

Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Mars Callahan, Michael Rosenbaum

Summary: The story of a compulsive gambler (Callahan) who has managed to overcome his obsession, but is drawn back into the world of pool-shooting when he needs to try to save his brother (Rosenbaum).

Director: Mars Callahan

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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The movie can't live up to Robert Rossen's 1961 classic, "The Hustler" but with its strong performances, neatly crafted script, and low-budget feel, it comes a lot closer than "The Color of Money." Read full review

Roger Ebert

One of the things I like best about Poolhall Junkies is its lack of grim desperation. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Brassy and energetic, first-time director Mars Callahan's vividly photographed ode to the seductive allure of professional sharking succeeds in making the game seem genuinely kinetic and thrilling. Read full review

Dana Stevens

The proliferating subplots require many big emotional confrontations, so the movie seems to reach its climax 20 minutes in, and then every 15 minutes or so thereafter. This is fairly exhausting. Read full review

Dallas Observer Andy Klein

The result is by no means the embarrassment that many such offerings from unjustifiably vain actor-auteurs have been, but nor does it present much of anything new or compelling to demand one's attention. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Stole so many details from the earlier film, "The Hustler," that you have to think of it as either a bad parody or an unfortunate homage. Read full review

David Ng

A movie that, in its unconditional embrace of an all-male subculture, amounts to little more than a rote circle jerk. Read full review

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Sebastian

Jan 8, 2006

Nice film :)

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GlennM.

Mar 25, 2006

Awsome film about hustling, wasn't meant to win an academy award and is exactly what you'd be looking for if you or buy it.

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