Fresh
Croupier is taut, tense and enthralling, as smart and surprising as its protagonist.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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Croupier
Overview
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
The choice of Clive Owen as the star is a good one. He's got the same sort of physical reserve as Sean Connery in the Bond pictures.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Owen is superb.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Don't let Croupier go by without a look.
Tom Keogh, Film.com
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