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The Gambler

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A student (Jodhi May) transcribes Dostoevski's (Michael Gambon) novel, which parallels events in the author's life.

Critics Reviews

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/21/2005
2/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/28/2003
C+
There seems to be a lot missing in this shortened telling of the story within a story for it to be more than moderately effective. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 03/27/2002
1.5/5
Makes little to no sense at all Go to Full Review Daniel Eagan Film Journal International 12/17/2001
A polished but superficial period drama that fails to illuminate what could have been an involving story. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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12/27/2014 This isn't a perfect movie, but it's a treasure. Michael Gambon and Jodhi May are riveting. See more 03/28/2011 Uses a little dramatic license to make it compatible for the big screen, but the story of writing to avoid ruin is very well structured and has a good flow to it. See more 04/02/2008 Fan of Dostoyevsky and Michael Gambon. Great fun... See more 02/29/2008 I learnt the subtitles, still a GREAT drama, teaching much of human nature See more 01/30/2008 The result is an appalingly bad mishmash of half-finished storylines and odd non-sequiturs. See more Read all reviews
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Károly Makk

Director

Michael Gambon

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Jodhi May

Anna Snitkina

Polly Walker

Polina

Dominic West

Alexei

Luise Rainer

Grandmother

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Movie Info

Synopsis A student (Jodhi May) transcribes Dostoevski's (Michael Gambon) novel, which parallels events in the author's life.
Director
Károly Makk
Producer
Charles Cohen, Marc Vlessing
Screenwriter
Katharine Ogden, Charles Cohen, Nick Dear
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Escape Artists, Franchise Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 20, 2003, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.1K
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround