Croupier [IMPORT]

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Summary: SLEEPER HIT OF 98
Review: One of the top 3 films of the year in 2000. CROUPIER delivers. The writing is grade A and the acting is superb. Clive Owen plays Jack Manfred. You can see him in GOSFORD PARK and THE BOURNE IDENITY. He should've been nominated for his role in CROUPIER. He plays a writer looking for material for his first novel. Not getting anywhere he takes a job his father lands him at the casino. A life he is all to familiar with. Jack portrays the gambler's life only from the dealer's perspective. Looking for a way out he gets sucked right back in. Jack is a perfectionist, a natural, and he's always calculating the odds. Everyone knows, when gambling there are no guarantees, but what Jack learns is that, even that is not a guarantee. Forget about the overbudgeted overblown Hollywood films and check out the sleeper hit of the year. Easily one of my top 10 films of all time.